Parliament shooting – Woman dead and others 'catastrophically' injured after 4×4 mows down a dozen people on Westminster Bridge before knifeman storms Parliament grounds and stabs cop before being shot by police
Prime Minister was in voting lobby at the time of the attack and bundled into a car
A WOMAN has died and numerous others are "catastrophically" injured after a 4×4 mowed down a dozen people on Westminster Bridge before a knifeman stormed Parliament grounds and stabbed a cop.
The attacker, who was wielding an 'eight inch' knife, was shot by police after launching the terror attack in the capital this afternoon.
Witnesses rushed to help a victim with reports that a car mowed down a number of people on Westminster Bridge before crashing into the gate outside Parliament
Heavily armed police rushed to the scene, with the public warned to stay away from Parliament Square; Whitehall; Westminster Bridge; Lambeth Bridge; Victoria Street
David Lidington MP tells Commons about Westminster attack
Dramatic pictures show bodies littering Westminster bridge and the vicinity outside Parliament.
Two people have been seen lying within Old Palace Yard, immediately outside Westminster Hall.
Earlier reports suggested sounds of an explosion were heard but this has not been confirmed.
Commons Leader David Lidington told MPs: "What I am able to say to the House is there has been a serious incident within the estate.
"It seems that a police officer has been stabbed, that the alleged assailant was shot by armed police.
"An air ambulance is currently attending the scene to remove the casualties.
"There are also reports of further violent incidents in the vicinity of the Palace of Westminster but I hope colleagues on all sides will appreciate that it'd be wrong of me to go into further details until we have confirmation from the police and from the House security authorities about what is going on."
A victim is treated by paramedics and wrapped in a foil blanket as he explains to officers what he saw
The Prime Minister was seen in the voting lobby at the time of the attack - she was bundled into a car and rushed from the scene with official sources saying she is unharmed. Eyewitness Rick Longley said: "We were just walking up to the station and there was a loud bang and a guy, someone, crashed a car and took some pedestrians out.
"They were just laying there and then the whole crowd just surged around the corner by the gates just opposite Big Ben.
"A guy came past my right shoulder with a big knife and just started plunging it into the policeman.
"I have never seen anything like that. I just can't believe what I just saw."
Three police helicopters were seen above Westminster as the incident unfolded, with an air ambulance also called in
Rob Smith was running past Westminster when he said he saw the drama unfolded, told Sun Online: "The grey Hyundai car came across the bridge then across the cycle lane, hit a man on a bike and drive into the wall gates.
"Police ran straight out and shot him. I think there was another person but I can't be sure".
He said that officers had been drawing their guns as they ran out.
Another witness reported: "We heard a loud bang, lots of shouting and men running around. Someone rushed through, attacked a policeman.
"He appeared to be carrying a knife or a gun. We then heard gunfire, five or six rounds.
"The man approaching one of the police officers with a knife."
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