A group of detainees armed with various weaponry have caused a disturbance at an immigration centre.
Detainees armed with “various weaponry” caused a disturbance at a London immigration removal centre during a power outage, the Home Office says.
No one was injured during the incident at the Harmondsworth detention centre near Heathrow Airport.
A group of detainees left their rooms and went into the courtyard at the immigration centre “armed with various weaponry”, said the Home Office.
The incident took place during a power outage in the early hours of Saturday and the power was still out just before 0900 GMT.
The government said no detainees had left the premises in west London, and those involved had since been returned to their rooms.
Police officers and the HM Prison Service are at the scene.
It comes as the government has faced widespread criticism this week for its handling of overcrowding at an immigration centre in Kent.
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