This Morning's Incident At Westminster Is Being Treated As A Terrorist Attack

Will Noble
By Will Noble Last edited 67 months ago

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This Morning's Incident At Westminster Is Being Treated As A Terrorist Attack
Barriers outside Parliament, close to where today's incident took place. This image is from 2017. Credit: Shutterstock

It's now been confirmed that this morning's incident — in which a car collided with pedestrians and cyclists outside the Houses of Parliament — is being treated as a terrorist attack. If so, this will be the second terrorist attack to occur at this location within one and a half years. On 22 March 2017, five people were killed during an attack — again, involving a car — on Westminster Bridge and outside the Houses of Parliament.

Here are the facts about today's incident:

  • At 7.37am this morning, a silver Ford Fiesta collided with barriers outside Parliament, striking pedestrians and cyclists
  • Two people are reported to have been taken to hospital with 'non serious' injuries. A third was treated on the scene
  • No one has been reported seriously hurt or killed
  • Eyewitnesses have suggested the collision looked 'deliberate', although this has not been confirmed
  • A man in his late 20s was arrested on the scene, and is in custody in south London
  • Westminster station and Westminster Bridge are currently closed
  • Parliament is currently not sitting, therefore most MPs — including the prime minister — were not in the area at the time of the attack
  • Counter terrorism police are now leading an investigation
  • The Mayor of London issued this statement on Twitter:

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Our thoughts are with anyone affected by today's incident.

Last Updated 14 August 2018