Apparently there has been some sort of incident outside Palace of Westminster ...people injured after car driven at people on Westminster bridge ...and .rumours of shots being fired and man with knife ...
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Baz posted:Apparently there has been some sort of incident outside Palace of Westminster ...people injured after car driven at people on Westminster bridge ...and .rumours of shots being fired and man with knife ...
Oh no Baz
Roger the Alien posted:Baz posted:Apparently there has been some sort of incident outside Palace of Westminster ...people injured after car driven at people on Westminster bridge ...and .rumours of shots being fired and man with knife ...
Yes It's not long happened so it's all a bit confusing , but there are defo people injured Rosie ....and police apparently shot an assailant ...
Richard Tice was coming out of the tube station as the events unfolded.
He told BBC News: “I came out of Westminster Underground and it was clear something dramatic had happened.
“I was ushered onto the bridge and, looking up and down, there were at least eight figures on the west pavement… and then the car crashed at the south end of the bridge.
Daily Mail journalist Quentin Letts whose office overlooks the scene told the BBC of the moment police shot the man.
"This man 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.
"We could see the man in black moving his arm in a way that suggested he was either stabbing or striking the yellow-jacketed policeman, and one of the policemen then ran to get help, which was very quick to come and as this attacker was running towards the entrance used by MPs to get into the House of Commons.
"As he was running he ran, about I'd say 15 yard perhaps, two plain clothes guys with guns shouted at him what sounded like a warning, he ignored it and they shot two or three times and he fell."
Scotland Yard said in a statement: "Police are asking people to avoid the following areas: Parliament Square; Whitehall; Westminster Bridge; Lambeth Bridge; Victoria Street up to the junction with Broadway and the Victoria Embankment up to Embankment tube.
"This is to allow the emergency services to deal with the ongoing incident.
"Officers - including firearms officers - remain on the scene and we are treating this as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise. "We thank the public for their assistance."
Baz posted:Yes, you can definitely see people lying in the road on the bridge El Loro ...and a car smashed up against the railings a bit further along
How awful
El Loro posted:Baz, as you say, it's not clear yet if the driver of the car is the same person as the man who has stabbed or struck a policeman and has been shot.
Hopefully it was just one El...and he's been shot ....but I'm guessing they aren't taking any chances ..hence them keeping everything in lockdown
Baz posted:St Thomas hospital doctor saying one person has died and several have * catastrophic* injuries
This is so sad Poor, poor people.
Honestly, words fail you at a moment like this
Sick b******s who carried this out. But alas this is the world we now live in.
BBC are now asking obvious 'padding' questions.
Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Sick b******s who carried this out. But alas this is the world we now live in.
BBC are now asking obvious 'padding' questions.
Yes ...on all points
I have seen enough now Baz and probably have all the info as it stands so will look for something else on the TV and carry on clearing out old paperwork.
Baz posted:Roger the Alien posted:Baz posted:St Thomas hospital doctor saying one person has died and several have * catastrophic* injuries
This is so sad
Honestly, words fail you at a moment like this
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Sick b******s who carried this out. But alas this is the world we now live in.
BBC are now asking obvious 'padding' questions.
Yes ...on all points
I have seen enough now Baz and probably have all the info as it stands so will look for something else on the TV and carry on clearing out old paperwork.
Yep, I'm turning off now too ....and will wait for the police bulletin which will come later
I don't tend to watch the news during the day, so I hadn't heard anything about this until hubby came home five minutes ago.
Baz posted:Yogi19 posted:
I don't normally either Yogi...I only turned on cos it flashed up on my iPad
The world is going mad
Police statement on TV now. Officer saying four dead now, although he's said nothing else about the other two. Edit - Apparently the other two died on the bridge
When we visited the Palace of Westminster we were chatting before we left.
One of the policemen approached us and said he was from the North East too.
We tend to forget they are people - he was a very nice guy
Have spoken to my two London based children. One is homw and safe, the other is out for supper in Soho.
I won't relax till she tets to tell me she's home ... I keep texting her to tell her that pudding is very fattening 
Rexi posted:Have spoken to my two London based children. One is homw and safe, the other is out for supper in Soho.
I won't relax till she tets to tell me she's home ... I keep texting her to tell her that pudding is very fattening
Aww Rexi
Roger the Alien posted:Rexi posted:Have spoken to my two London based children. One is homw and safe, the other is out for supper in Soho.
I won't relax till she tets to tell me she's home ... I keep texting her to tell her that pudding is very fattening
Aww Rexi
I know Rog .... I'm trying to be flippant and assume that it would never happen to me ... but there are a few families tonight who believed that very same thing this morning.
*deep sigh* and stay safe everyone xxx
Rexi posted:Roger the Alien posted:Rexi posted:Have spoken to my two London based children. One is homw and safe, the other is out for supper in Soho.
I won't relax till she tets to tell me she's home ... I keep texting her to tell her that pudding is very fattening
Aww Rexi
I know Rog .... I'm trying to be flippant and assume that it would never happen to me ... but there are a few families tonight who believed that very same thing this morning.
*deep sigh* and stay safe everyone xxx
Rexi posted:Roger the Alien posted:Rexi posted:Have spoken to my two London based children. One is homw and safe, the other is out for supper in Soho.
I won't relax till she tets to tell me she's home ... I keep texting her to tell her that pudding is very fattening
Aww Rexi
I know Rog .... I'm trying to be flippant and assume that it would never happen to me ... but there are a few families tonight who believed that very same thing this morning.
*deep sigh* and stay safe everyone xxx
Rexi posted:Roger the Alien posted:Rexi posted:Have spoken to my two London based children. One is homw and safe, the other is out for supper in Soho.
I won't relax till she tets to tell me she's home ... I keep texting her to tell her that pudding is very fattening
Aww Rexi
I know Rog .... I'm trying to be flippant and assume that it would never happen to me ... but there are a few families tonight who believed that very same thing this morning.
*deep sigh* and stay safe everyone xxx
Awww, I can't imagine what you've been feeling as a mother today, Rexi. 
Hope you're getting regular texts xx
Think I have ruined her date Rog ... he will sure be swiping left tomorrow!!
REXI - if you don't mind me asking ... how did they come to live in London?
Very jellus
Rexi posted:Think I have ruined her date Rog ... he will sure be swiping left tomorrow!!
ROFL!!! 
Saint posted:REXI - if you don't mind me asking ... how did they come to live in London?
Very jellus
Well, in a nutshell, they ran away from controlling mummy!
It's one of those 'how does that make you feel moments'!!
And also, they are not responsible for, yet they benefit from the will of their 96 year Old grandfather
Rexi posted:Saint posted:REXI - if you don't mind me asking ... how did they come to live in London?
Very jellus
Well, in a nutshell, they ran away from controlling mummy!
It's one of those 'how does that make you feel moments'!!
And also, they are not responsible for, yet they benefit from the will of their 96 year Old grandfather
Aww Rexi. The bright lights of London have lured many a child away
