Staff inside Parliament were told to stay inside their offices
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A police officer has been stabbed in the Houses of Parliament in central London, Commons Leader David Lidington said, reports BBC.
He told MPs that the “alleged assailant was shot by armed police” following a “serious” incident.
Staff inside Parliament were told to stay inside their offices.
Parliament was suspended on Wednesday following reports of gunfire and at least a dozen injuries around Westminster Bridge.
London police confirmed that they had been called to a “firearms incident” on Westminster Bridge and said they will “put more information out as soon as we can.”
Just seen police shoot a man outside parliament, appeared to be wielding a knife
Reporters inside the parliament were told not to leave the building as reports circulated of a stabbing incident in addition to a shooting. However, it was still unclear to those at the scene what had transpired.
Charlie Cooper, a political correspondent for Politico, said he saw police shoot a man outside the parliament building and that there were at least two casualties.
Another observer at the scene said he saw a car mow down “at least 5 people” on Westminster Bridge. The video, which was taken by Radoslaw Sikorski, the former Polish foreign minister, purportedly shows the scene on the bridge.
Prime Minister Theresa May was seen being ushered into a silver Jaguar car as what sounded like gunfire rang out at Parliament during the incident.
A Downing Street source confirmed that Prime Minister Theresa May was “OK”, REPORTED BBC
Scotland Yard said it was called to a firearms incident on Westminster Bridge amid reports of several people injured.
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