Hemera/Thinkstock(LONDON) — A firearms incident was reported at London’s Westminster Bridge, near the United Kingdom Houses of Parliament, the Metropolitan Police said Wednesday.
Paramedics were seen treating people on Westminster Bridge Road.
We were called at approx 2:40pm to reports of an incident at #Westminster Bridge. Being treated as a firearms incident – police on scene
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) March 22, 2017
David Lidington, leader of the House of Commons, told members of Parliament an “alleged assailant was shot by armed police” and an air ambulance was at the scene. He added that there were also reports of further “violence incidents” in the area.
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