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Scenes of immediate aftermath of ‘terrorist incident’ near UK Parliament (VIDEO) | Scenes of immediate aftermath of ‘terrorist incident’ near UK Parliament (VIDEO) |
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Videos of the immediate aftermath of attacks that took place on Westminster Bridge and the gates of Parliament, which police are now treating as a "terrorist incident" have emerged online. | Videos of the immediate aftermath of attacks that took place on Westminster Bridge and the gates of Parliament, which police are now treating as a "terrorist incident" have emerged online. |
RT UK's Afshin Rattansi has been live-streaming the immediate aftermath of the gunfire and stabbing incident near the UK Parliament on Wednesday afternoon on Periscope. | RT UK's Afshin Rattansi has been live-streaming the immediate aftermath of the gunfire and stabbing incident near the UK Parliament on Wednesday afternoon on Periscope. |
Rattansi, who was near Parliament at the time of the incident, reported "massive shouting, people told to run as fast as they could," while live-streaming from the scene. | |
While the roads have been "all blocked" by law enforcement, people gathered in the area, including Rattansi, have been pushed further from the scene. | |
A video of people reportedly rammed by a car on Westminster Bridge before it crashed into the gates of Britain's Parliament perimeter also emerged on Twitter. | A video of people reportedly rammed by a car on Westminster Bridge before it crashed into the gates of Britain's Parliament perimeter also emerged on Twitter. |
People running up to and attending to persons lying in the middle of the road on the bridge can be seen in the footage posted on Twitter. | |
"There [are] about three of them, one is unconscious," a voice off the camera is heard saying, while the Twitter post says "at least five people" have been "mowed down" by the car. | |
Another video shows a car on a pedestrian lane with the driver's front door open, with the vehicle's front side apparently smashed into the gates. | |
Ruptly footage captured an emergency helicopter landing close to the site of the attacks. |