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London Attack: What We Know and Don’t Know London Attack: What We Know and Don’t Know
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• The police said officers had been summoned to Westminster Bridge around 2:40 p.m. after reports of “a firearms incident,” and witnesses reported gunfire near an office building for lawmakers and members of their staff. • Four people were killed, including an attacker and a police officer, and 20 were wounded in a terror attack in London, according to the head of London’s Metropolitan Police counterterrorism unit.
• At least 10 people were treated for injuries after being struck by a vehicle on the bridge, the London Ambulance Service said. • The driver of a large vehicle mowed down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, which leads to Parliament around 2:40 p.m. After the crash, at least one man left the vehicle, and then approached Parliament, where he fatally stabbed a police officer. He in turn was shot and killed by the police.
• A woman who was run over on the bridge has died, and the Port of London Authority said a woman had been pulled from the River Thames alive but with severe injuries. • Parliament was locked down and a search was conducted to make certain no other assailants were in the area. Police said they believe there was only one attacker.
• The police said officers had been summoned to the bridge around 2:40 p.m. after reports of “a firearms incident,” and witnesses reported gunfire near an office building for lawmakers and members of their staff. • A woman who was run over on the bridge has died, and the Port of London Authority said another woman was pulled from the River Thames alive but with severe injuries.
• An assailant stabbed one person near the entrance to Parliament, and then was shot by the police. • Others injured on the bridge included three police officers and several French high school students.
• The police said officers had been summoned to the bridge after reports of “a firearms incident,” and witnesses reported gunfire near an office building for lawmakers and members of their staff.
• The police said a “full counterterrorism investigation was underway.”• The police said a “full counterterrorism investigation was underway.”
• Prime Minister Theresa May was taken from the scene in a silver Jaguar as the gunfire erupted.• Prime Minister Theresa May was taken from the scene in a silver Jaguar as the gunfire erupted.
• One of the busiest sections of London was cordoned off and evacuated, the Westminster station of London’s subway system was closed, and additional police have been stationed across the capital.• One of the busiest sections of London was cordoned off and evacuated, the Westminster station of London’s subway system was closed, and additional police have been stationed across the capital.
• How many people were involved in the attack, or the identity of the attacker or attackers. • If there was more than one assailant involved in the attack, or the identity of the attacker or attackers.
• How many people were killed and wounded in the attack, although the police said that officers were among the casualties and the London Ambulance Service said it had treated 10 people on the bridge.• How many people were killed and wounded in the attack, although the police said that officers were among the casualties and the London Ambulance Service said it had treated 10 people on the bridge.
Photographs — some of them graphic — show victims lying on the Westminster Bridge on the sidewalk outside the Parliament building. In a briefing, a spokesman for Scotland Yard said that there had been, “a number of casualties, including police officers.”Photographs — some of them graphic — show victims lying on the Westminster Bridge on the sidewalk outside the Parliament building. In a briefing, a spokesman for Scotland Yard said that there had been, “a number of casualties, including police officers.”
A man stabbed one person near the entrance to Parliament, and then was killed by the police.