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Assailant Shot After Police Officer Stabbed, Several Injured Outside UK Parliament
Swarajya Staff
Mar 22, 2017, 08:56 PM | Updated 08:56 PM IST
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Reports have emerged of shots fired outside the Parliament of the United Kingdom. At least a dozen people have been injured on Westminster Bridge, reported a Reuters photographer. The assailant is reported to have been shot by the police.
UK parliament shooting: Minister says the alleged assailant has been shot by police at Parliament pic.twitter.com/DW9PCUQdsw
— ANI (@ANI_news) March 22, 2017
According to a BBC report, witnesses earlier saw a man with a knife in the grounds. A police officer is said to have been stabbed.
A leader of House of Commons says that a policeman has been stabbed inside parliament
— ANI (@ANI_news) March 22, 2017
The House of Commons session was suspended and staff, including members of Parliament, were told to remain inside their offices.
The spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May has said she is safe.
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