STREAMING VIDEO – UPDATING: ‘Terrorist Incident’ at London Parliament
Attack on One-Year Anniversary of Brussels Attack
Scotland Yard is treating an attack outside the London Parliament as a terrorist incident. Details are slim but at around 10:30 AM EDT the attack took place. One police officer was stabbed and a suspect shot by London Metropolitan Police. The British House of Commons has been locked down.
Steaming video via Sky News:
London terror attack: Watch live Sky News coverage https://t.co/nph9gyqmNf
— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 22, 2017
Here is the latest:
While under lockdown, Commons Leader David Lidington gives update from inside Parliament on apparent attack nearby https://t.co/QOSUqSoB1s pic.twitter.com/6Tt9Oaajgc
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 22, 2017
“Today is the one year anniversary of the Brussels attack,” CNN’s @camanpour notes following the London incident https://t.co/HpbeoaTwH9
— CNN (@CNN) March 22, 2017
Here’s the moment the UK Parliament stopped after gunshots were heard outside https://t.co/EUpio5MQRb pic.twitter.com/eECdpJ0ios
— CNN (@CNN) March 22, 2017
Video of the area:
MORE: This aerial video shows first-responders outside UK Parliament after attack incident https://t.co/grvWEMed4g pic.twitter.com/pz6yko8QF5
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 22, 2017
Witness says she saw a car ram pedestrians leaving about ten people hurt. https://t.co/EMtm9W8ZUS pic.twitter.com/2ZVsWdarRO
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 22, 2017
.@PierreTABC: FBI, DHS officials closely monitoring incident outside British Parliament https://t.co/QOSUqSoB1s pic.twitter.com/2mV2ZWqxsB
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 22, 2017
UPDATE I: 12:41 PM EDT –
CNN reports this looks like a “lone wolf attack.”
One woman reportedly has died:
#London live blog — A doctor says a woman hit by a car in the #Westminster bridge incident has died, media report https://t.co/0qxDsSyK6L pic.twitter.com/IBxFxLMxTA
— POLITICO Europe (@POLITICOEurope) March 22, 2017
UPDATE II: 12:45 PM EDT –
Scotland Yard says counterterrorism investigation ongoing. They would not confirm number of casualties.Â
Fox News reports a second person has died.
Other reports state other victims have “catastrophic injuries.”Â
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