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TERROR IN LONDON
Parliament terror attack – woman dead and others ‘catastrophically’ injured after 4×4 mows down a dozen people on Westminster Bridge
Prime Minister was in voting lobby at the time of the attack and bundled into a car
By Emma Lake
22nd March 2017, 4:15 pm
Updated: 22nd March 2017, 4:34 pm
Comments
A WOMAN has died and numerous others are “catastrophically” injured after a 4×4 mowed down a dozen people on Westminster Bridge before a knifeman stormed Parliament grounds and stabbed a cop.
The attacker, who was wielding an ‘eight inch’ knife, was shot by police after launching the terror attack in the capital this afternoon.
PA Press Association
Armed cops draw their guns outside Parliament after an attacker went on a rampage mowing down a dozen pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before stabbing a cop
Reuters
Witnesses tried to help a victim as police, including heavily armed elite anti-terror cops, rushed to secure the area
A car crashed into gates outside Parliament after mowing down up to a dozen people on Westminster Bridge causing carnage in the capital
PA
Paramedics treat a person at the scene as armed cops swarm the Parliament grounds
Reuters
A body was seen on Westminster Bridge with police confirming that they were now treating the incident as a terror attack until advised otherwise
Dramatic pictures show bloodied bodies littering Westminster bridge and the vicinity outside Parliament as heroic bystanders desperately try to save the lives of those injured.
Two people have been seen lying within Old Palace Yard, immediately outside Westminster Hall – one of whom is thought to be the attacker.
Earlier reports suggested sounds of an explosion were heard but this has not been confirmed.
Pedestrians reportedly jumped into the River Thames in a bid to escape the horror unfolding in the tourist hotspot.
WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
Official sources have confirmed she is unharmed.
The news came as eyewitness’ the horror that unfolded on Westminster Bridge with pedestrians being knocked down like bowling pins.
Witness Rick Longley said: “We were just walking up to the station and there was a loud bang and a guy, someone, crashed a car and took some pedestrians out.
“They were just laying there and then the whole crowd just surged around the corner by the gates just opposite Big Ben.
“A guy came past my right shoulder with a big knife and just started plunging it into the policeman.
“I have never seen anything like that. I just can’t believe what I just saw.”
Reuters
Witnesses rushed to help a victim with reports that a car mowed down a number of people on Westminster Bridge before crashing into the gate outside Parliament
Reuters
Heavily armed police rushed to the scene, with the public warned to stay away from Parliament Square; Whitehall; Westminster Bridge; Lambeth Bridge; Victoria Street
Reuters
The wheel of a London bus can be seen over a victim, with police called about 2.40pm
Witnesses reported hearing gun shots, with authorities rushing to contain the unfolding incident
AP:Associated Press
Emergency crews flooded Westminster Bridge after the attack with police confirming that it was being treated as a firearms incident
Reuters
Heroic bystanders rushed to help those ploughed over on Westminster Bridge this afternoon
PA
ress Association
Paramedics treat the injured outside Parliament as details of the horrific attack are revealed
As Westminster was placed on lockdown Commons Leader David Lidington told MPs: "What I am able to say to the House is there has been a serious incident within the estate.
"It seems that a police officer has been stabbed, that the alleged assailant was shot by armed police.
"An air ambulance is currently attending the scene to remove the casualties.
"There are also reports of further violent incidents in the vicinity of the Palace of Westminster but I hope colleagues on all sides will appreciate that it'd be wrong of me to go into further details until we have confirmation from the police and from the House security authorities about what is going on."
Reuters
A victim lies at the foot of stairs on Westminster Bridge after this afternoon's attack
Reuters
A man is treated on Westminster bridge by bystanders
PA Press Association
Emergency crews rush to help victims mowed down as a 4x4 ploughed into crowds
Twitter/ @sikorskiradek
A man clutches his leg with a witness saying he saw a car mow down pedestrians
Getty Images
A victim is treated by paramedics and wrapped in a foil blanket as he explains to officers what he saw
Getty Images
Three police helicopters were seen above Westminster as the incident unfolded, with an air ambulance also called in
Rob Smith was running past Westminster when he said he saw the drama unfolded, told Sun Online: "The grey Hyundai car came across the bridge then across the cycle lane, hit a man on a bike and drive into the wall gates.
