MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 30th March, 2019) London's Metropolitan Police Service said it had arrested five people amid a large pro-Brexit demonstration in the UK capital, which erupted following the third defeat of UK Prime Minister Theresa May's withdrawal deal in the parliament.
"As of 21:00hrs five arrests have been made at the demonstrations in central #London today: x2 for assault, x1 drunk & disorderly, x1 for assaulting a police officer & x1 male arrested after being identified as wanted for an offence in Herts. All are in custody," the police wrote on Twitter on Friday.
On Friday, the parliamentarians voted down the agreement negotiated by May's government and the European Union on the UK withdrawal from the bloc for the third time. Under the existing arrangements, UK currently has until April 12 to either present an alternative Brexit plan or leave the European Union without a deal.
European Council President Donald Tusk has called a meeting of the heads of state and government to discuss the possible Brexit scenarios on April 10.
Notably, on Wednesday, UK parliamentarians voted against eight alternative Brexit options which ranged from leaving without a deal to holding the second Brexit referendum to abandoning the withdrawal plans.
