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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 22 2017, 12:01 PM (639 Views) | |
| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 12:01 PM Post #1 |
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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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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 12:38 PM Post #31 |
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(The Guardian) Kirsten Hurrell, 70, was at her newspaper kiosk in Parliament Square when the incident happened. What I heard myself was a crash. I looked up. I saw this car ploughing into the parliament fence. I thought initially it was some kind of accident. Then I heard a couple of sharp noises. It could have been gunshots. I wasn’t sure. There was a lot of steam from the car. I thought it might explode. I telephoned the police but someone had already called them. I heard from someone else that the car had mown down people on the bridge. I saw myself someone lying on the floor near the car. It looked like a cyclist. The car was in the fence. Hurrell said she fled the scene without locking up her kiosk outside Portcullis House, home to dozens of MPs. There was a lot of steam coming out of the car. It looked like steam rather than smoke. I thought it was going to explode. |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 12:39 PM Post #32 |
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--Police officers - 10 to 15 - walking across Whitehall towards Westminster Bridge. Sniffer dogs everywhere. (Tom McTague, Politico UK - 22 March 2017) |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 12:39 PM Post #33 |
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(The Guardian) This is clearly a difficult time for the police as they widen the cordon around Parliament Square. Three vans bringing 16 officers as reinforcements just screeched up Victoria Street under blue lights. One man confronted an officer and demanded to know why he couldn’t pass through the cordon and complained it was a free country. “Not at the moment it isn’t,” the officer replied. |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 12:40 PM Post #34 |
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(The Guardian) More from Kirsten Hurrell, who witnessed the incident from her newspaper kiosk in Parliament Square. Hurrell said that the car had come to a halt following shots. “There were shots to stop the car. The car turned, went completely over the cycle lane and rammed nose-first into the parliamentary fence. There was someone on the ground on the right of the car. They didn’t look very good.” Hurrell said her family had had her Newsstand kiosk for nearly 100 years. “I’m not surprised by what happened,” she said. “This was always potentially a hot spot. I lived through the IRA incidents. We have got a lot of experience with terrorism. With what’s going on in the world it’s not surprising.” The emergency services had responded amazingly, she said. “They were magnificent. Quick to respond and quick to evacuate.” |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 12:42 PM Post #35 |
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![]() (The Guardian) Armed police walk past emergency services outside the Palace of Westminster. --Mike Jephcott, 38, was working at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors which overlooks Parliament Square when he heard three gunshots. “I looked at my colleague and said ‘I’m sure that’s gunshots’. There was panic and people running around,” he told the Guardian. “Police were running around.” “We saw the car on the side down by Big Ben. It was quite scary. Our offices were on lockdown and we have been asked to evacuate now.” |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 12:44 PM Post #36 |
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(The Guardian) The intelligence agencies immediately put together teams to work on identifying who was involved in the attack and whether there was a link to a terrorist group. If the attacker or attackers are from the UK, the domestic intelligence service MI5, which works closely with the police, will be looking at whether they were part of a wider network and working to track down associates. The overseas intelligence agency MI6 will seek to establish whether there are any links to terrorists organisations in other countries. One of the first questions raised will be whether the attacker or attackers had been under surveillance. The immediate response of the intelligence agents would be that if they had someone under surveillance and became aware an attack was imminent, they would have stepped in. But MI5 does not have the resources to maintain 24-hour surveillance on all possible suspects and has to make hard choices about who poses the highest risk. Although symbolically parliament is one of the most high-profile targets in the UK, it is also one of the most heavily guarded. Without the high level of security, the casualty list could have been much higher. |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 12:46 PM Post #37 |
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![]() (Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London - 22 March 2017) |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 12:46 PM Post #38 |
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(The Guardian) One woman has died, others left with "catastrophic" injuries --Speaking to reporters outside the central London hospital, junior doctor Colleen Anderson from St Thomas’ hospital has said a female pedestrian had died. She also said she treated a police officer in his 30s with a head injury who had been taken to King’s College hospital. She said: “I confirmed one fatality. A woman. She was under the wheel of a bus. She died, confirmed her death at the scene.” Anderson said: “There were people across the bridge. There were some with minor injuries, some catastrophic. Some had injuries they could walk away from ...[others] have life-changing injuries. There were maybe a dozen [injured].” |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 12:47 PM Post #39 |
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(The Guardian) In Victoria Street teams of firefighters, some arriving in unmarked cars, have gathered and are pulling on burgundy overalls with the word “rescue” on the back. They appear to be wearing body armour and helmets and are moving towards parliament. |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 12:48 PM Post #40 |
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(The Guardian) The Met police are appealing for pictures or video footage of the incident. (1) If you have photos or film of the incident in #Westminster please make sure you pass them to police http://www.ukpoliceimageappeal.co.uk (2) Please use common sense and restraint in circulating pictures and videos of those that have been injured during the incident in #Westminster |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 12:50 PM Post #41 |
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(The Guardian) World leaders have begun to react with shock to the incident in Westminster in which at least one person has died. US president Donald Trump described the incident as “big news” after he was updated on the situation. Trump told reporters: “I was just getting an update on London… some big news having to do with London just happened,” according NBC. The US State Department said it was ready to assist the UK authorities in any way. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said: “We are following the concerning situation outside the UK Parliament. Our hearts go out to those affected. We stand ready to assist in any way the UK authorities would find helpful. The safety and security of US citizens overseas is one of our priorities. Our embassy in London is monitoring the situation closely.” Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said: “Horrible images from London. The very heart of the city has been struck. “Our thoughts are with the British people.” Gibraltar’s chief minister Fabian Picardo said: “Shocked at attack on London. Yesterday I spent the day at Westminster. Luckily not today. London’s Parliament is the mother of democracy!” |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 12:51 PM Post #42 |
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![]() (Ben Riley-Smith, Asst. Political Editor, Daily Mail - 22 March 2017) |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 12:52 PM Post #43 |
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(The Guardian) Commander BJ Harrington from the Met Police is speaking to reporters now. -Firearms officers were sent to the scene, he says. -He appeals to the public to avoid areas around Westminster. -This is to allow emergency services to deal with the ongoing incident. -There is an ongoing incident being dealt with by the counter-terrorism incident. -He says there are a number of injuries, including police. -He says extra police officers are being deployed across the capital. -The acting commissioner is a significant witness, because he was at the scene. -He says anyone who has information about this should call the police. |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 12:54 PM Post #44 |
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(The Guardian) At 440pm, some MPs and visitors to Parliament were led out through Westminster Hall, the oldest part of the Palace of Westminster, walking across the corner of New Palace Yard where the incident occurred. There are still around 20 police cars, at least six ambulances and five fire engines on Parliament Square, next to the New Palace Yard entrance. |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 12:54 PM Post #45 |
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--A woman was pulled alive from the River Thames and is being treated by paramedics on a nearby pier. It's thought she was on bridge at time (Chris Ship, ITV News - 22 March 2017) |
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