"Police ran straight out and shot him. I think there was another person but I can't be sure".
He said that officers had been drawing their guns as they ran out.
Another witness reported: "We heard a loud bang, lots of shouting and men running around.
Someone rushed through, attacked a policeman.
"He appeared to be carrying a knife or a gun. We then heard gunfire, five or six rounds.
"The man approaching one of the police officers with a knife."
Another witness told Sky News a man was seen walking towards a policeman with a knife in his hand, having already assaulted another policeman.
A medical helicopter has landed outside the Houses Parliament to treat victims and a Hazardous Area Response Team has been dispatched.
The sitting in the House of Commons has been suspended while police officers sealed off the area around the incident closing Westminster station.
Staff inside Parliament were told to stay in their offices and stay away from the window.
Immediately before the incident, at around 2.45pm, a crowd of passers-by was seen running from the direction of Westminster Bridge and around the corner into Parliament Square.
Met Police have asked anyone with pictures to make sure they are passed for police while the public are asked not to request ambulances unless it is a genuine emergency.
Sky News
This is the moment MPs were told of the terror attack at Parliament
Getty Images
Cops have sealed off the area around Parliament
Twitter
An air ambulance has landed at the scene with multiple injuries reported
The whole area is on lockdown with police closing the following areas: Parliament Square; Whitehall; Westminster Bridge; Lambeth Bridge; Victoria Street up to the junction with Broadway and the Victoria Embankment up to Embankment tube.
A statement said: "This is to allow the emergency services to deal with the ongoing incident.
"Officers - including firearms officers - remain on the scene and we are treating this as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise.
"We thank the public for their assistance."
Parliament terror attack – woman dead and others ‘catastrophically’ injured after 4×4 mows down a dozen people on Westminster Bridge
Prime Minister was in voting lobby at the time of the attack and bundled into a car
By Emma Lake
22nd March 2017, 4:15 pm
Updated: 22nd March 2017, 4:34 pm
Comments
A WOMAN has died and numerous others are “catastrophically” injured after a 4×4 mowed down a dozen people on Westminster Bridge before a knifeman stormed Parliament grounds and stabbed a cop.
The attacker, who was wielding an ‘eight inch’ knife, was shot by police after launching the terror attack in the capital this afternoon.
PA Press Association
Armed cops draw their guns outside Parliament after an attacker went on a rampage mowing down a dozen pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before stabbing a cop
Reuters
Witnesses tried to help a victim as police, including heavily armed elite anti-terror cops, rushed to secure the area
A car crashed into gates outside Parliament after mowing down up to a dozen people on Westminster Bridge causing carnage in the capital
PA
Paramedics treat a person at the scene as armed cops swarm the Parliament grounds
Reuters
A body was seen on Westminster Bridge with police confirming that they were now treating the incident as a terror attack until advised otherwise
Dramatic pictures show bloodied bodies littering Westminster bridge and the vicinity outside Parliament as heroic bystanders desperately try to save the lives of those injured.
Two people have been seen lying within Old Palace Yard, immediately outside Westminster Hall – one of whom is thought to be the attacker.
Earlier reports suggested sounds of an explosion were heard but this has not been confirmed.
Pedestrians reportedly jumped into the River Thames in a bid to escape the horror unfolding in the tourist hotspot.
WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
- Reports of gunfire and man wielding a knife outside Parliament at 2.40pm
- Police shoot suspect in Parliament grounds after police officer stabbed
- Reports attacker mowed down up to a dozen people in 4×4 on Westminster Bridge
- It is thought he careered along bridge ploughing to all in his path before hitting Parliament gates
- Police treating the attack as a “terrorist incident until we know otherwise”
- Dramatic Pictures bloodied bodies strewn across bridge and outside Parliament
- Theresa May bundled into Jaguar by undercover cop and whisked to safety
- Westminster on lockdown with station, bridge and roads shut for foreseeable future
- Emergency services urge Londoners not to call 999 unless absolutely necessary
Official sources have confirmed she is unharmed.
The news came as eyewitness’ the horror that unfolded on Westminster Bridge with pedestrians being knocked down like bowling pins.
Witness Rick Longley said: “We were just walking up to the station and there was a loud bang and a guy, someone, crashed a car and took some pedestrians out.
