There are truly disturbing scenes unfolding in Westminster.
Reports emerged that there had been shots fired outside the Houses of Parliament.
A
police officer is said to have been stabbed, and his alleged assailant has been shot, according to the
BBC.
https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk/status/844562478159876097
https://twitter.com/JOE_co_uk/status/844563161143525376
Soon after, reports emerged of a separate incident on Westminster Bridge.
, a Senior Fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard Univerity, claims that a car "has mowed down at least 5 people."
Other, as yet
unconfirmed sources, on Twitter seem to corroborate this report.
https://twitter.com/JOE_co_uk/status/844568425099923458
Sky Sports football commentator Alan Parry was passing by as the incident unfolded, and gave this detailed account of it to his colleagues at
Sky News.
Parry said his walking along the pavement across from the Houses of Parliament when he heard an "almighty crash" just outside Westminster Underground station.
He said that the driver of the 4x4, which is alleged to have "mowed down" pedestrians, jumped from the vehicle when it crashed into a cyclist or a pedestrian, and began sprinting away from the scene before police arrived.
"That was followed by four what sounded very muck like gunshots to me," Parry continued.
"All of a sudden all hell was let loose, police descended everywhere and the whole area was locked down."
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/844566605723938816
