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Several pedestrians have been injured and a man has been arrested after a car crashed into security barriers at the House of Parliament.
Witnesses described hearing screams as a silver car drove "at speed" close to the railings outside Parliament in Westminster on Tuesday morning.
Scotland Yard said the Met's Counter Terrorism Command is leading the investigation into the incident but that officers were keeping an "open mind".
Video footage from the scene showed armed officers surrounding a vehicle that had collided with anti-terror bollards.
Images showed the silver car with a crumpled bonnet and smoke appeared to be coming from the back of the vehicle.
Footage also showed armed police speaking to someone in the driver's seat and a man being held by officers with his hands behind his back.
Scotland Yard said several people were injured after the car struck pedestrians shortly after 7.30am.
Cyclists are believed to be among those injured.
Met Police said officers do not believe anybody is in a life-threatening condition.
Scotland Yard later confirmed that a man was arrested at the scene.
Witness Ewalina Ochab said: "The car drove at speed and towards the barriers."
She said: "I was walking on the other side [of the road]. I heard some noise and someone screamed. I turned around and I saw a silver car driving very fast close to the railings, maybe even on the pavement."
"The person driving did not get out" of the vehicle, she said.
The vehicle did not appear to have a front registration plate when it crashed, she added.
Sky News reported that emergency services were on the scene “very quickly” and the man who is believed to have crashed the car was led away “on foot”.
Mark White, the broadcaster's Home Affairs Correspondent, said police were moving people away from the scene.
Witness Jason Williams told Sky News he saw “a man driving at speed into the bollard and the police have taken their time to go in.
"I saw smoke coming out of the vehicle. It’s all been high-speed and very, very dramatic.”
He added: “I saw a man driving in a dark vehicle towards Houses of Parliament and he’s gone into the bollard at high speed and it was about 40/50mph.
“I didn’t hear any shouting but then I saw smoke from the vehicle.
“He got out of the car, I don’t know if he was asked. I heard a loud bang and I’m seeing what’s going on, but I couldn’t hear.
“The specialists came in soon after between five to nine minutes.”
He added: “He [the driver] was quite calm and quiet. The specialists were very efficient and dealt with it within minutes.”
Another witness named Victor told Sky News: “I’m the driver of the bus stopped there [points] and I was just driving through the light.
"I saw the car crash into the barrier and a lot of smoke started coming out immediately. So I said we’re not moving anywhere.”
He added: “The police told us to move back, they said they didn’t know what was happening. I would not be able to say it’s a regular RTC, but I don’t think it looked like one.”
"I saw someone was arrested, but I did not see their face or what they looked like. I saw the police with their handcuffs and he was taken away. That was all I saw at this time.”
A Met Police spokesman said: "At 07.37am today, a car was in collision with barriers outside the Houses of Parliament.
"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."
More than 10 police vehicles and at least three ambulances remained outside Parliament shortly before 9am.
Firearms officers and at least two police dogs were stationed inside Parliament Square.
Officers cordoned the whole square off and asked the public and press to move away from the scene. Westminster Tube station was closed.
The Houses of Parliament are surrounded with security barriers of steel and concrete.
The measures were extended in the wake of the Westminster Bridge attack in March 2017 when Khalid Masood ploughed a car into crowds on Westminster Bridge, killing four people.
Masood abandoned his car then stabbed and killed unarmed PC Keith Palmer before he was shot by armed police in a courtyard outside Parliament.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/lon...-smashes-into-security-barriers-a3910711.html
Witnesses described hearing screams as a silver car drove "at speed" close to the railings outside Parliament in Westminster on Tuesday morning.
Scotland Yard said the Met's Counter Terrorism Command is leading the investigation into the incident but that officers were keeping an "open mind".
Video footage from the scene showed armed officers surrounding a vehicle that had collided with anti-terror bollards.
Images showed the silver car with a crumpled bonnet and smoke appeared to be coming from the back of the vehicle.
Footage also showed armed police speaking to someone in the driver's seat and a man being held by officers with his hands behind his back.
Scotland Yard said several people were injured after the car struck pedestrians shortly after 7.30am.
Cyclists are believed to be among those injured.
Met Police said officers do not believe anybody is in a life-threatening condition.
Scotland Yard later confirmed that a man was arrested at the scene.
Witness Ewalina Ochab said: "The car drove at speed and towards the barriers."
She said: "I was walking on the other side [of the road]. I heard some noise and someone screamed. I turned around and I saw a silver car driving very fast close to the railings, maybe even on the pavement."
"The person driving did not get out" of the vehicle, she said.
The vehicle did not appear to have a front registration plate when it crashed, she added.
Sky News reported that emergency services were on the scene “very quickly” and the man who is believed to have crashed the car was led away “on foot”.
Mark White, the broadcaster's Home Affairs Correspondent, said police were moving people away from the scene.
Witness Jason Williams told Sky News he saw “a man driving at speed into the bollard and the police have taken their time to go in.
"I saw smoke coming out of the vehicle. It’s all been high-speed and very, very dramatic.”
He added: “I saw a man driving in a dark vehicle towards Houses of Parliament and he’s gone into the bollard at high speed and it was about 40/50mph.
“I didn’t hear any shouting but then I saw smoke from the vehicle.
“He got out of the car, I don’t know if he was asked. I heard a loud bang and I’m seeing what’s going on, but I couldn’t hear.
“The specialists came in soon after between five to nine minutes.”
He added: “He [the driver] was quite calm and quiet. The specialists were very efficient and dealt with it within minutes.”
Another witness named Victor told Sky News: “I’m the driver of the bus stopped there [points] and I was just driving through the light.
"I saw the car crash into the barrier and a lot of smoke started coming out immediately. So I said we’re not moving anywhere.”
He added: “The police told us to move back, they said they didn’t know what was happening. I would not be able to say it’s a regular RTC, but I don’t think it looked like one.”
"I saw someone was arrested, but I did not see their face or what they looked like. I saw the police with their handcuffs and he was taken away. That was all I saw at this time.”
A Met Police spokesman said: "At 07.37am today, a car was in collision with barriers outside the Houses of Parliament.
"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."
More than 10 police vehicles and at least three ambulances remained outside Parliament shortly before 9am.
Firearms officers and at least two police dogs were stationed inside Parliament Square.
Officers cordoned the whole square off and asked the public and press to move away from the scene. Westminster Tube station was closed.
The Houses of Parliament are surrounded with security barriers of steel and concrete.
The measures were extended in the wake of the Westminster Bridge attack in March 2017 when Khalid Masood ploughed a car into crowds on Westminster Bridge, killing four people.
Masood abandoned his car then stabbed and killed unarmed PC Keith Palmer before he was shot by armed police in a courtyard outside Parliament.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/lon...-smashes-into-security-barriers-a3910711.html
, he was in the same course as one of my mates, was in his semesters, that's crazy. Safe to say he won't be coming back to the Uni. Disgusting.