“They were just laying there and then the whole crowd just surged around the corner by the gates just opposite Big Ben.
“A guy came past my right shoulder with a big knife and just started plunging it into the policeman.
“I have never seen anything like that. I just can’t believe what I just saw.”
Reuters
Witnesses rushed to help a victim with reports that a car mowed down a number of people on Westminster Bridge before crashing into the gate outside Parliament
Reuters
Heavily armed police rushed to the scene, with the public warned to stay away from Parliament Square; Whitehall; Westminster Bridge; Lambeth Bridge; Victoria Street
Reuters
The wheel of a London bus can be seen over a victim, with police called about 2.40pm
Witnesses reported hearing gun shots, with authorities rushing to contain the unfolding incident
AP:Associated Press
Emergency crews flooded Westminster Bridge after the attack with police confirming that it was being treated as a firearms incident
Reuters
Heroic bystanders rushed to help those ploughed over on Westminster Bridge this afternoon
PA
ress AssociationParamedics treat the injured outside Parliament as details of the horrific attack are revealed
As Westminster was placed on lockdown Commons Leader David Lidington told MPs: "What I am able to say to the House is there has been a serious incident within the estate.
"It seems that a police officer has been stabbed, that the alleged assailant was shot by armed police.
"An air ambulance is currently attending the scene to remove the casualties.
"There are also reports of further violent incidents in the vicinity of the Palace of Westminster but I hope colleagues on all sides will appreciate that it'd be wrong of me to go into further details until we have confirmation from the police and from the House security authorities about what is going on."
Reuters
A victim lies at the foot of stairs on Westminster Bridge after this afternoon's attack
Reuters
A man is treated on Westminster bridge by bystanders
PA Press Association
Emergency crews rush to help victims mowed down as a 4x4 ploughed into crowds
Twitter/ @sikorskiradek
A man clutches his leg with a witness saying he saw a car mow down pedestrians
Getty Images
A victim is treated by paramedics and wrapped in a foil blanket as he explains to officers what he saw
Getty Images
Three police helicopters were seen above Westminster as the incident unfolded, with an air ambulance also called in
Rob Smith was running past Westminster when he said he saw the drama unfolded, told Sun Online: "The grey Hyundai car came across the bridge then across the cycle lane, hit a man on a bike and drive into the wall gates.
"Police ran straight out and shot him. I think there was another person but I can't be sure".
He said that officers had been drawing their guns as they ran out.
Another witness reported: "We heard a loud bang, lots of shouting and men running around.
Someone rushed through, attacked a policeman.
"He appeared to be carrying a knife or a gun. We then heard gunfire, five or six rounds.
"The man approaching one of the police officers with a knife."
Another witness told Sky News a man was seen walking towards a policeman with a knife in his hand, having already assaulted another policeman.
A medical helicopter has landed outside the Houses Parliament to treat victims and a Hazardous Area Response Team has been dispatched.
The sitting in the House of Commons has been suspended while police officers sealed off the area around the incident closing Westminster station.
Staff inside Parliament were told to stay in their offices and stay away from the window.
Immediately before the incident, at around 2.45pm, a crowd of passers-by was seen running from the direction of Westminster Bridge and around the corner into Parliament Square.
Met Police have asked anyone with pictures to make sure they are passed for police while the public are asked not to request ambulances unless it is a genuine emergency.
Sky News
This is the moment MPs were told of the terror attack at Parliament
Getty Images
Cops have sealed off the area around Parliament
An air ambulance has landed at the scene with multiple injuries reported
The whole area is on lockdown with police closing the following areas: Parliament Square; Whitehall; Westminster Bridge; Lambeth Bridge; Victoria Street up to the junction with Broadway and the Victoria Embankment up to Embankment tube.
A statement said: "This is to allow the emergency services to deal with the ongoing incident.
"Officers - including firearms officers - remain on the scene and we are treating this as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise.
"We thank the public for their assistance."
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At least 2 dead in London car rampage, stabbing
Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka, The Associated Press
Published Wednesday, March 22, 2017 10:55AM EDT
Last Updated Wednesday, March 22, 2017 1:12PM EDT
LONDON -- A vehicle mowed down pedestrians on London's Westminster Bridge, killing at least one woman and leaving others with injuries described as catastrophic. Around the same time Wednesday, a knife-wielding attacker stabbed a police officer and was shot on the grounds outside Britain's Parliament, sending the compound into lockdown. Authorities said they were treating the attacks as a terrorist incident.
