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2017 Westminster Terror Thread
Topic Started: Mar 22 2017, 12:01 PM (640 Views)
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.......there are reports coming in over the wire of an apparent terrorist incident right outside or in the vicinity of the Houses of Parliament in London....

(The Guardian) Reports of shooting at House of Commons
--There are reports of a shooting at the Commons

--Man shot in entrance to the Commons. Appears to be a policeman down too (Jason Groves, Daily Mail - 22 March 2017)
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--Injured being treated in New Palace Yard after shooting incident (Libby Weiner, ITV News - 22 March 2017)
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--Heavily-armed para-military style police now all over Palace of Westminster. (Andrew Neilo, BBC News - 22 March 2017)
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--Man shot outside Houses of Parliament (Evening Standard, 22 March 2017)
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(The Guardian) Here is David Lidington’s statement to MPs about 20 minutes ago in full.

Colleagues will have appreciated that events have been moving rapidly and I want to emphasise that the knowledge that I have which is definite is so far very limited. What I am able to say to the House is that 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 attending the scene to remove the casualties. There are also reports of further violent incidents in the vicinity.
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(The Guardian) The aftermath of the apparent knife attack, which seemingly saw the attacker shot by police, could be seen in Old Palace Yard, the courtyard directly outside parliament.

At least one person could be seen prone on the ground, tended to by ambulance staff. An air ambulance landed on the grass of Parliament Square, and medical crews rushed in. However, they soon stepped back, and there was no sign of anyone being taken away.

While police looked clam, dozens of armed officers could be seen in the area. At one point, a group of about a dozen officers armed with guns arrived, some also carrying shields. They marched into parliament.
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(The Guardian)11:28am Summary of Events
--There have been two serious incidents near the British parliament.
--Police have confirmed they are currently treating the events as a terrorist incident.
--A police officer has been stabbed inside the gate of the Houses of Parliament in central London, the Commons leader, David Lidington, has said.
--The alleged assailant was shot by armed police following a “serious” incident.
--There are further reports of a car driving into a number of people on Westminster Bridge, before driving into the railings of the Palace of Westminster.
--Police fear the number of injured is in “double digits”.
--Westminster is currently in lockdown with MPs told to remain in the main chamber or in their offices.
--Scotland Yard said it was called to a firearms incident on Westminster Bridge amid reports of several people injured.
--Transport for London said Westminster underground station has been shut at the police’s request.
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(The Guardian) Theresa May, the prime minister, was rushed into a car 40 yards from the gates outside parliament where shots were fired minutes after the incident occurred, according to footage filmed by a member of staff.

She was ushered by at least eight armed undercover police, some with their firearms drawn, into a waiting black vehicle in Speaker’s Court, the footage seen by the Guardian shows. Loud bangs can be heard in the background as she is ushered into the car, but it is unclear whether the bangs were gunshots.

A senior police source has confirmed that Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command was involved in an investigation following this afternoon’s incidents.

The early police view emerging from the chaos is that there were probably two sites of attack: Westminster Bridge where people may have been run over, and parliament itself, where it appears an officer was stabbed and the attacker shot.

Plans for a London-wide emergency have been put into place as a precaution. Police are hopeful the incidents are over.
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(The Guardian) ..from the Guardian's Robert Booth....
--I’m at the police cordon at Victoria Street and Parliament Square.

Police are telling the public to move back for their own safety. One constable said there were “various serious incidents going on. It’s not safe to be around here at the moment”. The police are clearly agitated. There’s an air ambulance and about 15 police vehicles in the otherwise deserted square. Outside Westminster Abbey, groups of tourists are taking snaps oblivious of this afternoon’s incident.
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(The Guardian) ...from the Guardian's Luke Harding....
--I’m outside Downing Street - 200 metres from Parliament Square - where police are in force and there is a nervy mood. Met officers have taped off the pavement and are clearing the public - tourists, workers, passersby - back towards Trafalgar Square.

Unmarked police vehicles have blocked off the road to parliament at Horse Guards Parade. A helicopter is flying low above the Foreign Office and the PM’s residence. Trafalgar Square is a log-jam of buses and cars.

“It’s a serious incident, sir. Please keep moving,” one officer said.
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(The Guardian) Quentin Letts, the Daily Mail’s parliamentary sketchwriter, 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, the Press Association reports.

“I saw a thick-set man in black clothes come through the gates into New Palace Yard, just below Big Ben,” he told the BBC.

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. 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.

The other officer ran to get help and the man in black ran about 15 yards towards the entrance, he said. He added: 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.
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(Owen Bennett, Deputy Political Editor - Huffington Post UK -- 22 March 2017)
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(The Guardian) The police says no terrorists have got into the parliament building.

We have been evacuated from Portcullis House to Norman Shaw North, the building next door. MPs have been told to go back to their rooms. We are being told conflicting information about where to go. I’m currently penned in a corridor with hundreds of people.
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--White House: President Trump has been briefed on the incident in London and will continue to be updated (Jamie Roberton, ITV News - 22 March 2017)

--A blanket has been put over person down who we think was police officer. First aiders have stopped treating them (John Stevens, Deputy Political Editor - Daily Mail -- 22 March 2017)
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(The Guardian) Emergency services staff provide medical attention nearby Westminster Bridge.

--London Ambulance Service deputy director of operations, Pauline Cranmer, said: We were called at 2.40pm to Westminster Bridge to reports of an incident, with the first crew arriving within six minutes.

We have sent a number of resources to the scene including ambulance crews, London’s Air Ambulance and our Hazardous Area Response Team.

We are working closely with other members of the emergency services at the scene, with our priority being to ensure patients receive the medical help they need as quickly as possible.

We have declared a major incident and our priority is to assess patients and ensure that they are treated and taken to hospital as soon as possible.

As we are very busy dealing with this incident, we would ask the public to only call us in a genuine emergency.
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