One dead in "terrorist incident" near Parliament in London

London police said that the situation is being treated "as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise"

By Matthew Rozsa

Staff Writer

Published March 22, 2017 6:02PM (EDT)

Police secure the area on the south side of Westminster Bridge close to the Houses of Parliament in London (AP/Matt Dunham)
Police secure the area on the south side of Westminster Bridge close to the Houses of Parliament in London (AP/Matt Dunham)

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Police in London are responding to what they're calling "a terror incident," when a man reportedly attacked a police officer with a knife at Parliament before he was shot by officers.

Four people have been killed, and an unknown number of others have "catastrophic" injuries as a result of the attack.

The House of Commons was on lockdown, while the press office for Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed that she was "safe and at work."

 

 

 


By Matthew Rozsa

Matthew Rozsa is a staff writer at Salon. He received a Master's Degree in History from Rutgers-Newark in 2012 and was awarded a science journalism fellowship from the Metcalf Institute in 2022.

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