A group of Birmingham pupils were pictured, just 20 minutes before, standing on the sight of London’s most recent attack.
The children, from Holy Family catholic Primary School in Small heath, were sight-seeing in London when the attack struck.
The pupils, accompanied by their MP Jessie Phillips, were safely barricaded inside Parliament, along with other politicians when the events unfolded.
During the trip, an image of the smiling students was shared via the schools personal Twitter account a mere 20 minutes before the attacks.
Head Teacher for Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Peter Foley, said: “All the children on the school trip are safe and their parents have been informed of the situation. The deputy head teacher is with the children and is providing me with regular updates.”
Due to delays, the children had missed their scheduled train home, but following a prompt from their MP, Jess Phillips, Virgin Trains confirmed the group would still be able to travel on a later train at no extra cost.
The shocking London attack left 4 dead and over forty casualties after a knife wielding attacker ploughed his car into a crowd crossing Westminster Bridge outside Parliament in London.
MP’s were barricaded inside the building for protection with swarms of police surrounding the parameters.
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 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.”
Prime Minister Theresa May said the attack on Wednesday was “sick and depraved” and struck at values of liberty, democracy and freedom of speech.
