Four people are dead, including a police officer and an attacker, and 20 others were injured after a car plowed into a crowd of people on Westminster Bridge in London on Wednesday afternoon in what officials are investigating as an act of terrorism.
What we know so far:
- The knife-wielding suspect was shot outside the Houses of Parliament after crashing the car into a gate and stabbing a police officer guarding the building. Both the attacker and officer died.
- Some of the wounded are said to have suffered “catastrophic” injuries, the U.K. Press Association reported.
- Parliament was placed on lockdown, according to a parliamentary official.
- British police are treating the incident as terrorism.
- Officials said they believe there was just one attacker but a full counterterrorism investigation is under way.
- 10 minutes agoPrime Minister Theresa May is now chairing the COBRA meeting.
- 13 minutes agoMayor of London Sadiq Khan says Londoners will "never be cowed by terrorism" in a video statement.
- 42 minutes agoKelli Grant
- 47 minutes agoThe White House released the following readout of U.S. President Donald Trump's phone call with British Prime Minister Theresa May."President Donald J. Trump spoke today with Prime Minister Theresa May of the United Kingdom to offer his condolences on today’s terror attack in London and his praise for the effective response of security forces and first responders. He pledged the full cooperation and support of the United States Government in responding to the attack and bringing those responsible to justice."
- 13 minutes agoJeremy Corbyn has released a video statement on the incident at Westminster.
- 55 minutes agoKelli Grant
- 13 minutes agoVideo of Prime Minister Theresa May leaving Downing Street has been tweeted by the BBC's Sean Clare. May is due to chair a meeting of COBRA shortly.
- 1 hour agoThe White House has released a readout of the call between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Theresa May.
No comments:
Post a Comment