Parliament shooting, stabbing considered act of terrorism: Police

March 22, 2017 21:34

UK police are investigating a "firearms incident" near British parliament in London on Wednesday, after an assailant drove into a wall and fired multiple shots, placing the House of Commons building on lockdown.

Police are treating the event as a "terrorist incident" until they "know otherwise."

"People are asked to avoid Parliament Square; Whitehall; Westminster Bridge; Lambeth Bridge; Victoria Street up to the junction with Broadway and the Victoria Embankment up to Embankment Tube," police said in a statement.

"This is to allow the emergency services to deal with the ongoing incident. Officers - including firearms officers - remain on the scene and we are treating this as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise," the statement added.

IMAGE: An injured person is assisted after an incident on Westminster Bridge in London. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

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