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A woman has been arrested by police officers investigating claims of a black woman making racist comments about white people on a London bus, Scotland Yard said.

The Metropolitan Police said a 34-year-old woman was arrested this afternoon at an address in Hackney on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence and is being questioned at an east London police station.

A force spokesman said the arrest came after they yesterday began examining video footage of a woman making comments on a bus.

The footage, recorded by a fellow passenger, was posted to video sharing website YouTube and has been watched by more than 19,200 people as of this evening.

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A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "On Monday August 20 MPS officers began to assess footage of a woman that was brought to our attention.

"It shows a woman making comments on a bus. Officers are continuing to try and establish when and where the footage was taken.

"At 2.15pm this afternoon Hackney police officers arrested a 34-year-old woman at an address in Hackney on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence, and she is now in custody at an east London police station."

In the two minute, 35 second video, shot on a camera phone, the distressed-looking woman is heard proudly proclaiming her African heritage in the crowded bus before launching into a foul-mouthed rant disparaging white people.

She is also heard to criticise the Queen for wearing a crown with an African diamond in it.