Post by Admin on Mar 23, 2017 23:59:14 GMT
Terrorist attack in Westminster
news.met.police.uk/news/latest-on-westminster-incident-229843
Police were called at approximately 14:40hrs on Wednesday, 22 March to reports of an incident in Westminster Bridge, SW1. It is being treated as a firearms incident.
Officers - including firearms officers - remain on the scene and we are treating this as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise.
Investigators have now made a total of eight arrests as part of the ongoing Counter Terrorism operation.
We thank the public for their assistance.
Police are appealing for any members of the public who may have images or footage of the incident to send them to this address:
www.ukpoliceimageappeal.co.uk
Police are asking people to avoid the following areas: Parliament Square; Whitehall; Westminster Bridge; Lambeth Bridge; Victoria Street up to the junction with Broadway and the Victoria Embankment up to Embankment tube.
This is to allow the emergency services to deal with the ongoing incident.
news.met.police.uk/news/latest-on-westminster-incident-229843
Police were called at approximately 14:40hrs on Wednesday, 22 March to reports of an incident in Westminster Bridge, SW1. It is being treated as a firearms incident.
Officers - including firearms officers - remain on the scene and we are treating this as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise.
Investigators have now made a total of eight arrests as part of the ongoing Counter Terrorism operation.
We thank the public for their assistance.
Police are appealing for any members of the public who may have images or footage of the incident to send them to this address:
www.ukpoliceimageappeal.co.uk
Police are asking people to avoid the following areas: Parliament Square; Whitehall; Westminster Bridge; Lambeth Bridge; Victoria Street up to the junction with Broadway and the Victoria Embankment up to Embankment tube.
This is to allow the emergency services to deal with the ongoing incident.