Horses running loose in central London, police say

A number of horses are loose in central London, with the army called in to help locate them, police in the British capital said on Wednesday.

A number of horses are loose in central London, with the army called in to help locate them, police in the British capital said on Wednesday. Footage posted by social media users showed a saddled white horse covered in blood running through the street alongside a black one. “We are aware of a number of horses that are currently loose in central London and are working with colleagues, including the Army, to locate them,” the Westminster branch of London’s police said on X. The London Ambulance Service was called at 08:25 a.m. local time (3.25 a.m. ET) to reports of a person being thrown from a horse on Buckingham Palace Road in central London, a spokesperson for the service said. “The incident is still ongoing and we are working with our emergency services partners,” the spokesperson added. City of London Police, the force in charge of the capital’s financial district, said officers had contained two horses and were preparing to transport them to veterinary care.