The British Parliament is in lockdown after a shooting incident there, reports the BBC. A police officer was reportedly stabbed, and a vehicle ran five people over on nearby Westminster Bridge. Metropolitan police say they shot an assailant and are presumptively treating it as a terrorist incident "until we know otherwise."
https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/844571045889634304
https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk/status/844562478159876097
BBC Radio 5 reports that "around three shots" were heard after a man ran at the gates of the parliamentary compound, armed with a knife.
https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/844568472193585152
It's not clear if there were two separate assailants. The obvious assumption taking hold on social media is that the driver of the car was also the attacker in Parliament Square. The Prime Minister and her cabinet are reportedly safe. https://twitter.com/thepatrickdaly/status/844561414907985922
https://twitter.com/CharlieCooper8/status/844559971790540800
https://twitter.com/joncstone/status/844560881501556738
https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/844567132071350272
