Gun shots outside Parliament: Police shoot assailant following car attack on Westminster Bridge

[Duafc]

I'm kind of surprised a regular police officer would be first to confront someone in an instance like this. You'd think armed would be considering the location. Props for the way it's been handled in general though.

I imagine it was totally spontaneous and therefore just the closest officer at the time. Any police officer would be failing in their duty not to confront someone in this situation. When lives are at risk you don't get the luxury of waiting for someone else.

Which is not to say the first responders weren't very brave in what they have done.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

sKY nEWS

Sensitive Kay Burley.

thats the one.
Master at stating the blindingly obvious and repeating herself all the time.
She is fecking clueless and about has sensitive as a smash in the face with a sledgehammer.

 

[Drifter]

Two are now dead

 

[Jippy]

At what point did saying "we don't know" a dozen times in 30 seconds become an acceptable form of journalism?

That's the joy of rolling live news when loads of conflicting pieces of fragmented info is coming in.

 

[Nick 0208 Ldn]

Two people now reported to have died (hopefully this other one is the attacker).

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Two are now dead

sadly I think that will rise

 

[barros]

I'm kind of surprised a regular police officer would be first to confront someone in an instance like this. You'd think armed would be considering the location. Props for the way it's been handled in general though.

They should have only armed police there, unarmed police officers are an easy target for terrorists.

 

[Zebs]

Two confirmed dead now.

 

[TheReligion]

Two people now reported to have died (hopefully this other one is the attacker).

Would find out more if they live

 

[hobbers]

Have to remember there's now a huge number of high value targets locked down in one location following an incident that has the hallmarks of a diversionary attack. No surprise they'd go full lockdown. Will no doubt want to sweep every inch of Parliament and the surrounding area.

 

[Dobba]

She just did it again! Managed to turn 'being treated as a terrorist incident until they know otherwise' into 'two people have been reported as dead as a result of this terrorist incident" in the space of a couple of sentences.

Someone needs to inform the no doubt dozens of detectives looking into things such as motives, or evidence of links to terrorism groups, that they're wasting their time. Burley has conducted it all already.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Two people now reported to have died (hopefully this other one is the attacker).

I hope not, that would be the easy way out for the bastard.

 

[Sunny Jim]

Thoughts and prayers with the victims and their families.

 

[Mrs Smoker]

I hope not, that would be the easy way out for the bastard.

Know what you're saying, but the other way at least one less innocent person is dead.

 

[jackofalltrades]

This is a very strange attack - A man with a knife has no chance whatsoever of impregnating parliament security ... and yet seemingly was prepared to die. Why would he be prepared to die, with so little return on his 'sacrifice'

what is the point of this attack ... was it simply to create a temporary global news story? Is it a slight of hand intended to focus attention whilst something bigger is happening elsewhere?

If it's a lone wolf job it could be someone in a frenzied state who hasn't really thought about how to go about doing as much damage as possible. It doesn't take much imagination to dream up an attack of the kind done in Nice but we should be thankful that it wasn't worse.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Know what you're saying, but the other way at least one less innocent person is dead.

Fair point.

 

[Eire Red United]

Apparently the second fatality is the attacker. 1st is a woman killed on the bridge by the jeep.

 

[Nick 0208 Ldn]

Would find out more if they live

I hope not, that would be the easy way out for the bastard.

The alternative is that the casualty is the officer of a pedestrian.

 

[barros]

They are taking too much time to say was a terrorist attack and Trump has his finger tired waiting to click on his twitter

 

[Sassy Colin]

I swear this must be some kind of primal instinct though (don't know why it would be however). It's a weirdly strong curiosity for a lot of people.

Is it though? We can only watch what they show, if they don't show injured people, we won't look at them.

Do you think that some people are shouting at the screen "Show us some dead bodies ffs!"

 

[sammsky1]

NSFW image of the assailant

Spoiler: Stabber on the ground apprehended by Police

http://i.imgur.com/d0szDuZ.jpg

 

[Mrs Smoker]

Pantsless?

 

[Jippy]

NSFW image of the assailant

Spoiler: Stabber on the ground apprehended by Police

http://i.imgur.com/d0szDuZ.jpg

Surprised certain news outlets aren't making more of the fact that he looks brown.

 

[Sassy Colin]

Why is he naked?

 

[sammsky1]

moment police opened fire outside of #Parliament in this eyewitness video captured by Taiwanese tourist Aaron Tsang

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[Nick 0208 Ldn]

I've walked over that bridge and used those very stairs so many times, and go to St Thomas' regularly. It's one of those incidents where you can all too easily picture yourself being involved, or someone you know personally.



ETA: Unusually, if compared to past incidents (Stockwell tube for instance), there has been little speculation on the identity of the culprit. The media are being cautious to this extent at least.

 

[sammsky1]

Why is he naked?

to check for strapped on bombs?

 

[Jippy]

Why is he naked?

Strip search to ensure he isn't wired up to blow or just for medical access?

 

[hobbers]

Why is he naked?

Bomb sweep.

 

[sammsky1]

I've walked over that bridge and used those very stairs so many times, and go to St Thomas' regularly. It's one of those incidents where you can all too easily picture yourself being involved, or someone you know personally.

I was walking over the bridge from Waterloo to Embankment just an hour before!

 

[lewwoo]

Donald and Nigel tweeting bile in 5...4...3...

I hate to say this but this will be definitely played into this Trump/Obama/GCHQ thing

Trump has apparently been briefed. We'll probably be dragged into his war against bridges by the end of the week.

They are taking too much time to say was a terrorist attack and Trump has his finger tired waiting to click on his twitter

Trump tourettes. Im surprised the bbc haven't mentioned him yet either.

 

[the hea]

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[EyeInTheSky]

Bomb sweep.

They would not approach him until bomb squad disposal arrived

They would be gonners if he was strapped

 

[Crossie]

Kay Burley is as sensitive as a tank.

I liked Scotland Yard's statement (broadcasted on BBC). Their spox stressed they heard different versions from witnesses about what has happened and that Scotland Yard is (obviously) investigating. He repeated to stay away from certain areas, mainly for reasons to make way for ambulance, police etc to help or investigate the scene.

 

[Sassy Colin]

moment police opened fire outside of #Parliament in this eyewitness video captured by Taiwanese tourist Aaron Tsang

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[Farage]Tourists coming over here making our videos [/Farage]

 

[Ubik]

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Haven't heard much about the injuries of the officer, hopefully they're doing okay.

 

[Redlambs]

They would not approach him until bomb squad disposal arrived

They would be gonners if he was strapped

This doesn't make sense, how would they know without a sweep?


In any case, I was leaving London as this kicked off, I'm glad I chose the Circular. On the way back there was an MP evacuated giving an interview on the radio and all he could say was "I hope we are let back in to get our stuff before home time". Yeah, great.

 

[Eire Red United]

Why is he naked?

I'd guess as they stripped him to check for bombs or whatever.

 

[sammsky1]

NSFW image of the assailant

Spoiler: Stabber on the ground apprehended by Police

http://i.imgur.com/d0szDuZ.jpg

Am fascinated to know what kit the security police have on them (Policeman on extreme left of photo and Policeman in middle of photo kneeling down on one knee (cropped blonde hair). Exactly what weaponry, gadgets and kit do these guys have?

 

[Nick 0208 Ldn]

I was walking over the bridge from Waterloo to Embankment just an hour before!

When they reported that someone was in the water i wondered if they'd leapt voluntarily. The stone balustrade/parapet is low enough.