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Protester disrupts abolition commemoration with Queen and Blair

LONDON -— A protester ran to the front of Westminster Abbey during a service on Tuesday commemorating the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade, shouting, "You should be ashamed!" and "This is an insult to us!" at Prime Minister Tony Blair and Queen Elizabeth, who were only a few yards away.

The protester, identified as 39-year-old Toyin Agbetu, was then seized by security guards, taken outside and arrested. He has not been charged but remains in police custody, a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police said...

The incident took place when the service, marking the enactment of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in March, 1807, was well underway.

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