Wednesday, 22 March 2017

UK Parliament attack: cop stabbed, car driven into bystanders, shots fired

The British Parliament is in lockdown after a shooting incident there, reports the BBC. A police officer was reportedly stabbed after a vehicle ran several people over on nearby Westminster Bridge. Metropolitan police say they are presumptively treating it as a terrorist incident "until we know otherwise."

https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/844571045889634304

https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk/status/844562478159876097

BBC Radio 5 reports that "around three shots" were heard after a man ran at the gates of the parliamentary compound, armed with a knife.

https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/844568472193585152

It's not clear if there were two separate assailants. The obvious assumption taking hold on social media is that the driver of the car was also the attacker in Parliament Square. https://twitter.com/thepatrickdaly/status/844561414907985922

https://twitter.com/CharlieCooper8/status/844559971790540800

https://twitter.com/joncstone/status/844560881501556738

https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/844567132071350272

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