An alleged assailant has been shot after stabbing a policeman outside
the British parliament. There were also reports of a car plowing into
several people on Westminster Bridge.
Parliament was suspended on Wednesday following reports of gunfire and at least a dozen injuries around Westminster Bridge.
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.
Read more: UK Parliament on lockdown after shots fired | Breaking News | DW.COM | 22.03.2017
Parliament was suspended on Wednesday following reports of gunfire and at least a dozen injuries around Westminster Bridge.
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.
Read more: UK Parliament on lockdown after shots fired | Breaking News | DW.COM | 22.03.2017
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