A number of people in London were injured after a car smashed into the barriers outside the British Houses of Parliament in London on Tuesday morning.
The driver was arrested at the scene by heavily armed police.
"The male driver of the car was detained by officers at the scene. A number of pedestrians have been injured. Officers remain at the scene. We will issue further info when we have it," London's police force said in a statement on Twitter.
The police say the Westminster incident is being treated as “a terror incident”.
The area surrounding the Parliament — from Trafalgar Square all the way down to Lambeth Bridge — remained cordoned off Tuesday morning, while Westminster Underground station was closed. The parliament grounds have also been shut, although not many lawmakers are using the building as the UK government is in recess.
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Several eye witness reports said it appeared the driver intentionally raced down the road towards the parliament building and failed to stop after hitting pedestrians.
In March 2017, Khalid Masood killed four people on Westminster Bridge just outside the Houses of Parliament, before going on to stab an unarmed police officer to death in the parliament grounds. He was shot dead at the scene.
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