Terrorist attack London- 22 March 2017

London terrorist attack 22 March 2017

Attack happen in parliament 22 March 2017

• 4 people have died, including a police officer and 1 man believed to be the attacker, said by police.
• At least twenty other peoples were injured in the attack, some sustaining “catastrophic” wounds.
• The alleged assailant drove a car into pedestrians on Westminster. Bridge before crashing it and then trying to enter the complex, armed with a knife.
• He was shot by armed police inside the security cordon of the Houses of Parliament.
• Police currently believe there was only one attacker, but have locked down the area around Westminster for further searches, as a precaution.

• Two of the victims are thought to have died on the bridge.
• Three French students, from a secondary school in Brittany, were among those injured when the car ploughed into pedestrians.
• Three police officers returning from a ceremony were also among those injured on the bridge.
• One woman was rescued from the Thames with serious injuries, after she apparently jumped or fell from the bridge, a spokesman for the Port of London Authority said.
• Minister for counter-terrorism Tobias Ellwood was among those who raced to give first aid to the police officer who later died. Pictures showed him with blood on his face as he administered CPR.
• Scotland Yard said it had declared the attack in Westminster, which began at about 2.40pm London time, “a terrorist incident”.
• The Palace of Westminster was put in lockdown for several hours, as armed police searched through buildings.
• Many MPs were confined to the Commons chamber after parliamentary business was suspended. But both the House of Commons and House of Lords plan to sit tomorrow as usual.
• The prime minister, Theresa May, was evacuated from the parliament building within minutes and driven to Downing Street.
• International leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Holland have sent messages of shock and solidarity. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sent condolences to victims.
• Both the ambulance service and the Metropolitan police have appealed to the public to call 999 only in a genuine emergency.
• The London Eye, opposite parliament on the other side of Westminster Bridge, is also in lockdown, with some being held inside the attraction’s pods.
• The Thames has been closed to all but emergency vessels between Vauxhall Bridge and Embankment.

source: theguardian.com