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London’s Metropolitan Police say that they are treating a car crash outside parliament as a terrorist incident.
Authorities said in a statement on Tuesday that a man in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences after the silver Ford Fiesta collided with a number of cyclists and pedestrians before crashing into the barriers during the morning rush hour.
He is in custody. No one else was in the car, which was being searched at the scene.

“The driver of the car, a man in his late 20s... was arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences,” said a police statement. “There was nobody else in the vehicle, which remains at the scene and is being searched. No weapons have been recovered at this stage.”
The government is holding a meeting of its COBRA emergency response committee to discuss the incident, officials said.
Earlier, police said the male driver of the car had been arrested at the scene of the crash which happened at 7:37am. Images showed police holding the man, dressed in jeans and a black puffer jacket, in handcuffs.

The BBC, citing unnamed sources, said the man was from the Birmingham area.
While not known to the MI5 domestic spy agency or Britain’s counter-terrorism network, was known to police.
“This appears to be a deliberate act,” Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said in a televised press conference in London. “We are treating it as a terrorist incident.”
Basu said the man was not co-operating with police.
London’s Ambulance Service said it treated two people for injuries at the scene and they had been taken to hospital. Their injuries were not believed to be serious.
“The car drove at speed into the barriers outside the House of Lords. There was a loud bang from the collision and a bit of smoke,” said witness Ewelina Ochab. “The driver did not get out. The guards started screaming to people to move away.”

Breaking: Big armed police response to car which has cashed into Parliament barriers we are now being moved back pic.twitter.com/rYAqExq6rn
— Vincent McAviney (@VinnyMcAv) August 14, 2018

Another witness, Jason Williams, said the car hit a barrier on a lane used for access to parliament. He said he thought it was deliberate.
“It’s a very serious incident,” he told reporters. “There was smoke coming from the vehicle.”
Images shot by a Euronews journalist showed police pointing their guns at a vehicle. Footage on social media showed a handcuffed man being led away by heavily armed police. Other footage showed a cyclist lying on the street.
“I saw the cyclists, injured cyclists. I’ve seen people, about 10, on the road, lying down, but I haven’t seen any fatalities,” Williams said.


Westminster Underground station, close to parliament, was closed to the public and the building cordoned off.
Parliament is in summer recess and most lawmakers are not using the building. Prime Minister Theresa May is on holiday abroad. May tweeted that her “thoughts are with those injured in the incident in Westminster and my thanks to the emergency services for their immediate and courageous response”.
“All Londoners, like me, utterly condemn all acts of terrorism on our city,” London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Twitter.
US President Donald Trump, who has previously spoken out about security issues in London, tweeted:
“Another terrorist attack in London...These animals are crazy and must be dealt with through toughness and strength!”

Another terrorist attack in London...These animals are crazy and must be dealt with through toughness and strength!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2018

The incident heightened tensions in a city that has seen four attacks involving vehicles in less than 18 months.
In March 2017, Khalid Masood, 52, killed four people on nearby Westminster Bridge before he stabbed to death an unarmed police officer in the grounds of parliament. He was shot dead at the scene. It was the first of five attacks on Britain last year which police blamed on terrorism.

Last week, a Muslim convert admitted plotting to kill more than 100 people by driving a truck into pedestrians on London’s Oxford Street, the capital’s major shopping thoroughfare.
In October last year, 11 people were injured when a car collided with pedestrians near London’s Natural History Museum, raising fears of an attack, but police later said the incident was an accident.
Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Associated Press, Bloomberg


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Car crash outside UK parliament being treated as a ‘terrorist incident’ say London police

Armed police point guns at the car after it crashed into security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament in London. Photo: AP

In this frame grab taken Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018 armed police detain a man, fourth right, who was in a car that crashed into security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament stands to the right of a bus in London. London police say that a car has crashed into barriers outside the Houses of Parliament and that there are a number of injured. (SKY News via AP)

This grab taken from a video posted by Twitter user @EwelinaUO shows armed police surrounding a silver car after it crashed into barriers outside the Houses of Parliament on August 14, 2018 in central London. - A "number of pedestrians" were injured when a car crashed into barriers outside Britain's Houses of Parliament today, with armed police swooping in to arrest the driver, Scotland Yard said. (Photo by Ewalina OCHAB / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Ewalina OCHAB " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Police forensics officers work at the scene (C) outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on August 14, 2018, where a car was driven into the barriers. - A "number of pedestrians" were injured when a car crashed into barriers outside Britain's Houses of Parliament today, with armed police swooping in to arrest the driver, Scotland Yard said. (Photo by Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

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The government is holding a meeting of its COBRA emergency response committee to discuss the incident, officials said


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Car crash outside UK parliament being treated as a ‘terrorist incident’ say London police

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The government is holding a meeting of its COBRA emergency response committee to discuss the incident, officials said