Police office stabbed and assailant shot outside Parliament, Parliament in lockdown

[Fignon's Ponytail]

Terrible incident - My thoughts & prayers are with all the people injured.

 

[ManOfSussex]

Agreed. I guess we're missing some usual suspects on here, so will probably change in a bit.

It also suggests that there weren't any overt references to Islam at the scene. I'm also surprised the ethnicity of the attacker hasn't been discussed, as it appears many people saw them...?

Only description I heard was he was a middle-aged man.

 

[5mins-from-amex]

Well it's clearly Muslim terrorists isn't it. Fine be pc if you like but that's bloody obvious, hence why no one needs to say it.

I'm far from pc believe me, but one should never assume, only deal with facts.

 

[ManOfSussex]

One woman has died.

 

[Titanic]

Reports from St Thomas' Hospital confirm one woman has died and others have 'catastrophic' injuries.

 

[symyjym]

Crashed into some French students

 

[Thunder Bolt]

From the BBC website, it seems to be the same person causing both incidents.

The attacker is reported to have mowed down several pedestrians as he drove a grey Hyundai car across Westminster Bridge before crashing it into railings
He is then reported to have run through the gates of the Palace of Westminster and stabbed the officer
Eyewitnesses said he was shot by police as he approached a second officer clutching his knife

 

[Notters]

Well it's clearly Muslim terrorists isn't it. Fine be pc if you like but that's bloody obvious, hence why no one needs to say it.

Surely time for another ban. Oh right, he's a mod.

 

[Titanic]

Sky News have deployed Kay Burley... switching to BBC.

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

Well it's clearly Muslim terrorists isn't it. Fine be pc if you like but that's bloody obvious, hence why no one needs to say it.

Not necessarily......the last incident like this wasn't Islamic terrorism was it! Jo Cox.

 

[whitelion]

Just seen an eyewitness report on ITV and the middle-aged lady is reporting that there were gunshots on the bridge and that the bodies on Westminster Bridge had been shot.

Sounds confusing as the reports so far are that the vehicle ploughed into pedestrians on the bridge and the driver then went on to attack a policeman and that was when the shots were fired.

 

[The_Viper]

I'm surprised this has got to page 6 and no one is pointing fingers or blaming certain groups/religions, refreshing.

I mean nobody has a clue right now though, usually you get eye witnesses coming out and saying who the people were or looked like but it's all been total silence. Suspect the media will suppress it as much as possible, especially if its religious or political motivations.

 

[Albumen]

Well it's clearly Muslim terrorists isn't it. Fine be pc if you like but that's bloody obvious, hence why no one needs to say it.

That's hardly helpful.

 

[Mellotron]

I mean nobody has a clue right now though, usually you get eye witnesses coming out and saying who the people were or looked like but it's all been total silence. Suspect the media will suppress it as much as possible, especially if its religious or political motivations.

I'd say it's often the opposite. Numerous times recently has it been reported that someone heard someone shout "Allahu Akhbar" at the scene, only for that to be retracted later.

Ref: see Spanish supermarket shooting, and Quebec Mosque attack.

 

[soistes]

I mean nobody has a clue right now though, usually you get eye witnesses coming out and saying who the people were or looked like but it's all been total silence. Suspect the media will suppress it as much as possible, especially if its religious or political motivations.

I expect that's extremely unlikely. As with every other major terror attack, as and when real evidence emerges of who's responsible and what organisation (if any) they belong to, it's likely to be all over the media. The only reason people on NSC know about previous attacks in different parts of the world and that Islamic terrorists have been responsible for them, is as a result of media reporting, surely? In due course, when the police/security authorities release what they know, we will hear about it, as we always have, through the responsible media, including the BBC and the other usual sources. There are good reasons why we don't know yet, not least that the situation is still unfolding, and the priority is to contain it and reduce further risk.

 

[BBassic]

I mean nobody has a clue right now though, usually you get eye witnesses coming out and saying who the people were or looked like but it's all been total silence. Suspect the media will suppress it as much as possible, especially if its religious or political motivations.

Why would the media suppress information? That's the exact opposite of what the media is there to do.

 

[dangull]

Well I will be very surprised if this attack has nothing to do with radical Islam.

 

[Easy 10]

Bet this herbert will be identified by the time the 10pm news is on.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Traffic and tube will be even worse later.

Just hope everyone's ok except the scum that started all this carnage.

This may help those who need to travel later.

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[Pogue Mahone]

Well it's clearly Muslim terrorists isn't it. Fine be pc if you like but that's bloody obvious, hence why no one needs to say it.

Still no one has said anything to back this up. Appalling comment when you have no evidence, and people are dead or seriously injured. As Notters said, a thread ban would be in order.