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Man arrested after 'pepper spray' incident at Heathrow parking lot, police say

The incident was not being investigated as terrorism, the police said.

ByKevin Shalvey

December 7, 2025, 2:23 AM

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LONDON -- A man was arrested on Sunday after a "group of men" unleashed what may have been pepper spray during an altercation in a parking garage at London's Heathrow Airport, the police said.

The incident was not being investigated as terrorism, Cmdr. Peter Stevens, of London's Met Police, said in a statement. Officers were called just after 8 a.m. local time to the parking garage at the airport's Terminal 3, where there were reports of "multiple people being assaulted," the department said.

"A number of people were sprayed with what is believed to be a form of pepper spray by a group of men who then left the scene," the police said.

The man who was detained, who was not immediately identified, remained in custody on suspicion of assault, the police said.

Police officers respond following an incident at Heathrow Airport, as seen through a car windscreen, in London, Britain, Dec. 7, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.

Tom Bate via Reuters

"At this stage, we believe the incident involved a group of people known to each other, with an argument escalating and resulting in a number of people being injured," Stevens said.