Two are now dead
Gun shots outside Parliament: Police shoot assailant following car attack on Westminster Bridge
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That's the joy of rolling live news when loads of conflicting pieces of fragmented info is coming in.
Two people now reported to have died (hopefully this other one is the attacker).
sadly I think that will rise
They should have only armed police there, unarmed police officers are an easy target for terrorists.
Two confirmed dead now.
Would find out more if they live
She just did it again! Managed to turn 'being treated as a terrorist incident until they know otherwise' into 'two people have been reported as dead as a result of this terrorist incident" in the space of a couple of sentences.
Someone needs to inform the no doubt dozens of detectives looking into things such as motives, or evidence of links to terrorism groups, that they're wasting their time. Burley has conducted it all already.
Someone needs to inform the no doubt dozens of detectives looking into things such as motives, or evidence of links to terrorism groups, that they're wasting their time. Burley has conducted it all already.
I hope not, that would be the easy way out for the bastard.
Thoughts and prayers with the victims and their families.
Know what you're saying, but the other way at least one less innocent person is dead.
If it's a lone wolf job it could be someone in a frenzied state who hasn't really thought about how to go about doing as much damage as possible. It doesn't take much imagination to dream up an attack of the kind done in Nice but we should be thankful that it wasn't worse.
Fair point.
Apparently the second fatality is the attacker. 1st is a woman killed on the bridge by the jeep.
The alternative is that the casualty is the officer of a pedestrian.
They are taking too much time to say was a terrorist attack and Trump has his finger tired waiting to click on his twitter 
Is it though? We can only watch what they show, if they don't show injured people, we won't look at them.
Do you think that some people are shouting at the screen "Show us some dead bodies ffs!"
Pantsless?
Surprised certain news outlets aren't making more of the fact that he looks brown.
Why is he naked?
moment police opened fire outside of #Parliament in this eyewitness video captured by Taiwanese tourist Aaron Tsang
I've walked over that bridge and used those very stairs so many times, and go to St Thomas' regularly. It's one of those incidents where you can all too easily picture yourself being involved, or someone you know personally.
ETA: Unusually, if compared to past incidents (Stockwell tube for instance), there has been little speculation on the identity of the culprit. The media are being cautious to this extent at least.
ETA: Unusually, if compared to past incidents (Stockwell tube for instance), there has been little speculation on the identity of the culprit. The media are being cautious to this extent at least.
to check for strapped on bombs?
Strip search to ensure he isn't wired up to blow or just for medical access?
I was walking over the bridge from Waterloo to Embankment just an hour before!
They are taking too much time to say was a terrorist attack and Trump has his finger tired waiting to click on his twitter
Trump tourettes. Im surprised the bbc haven't mentioned him yet either.
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They would not approach him until bomb squad disposal arrived
They would be gonners if he was strapped
Kay Burley is as sensitive as a tank.
I liked Scotland Yard's statement (broadcasted on BBC). Their spox stressed they heard different versions from witnesses about what has happened and that Scotland Yard is (obviously) investigating. He repeated to stay away from certain areas, mainly for reasons to make way for ambulance, police etc to help or investigate the scene.
I liked Scotland Yard's statement (broadcasted on BBC). Their spox stressed they heard different versions from witnesses about what has happened and that Scotland Yard is (obviously) investigating. He repeated to stay away from certain areas, mainly for reasons to make way for ambulance, police etc to help or investigate the scene.
Haven't heard much about the injuries of the officer, hopefully they're doing okay.
This doesn't make sense, how would they know without a sweep?
In any case, I was leaving London as this kicked off, I'm glad I chose the Circular. On the way back there was an MP evacuated giving an interview on the radio and all he could say was "I hope we are let back in to get our stuff before home time". Yeah, great.
I'd guess as they stripped him to check for bombs or whatever.
Am fascinated to know what kit the security police have on them (Policeman on extreme left of photo and Policeman in middle of photo kneeling down on one knee (cropped blonde hair). Exactly what weaponry, gadgets and kit do these guys have?
When they reported that someone was in the water i wondered if they'd leapt voluntarily. The stone balustrade/parapet is low enough.
Can see the knife on the floor in that picture