Two people have been shot and many injured, after a knife wielding attacker ploughed his car into a crowd crossing Westminster Bridge outside Parliament in London.
MP’s have been barricaded inside the building for protection with swarms of police surrounding the parameters.
Metropolitan police have taken to twitter to update on the incident on Westminster Bridge.
The authorities said on Twitter: “We were called at approx 2:40 pm to reports of an incident at Westminster Bridge. Being treated as a firearms incident – police on scene.”
Eye witness, Quentin Letts, said: “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.”
MPs are now being evacuated from Parliament in groups of four.
David Lidington told MPs: “The alleged assailant was shot by armed police; an ambulance is currently attending the scene to remove the causalities.
“There are also reports of further violent incidents in the Palace of Westminster but it would be wrong of me to go into further details before confirmation from the police.”
MPs and staff in the Parliament building took to social media to express their concerns.
Labour MP Jon Trickett tweeted during the incident saying: “Democracy will not be intimidated by terror.”
Pictures are emerging of multiple injured on Westminster Bridge with video showing hundreds running at the time of the attack.
Police are treated the incident as a terrorist attack.
