News Westminister security incident

[welshandy]

A man has tried to get into parliment armed with a Knife. Shots have been fired. Reports still coming in!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39355940

[Bernie]

Looking at the pictures from helicopters, this isn't just Parliament, numerous casualties along Westminster Bridge

[paddyboy]

Just been watching on BBC News 24: looks very serious on the bridge itself.

[Bernie]

1 dead
a number with 'catastrophic' injuries according St Thomas's Hospital

[MRTT]

Truly horrific incident.

[Sparts99]

I've heard a man drove a car into pedestrians then tried to stab a poilceman. He was shot and I think killed, at l;east one woman dead.

[TankBuster]

Words fail me .

TankBuster

[MRTT]

2 dead, multiple injured. Horrific incident.

[Skywatcher]

Terrible incedent ,not good at all ,horrible

[MRTT]

One Police Officer has been confirmed dead, horrible.

[Bernie]

No, its being reported a Police Officer is dead. It is NOT confirmed.

Now it has been confirmed.

[MRTT]

4 people dead, 20 injured.

[Cornish-guy]

So I guess this is another random nut job deciding to have an afternoon causing havok in london totally pre - meditated - yea right - pleaseeeeee.


C.

[StevenNFFC]

Interesting that the Islamic State group have not yet claimed responsibility. I have to admit that when I first heard of the news I thought it might be an IRA related incident following the death of McGuinness and the attempted killing of police officers in Northern Ireland the day before. Time will tell but nonetheless a terrible day.

[Cornish-guy]

I think there is something just a little to convenient about all these acts of "terror" I do not see how someone - anyone could mow down then go on to knife someone in pre-meditated cold blood, with the planned intention to do so, I think they would surely have to be under a contolling influence that shuts them off from reasoning and humanity, aka - hipnosis, anyone remember that program on tv last year I think, was a show with Derren Brown he got folk under deep hynosis to attempt strange things.
Could something like this not be a more rational reason why individuls have done such barbaric acts against inocent folk.
Just a thought folks.

C.

[Blackcat1]

Reports saying he was a known hate preacher. Terrible news, poor people, words fail me how people can do this. Monsters!!

[The Phantom]

Reports saying he was a known hate preacher. Terrible news, poor people, words fail me how people can do this. Monsters!!

Terrible. And there's many more of these evil people waiting in the wings for their chance - just as we've seen throughout Europe.
A very sad day.

[MRTT]

IS have claimed responsibility for the attack.

[Blackcat1]

Been monitored by MI5 before. It's a scary world.

[welshandy]

Attacker now named.
"The man police believe to be responsible for the terrorist attack in Westminster has been formally identified as Khalid Masood, Scotland Yard says.

Masood, aged 52, was born in Kent and detectives believe he was most recently living in the West Midlands.

Masood was not the subject of any current investigations and there was no prior intelligence about his intent to mount a terrorist attack, police say.

However, he was known to the police and had a range of previous convictions for assaults, including GBH, possession of offensive weapons and public order offences.

He has not been convicted of any terrorism offences."

From BBC news website