Toddler among 21 victims in pepper spray, robbery attack at London airport

Police arrested a -year-old man Sunday at a London airport following a robbery in which people including a -year-old child were pepper-sprayed and required anatomical medication officers commented The morning case happened at Heathrow Airport s parking garage when a group of four men stole a woman s suitcase in an elevator and sprayed an irritant at her the Metropolitan Police mentioned A woman was robbed of her suitcase by a group of four men who sprayed a substance deduced to be pepper spray in her direction Commander Peter Stevens stated in a report adding that passengers in the elevator and surrounding area were also affected Police disclosed the persons then fled the elevator following the situation They appeared to be three young men dressed in all black with their heads covered The Associated Press AP announced citing a witness 'TRAGEDY AVERTED' AT ATLANTA AIRPORT AS POLICE ARREST MAN WITH AR- ALLEGEDLY THREATENING TO 'SHOOT IT UP'Video captured a swarm of officers rushing to the scene of the assault visibly carrying large firearms as they navigated the multi-story parking garage Functionaries stated the victim and the defendants knew each other and investigators are not treating the situation as a terrorism-related occurrence At this stage we believe the affair involved a group of people known to each other with an argument escalating and resulting in a number of people being injured Stevens declared CONVICTED FELON FEDERALLY CHARGED AFTER THREATENING ATLANTA AIRPORT WHILE ARMED WITH AR- RIFLE We are not treating this occurrence as terrorism he added I understand the general s concerns and would like to thank those in the area for their cooperation this morning Officers revealed the -year-old is being held on suspicion of assault and that agents are searching for the other subjects who escaped Ambulance crews treated casualties at the scene and transported five to the hospital Their injuries are not supposed to be life-threatening according to the bureaucrats The circumstance led to hours of progress delays for passengers arriving at and departing from the airport the AP communicated but operations have since returned to normal according to the airport in a post on X Fox News Digital reached out to the Metropolitan Police and Heathrow Airport for more information The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this summary