Runaway Military Horses Bolt Through Central London, 1 Appears To Be Covered In Blood
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Spooked horses smashed the window of a taxi near Buckingham Palace and damaged the windscreen of a parked double-decker tour bus.
LONDON (AP) — Several military horses bolted during routine exercises Wednesday and ran loose through central London, injuring four people and damaging vehicles during the morning rush hour.
A spokesperson for the London Ambulance Service said it was called at 8:25 a.m. to reports of a person being thrown from a horse in Buckingham Palace Road, and the first paramedic was on the scene within five minutes.
Pictures and videos of two of the animals, one white and the other black, circulated widely across social media. One of the horses had its front covered by what appeared to be blood or red paint.
The two horses were later contained in Limehouse, around 4 miles (6 kms) east of central London, City of London police said.
It wasn’t immediately clear what happened but it appeared that seven horses bolted from their barracks in central London and ran amok. All the animals were contained shortly after.
