UK police say two officers stabbed in central London

"a male with a knife", the capital's police said, amid massive security ahead of the queen's funeral.

"Police encountered a male with a knife in the area of Leicester Square," it said in a statement, referring to a square in the heart of the British capital, less than a mile from where the queen's coffin is lying in state. The Met added officers had deployed a taser and the suspect was taken to an unspecified hospital for treatment,"where he remains at this time".It comes amid a massive security operation in central London as Queen Elizabeth II lies in state in parliament ahead of Monday's state funeral.

Thousands of police from across the country have been deployed to London, while 1,500 army personnel are on standby to help manage crowds and security, as tens of thousands of people queue to file past the late monarch's coffin.

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