The threat level for international terrorism in the U.K. was already listed at severe. Wednesday was the anniversary of suicide bombings in the Brussels airport and subway that killed 32 people, and the latest events echoed recent vehicle attacks in Berlin and Nice, France. There was no immediate claim of responsibility and it was not clear if there was more than one attacker. London Police Commander B.J. Harrington said a full counter-terrorism investigation was underway.
The incident in London unfolded within sight of some of the city's most famous tourist sites, including the London Eye, a large Ferris wheel with pods that have views over the capital. It stopped rotating and footage showed the pods full as viewers watched police and medical crews on the bridge, which has at its north end Big Ben and Parliament, two iconic symbols.
Roads are closed off by police close to the Houses of Parliament, London, on March 22, 2017. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)
"The whole length of the bridge there were people on the ground," Richard Tice, a witness, told Sky News. The London Ambulance Service said it had treated at least 10 people on the bridge.
Colleen Anderson of St. Thomas' Hospital said a female pedestrian died and around a dozen people were hurt.
"There were some with minor injuries, some catastrophic. Some had injuries they could walk away from or who have life-changing injuries," she said.
Rick Longley told the Press Association that he heard a bang and saw a car plow into pedestrians and come to a crashing stop. Images from the scene showed pedestrians sprawled on the ground, with blood streaming from a woman surrounded by a scattering of postcards.
"They were just laying there and then the whole crowd just surged around the corner by the gates just opposite Big Ben," he said. "A guy came past my right shoulder with a big knife and just started plunging it into the policeman. I have never seen anything like that. I just can't believe what I just saw."
At Parliament, a body was seen lying in the yard. It wasn't clear if it was the attacker.
Dennis Burns, who was just entering Parliament for a meeting, told the Press Association he heard a radio message saying an officer had been stabbed. Police and security rushed outside as he was going in.
"When I got inside I was wondering what the hell was going on and I saw dozens of panicked people running down the street," he said. "The first stream was around 30 people and the second stream was 70 people. It looked like they were running for their lives."
Daily Mail journalist Quentin Letts said he saw a man in black attack a police officer outside Parliament before being shot two or three times as he tried to storm into the House of Commons.
"He had something in his hand, it looked like a stick of some sort, and he was challenged by a couple of policemen in yellow jackets," Letts told the BBC. "And one of the yellow-jacketed policemen fell down and we could see the man in black moving his arm in a way that suggested he was stabbing or striking the yellow-jacketed policeman."
Lett said the other officer ran to get help and the man in black ran toward the entrance.
"As this attacker was running towards the entrance two plain-clothed guys with guns shouted at him what sounded like a warning, he ignored it and they shot two or three times and he fell," he said.
As lawmakers were voting inside Parliament, they reported hearing the sound of gunshots.
Journalists there said they were told to stay in their offices. Press Association news agency reported that two people were seen lying within the grounds of Parliament.
Prime Minister Theresa May was at Parliament when the incident began, but her office says she is safe.
British security has thwarted some 13 terror plots over the past four years, but the UK has largely been spared major international terror attacks such as the ones seen in Belgium and France.
Last year, a far-right supporter shot and killed British lawmaker Jo Cox, who had campaigned for the U.K. to remain in the European Union. Prior to that, an attacker stabbed three people at a train station in east London in response to the Royal Air Force's bombing of the Islamic State group in Syria.
The most gruesome recent attack occurred in 2013 when two Muslim converts of Nigerian descent attacked Lee Rigby, a British Army soldier who was walking down the street. The men ran Rigby down with their vehicle and then used a cleaver to hack him to death as bystanders watched in horror.
The worst peace time attack on Britain this century was on July 7, 2005, when four al Qaeda-inspired bombers blew themselves up on three subway trains and a bus in London, killing 52. Three of the bombers were British-born, all of Pakistani descent; the other emigrated from Jamaica.
Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka, The Associated Press
Published Wednesday, March 22, 2017 10:55AM EDT
Last Updated Wednesday, March 22, 2017 1:12PM EDT
LONDON -- A vehicle mowed down pedestrians on London's Westminster Bridge, killing at least one woman and leaving others with injuries described as catastrophic. Around the same time Wednesday, a knife-wielding attacker stabbed a police officer and was shot on the grounds outside Britain's Parliament, sending the compound into lockdown. Authorities said they were treating the attacks as a terrorist incident.
The threat level for international terrorism in the U.K. was already listed at severe. Wednesday was the anniversary of suicide bombings in the Brussels airport and subway that killed 32 people, and the latest events echoed recent vehicle attacks in Berlin and Nice, France. There was no immediate claim of responsibility and it was not clear if there was more than one attacker. London Police Commander B.J. Harrington said a full counter-terrorism investigation was underway.
The incident in London unfolded within sight of some of the city's most famous tourist sites, including the London Eye, a large Ferris wheel with pods that have views over the capital. It stopped rotating and footage showed the pods full as viewers watched police and medical crews on the bridge, which has at its north end Big Ben and Parliament, two iconic symbols.
Roads are closed off by police close to the Houses of Parliament, London, on March 22, 2017. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)
"The whole length of the bridge there were people on the ground," Richard Tice, a witness, told Sky News. The London Ambulance Service said it had treated at least 10 people on the bridge.
Colleen Anderson of St. Thomas' Hospital said a female pedestrian died and around a dozen people were hurt.
"There were some with minor injuries, some catastrophic. Some had injuries they could walk away from or who have life-changing injuries," she said.
Rick Longley told the Press Association that he heard a bang and saw a car plow into pedestrians and come to a crashing stop. Images from the scene showed pedestrians sprawled on the ground, with blood streaming from a woman surrounded by a scattering of postcards.
"They were just laying there and then the whole crowd just surged around the corner by the gates just opposite Big Ben," he said. "A guy came past my right shoulder with a big knife and just started plunging it into the policeman. I have never seen anything like that. I just can't believe what I just saw."
At Parliament, a body was seen lying in the yard. It wasn't clear if it was the attacker.
Dennis Burns, who was just entering Parliament for a meeting, told the Press Association he heard a radio message saying an officer had been stabbed. Police and security rushed outside as he was going in.
"When I got inside I was wondering what the hell was going on and I saw dozens of panicked people running down the street," he said. "The first stream was around 30 people and the second stream was 70 people. It looked like they were running for their lives."
Daily Mail journalist Quentin Letts said he saw a man in black attack a police officer outside Parliament before being shot two or three times as he tried to storm into the House of Commons.
"He had something in his hand, it looked like a stick of some sort, and he was challenged by a couple of policemen in yellow jackets," Letts told the BBC. "And one of the yellow-jacketed policemen fell down and we could see the man in black moving his arm in a way that suggested he was stabbing or striking the yellow-jacketed policeman."
Lett said the other officer ran to get help and the man in black ran toward the entrance.
"As this attacker was running towards the entrance two plain-clothed guys with guns shouted at him what sounded like a warning, he ignored it and they shot two or three times and he fell," he said.
As lawmakers were voting inside Parliament, they reported hearing the sound of gunshots.
Journalists there said they were told to stay in their offices. Press Association news agency reported that two people were seen lying within the grounds of Parliament.
Prime Minister Theresa May was at Parliament when the incident began, but her office says she is safe.
British security has thwarted some 13 terror plots over the past four years, but the UK has largely been spared major international terror attacks such as the ones seen in Belgium and France.
Last year, a far-right supporter shot and killed British lawmaker Jo Cox, who had campaigned for the U.K. to remain in the European Union. Prior to that, an attacker stabbed three people at a train station in east London in response to the Royal Air Force's bombing of the Islamic State group in Syria.
The most gruesome recent attack occurred in 2013 when two Muslim converts of Nigerian descent attacked Lee Rigby, a British Army soldier who was walking down the street. The men ran Rigby down with their vehicle and then used a cleaver to hack him to death as bystanders watched in horror.
The worst peace time attack on Britain this century was on July 7, 2005, when four al Qaeda-inspired bombers blew themselves up on three subway trains and a bus in London, killing 52. Three of the bombers were British-born, all of Pakistani descent; the other emigrated from Jamaica.
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