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This is the shocking picture of a man walking through the heart of London with an ISIS flag draped around him - just days before the capital commemorates the 7/7 terror attacks.

On his shoulders a little girl excitedly waves a smaller flag as they mingle with hundreds of tourists outside Parliament Square.

The images were posted on a Korean forum after a tourist spotted the man walking around central London on Saturday.

It comes just one week after 30 British tourists were gunned down on a Tunisian beach by an ISIS militant and days before the capital commemorates those killed in the 7/7 terror attacks.

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In the first image the man can be seen walking past a group of scouts and in the second picture a little girl, sat on his shoulders can be seen waving a smaller flag.

The image has been shared on social media with one Twitter user, Gavin, asking: "WHY are we allowing this to happen on our streets a man walking past big ben with an ISIS flag (sic)".

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Metropolitan Police have confirmed to Mirror.co.uk that the man was stopped by officers but they could not do anything because he was not breaking the law.

The spokesman said: "This man was spoken to by officers with consideration given to relevant legislation and a decision was taken by officers at the time that the man was acting within the law. He was not arrested."

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He added: "Wearing, carrying or displaying of an emblem or flag, by itself, is not an offence unless; the way in which, or the circumstance in which, the emblem is worn, carried or displayed is such as to cause reasonable suspicion that the person is a supporter or member of a proscribed organisation.

"While support of and membership of ISIS is unlawful it is not a criminal offence to advocate the creation of an independent state."

Last month a CNN reporter falsely reported on an obviously satirical flag at London Pride.

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Artist Paul Coombs made headlines across the globe with his ISIS-style banner adorned with sex toys.

He happily waved the standard at Saturday's Gay Pride march in London - but US broadcaster CNN managed to confuse the dildos for extremist imagery.

Their gaff was reported around the world, and now the creative has spoken out about what he calls his "dildosis" flag.