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Four people were killed, and at least 20 others were injured in an attack in London that authorities have declared a terrorist incident. A police officer and the man believed to be an attacker are among the dead.

PHOTO: A woman assists an injured person after an incident on Westminster Bridge in London, March 22, 2017.Toby Melville/Reuters
A woman assists an injured person after an incident on Westminster Bridge in London, March 22, 2017.
PHOTO: Injured people are assisted after an incident on Westminster Bridge in London, March 22, 2017.Toby Melville/Reuters
Injured people are assisted after an incident on Westminster Bridge in London, March 22, 2017.
The attack began when a driver struck pedestrians and three police officers on Westminster Bridge, London's Metropolitan Police said.

Witness Richard Tice told ABC News that he saw injured people on the pavement. According to him, the car jumped the curb, knocking people over.

PHOTO: Emergency services workers respond to the scene of an incident near Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament in London on March 22, 2017.APTN
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The car then crashed into the fence around the Houses of Parliament, and at least one man armed with a knife attacked an armed officer who was guarding Parliament, police said.

PHOTO: A body is covered by a sheet outside the Houses of Parliament, London, March 22, 2017.Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP
A body is covered by a sheet outside the Houses of Parliament, London, March 22, 2017.
PHOTO: Emergency services attend to injured people after an incident outside the Palace of Westminster in London, March 22, 2017.Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP
Emergency services attend to injured people after an incident outside the Palace of Westminster in London, March 22, 2017.more +
PHOTO: Conservative Member of Parliament Tobias Ellwood, center, helps emergency services attend to an injured person outside the Houses of Parliament, London, March 22, 2017.Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP
Conservative Member of Parliament Tobias Ellwood, center, helps emergency services attend to an injured person outside the Houses of Parliament, London, March 22, 2017.more +
The suspect, who authorities believe acted alone, was shot and killed by police.

As police swarmed the area, Tom Peck, a British journalist, told ABC News that he heard a bang, lots of screaming and then several gunshots from his office in London.

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Authorities said they received different reports today involving a person in the River Thames, a car that collided with pedestrians and a man armed with a knife.

A seriously injured woman was pulled from the River Thames and was receiving medical treatment, an official with the Port of London Authority told ABC News.

Three French high school students were among the injured, according to French officials.

Twelve people were hospitalized and treated for serious injuries, and eight others were treated for less serious injuries at the scene, according to the London Ambulance Service.

Tobias Ellwood, a member of Parliament, was seen giving first aid to a victim.

Mark Rowley of the Metropolitan Police said, "This is a day we plan for but hope it will never happen. Sadly, it is now a reality."

"We will continue to do all we can to protect the people of London," he added.

PHOTO: Police secure the area on the south side of Westminster Bridge close to the Houses of Parliament in London, March 22, 2017.Matt Dunham/AP Photo
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The Parliament building had been on lockdown after the attack, and hundreds of people have since left.

Both the House of Commons and the House of Lords will resume normal operations on Thursday.

PHOTO: MPs in House of Commons, London after a major security alert at the Palace of Westminster in London, March 22, 2017.PA via AP
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PHOTO: A police officer is led away by a colleague at the scene of an incident outside the Palace of Westminster, London, March 22, 2017.Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP
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U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May described the attack as “appalling” and “sick and depraved” in a press conference Wednesday evening.

May said the chosen location for the attack was “no accident” and that Britain’s threat level will remain at “severe,” where it has been for some time.

“The terrorists chose to strike at the heart of our capital city, where people of all nationalities, religions and cultures come together to celebrate the values of liberty, democracy and freedom of speech.”


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She continued: “These streets of Westminster -- home to the world’s oldest Parliament -- are engrained with a spirit of freedom that echoes in some of the furthest corners of the globe. And the values our Parliament represents -- democracy, freedom, human rights, the rule of law -- command the admiration and respect of free people everywhere.”

May offered prayers for the victims and their families, and commended the bravery of authorities during the attack “who risk[ed] their lives to keep us safe.”

“Once again today, these exceptional men and women ran towards the danger even as they encouraged others to move the other way,” she said.

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan said in a statement that "there will be additional armed and unarmed police officers on our streets from tonight in order to keep Londoners, and all those visiting our city, safe."

"I want to reassure all Londoners, and all our visitors, not to be alarmed. Our city remains one of the safest in the world," Khan said. "London is the greatest city in the world, and we stand together in the face of those who seek to harm us and destroy our way of life. We always have, and we always will. Londoners will never be cowed by terrorism.”

He went on, "My heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones and to everyone who’s been affected. Tragically, a Metropolitan Police officer who was doing his duty protecting our city is amongst those who have been killed, and my thoughts are with his family this evening. I want to express my gratitude, on behalf of all Londoners, to the police and emergency services who’ve shown tremendous bravery in exceptionally difficult circumstances."

PHOTO: Armed police officers enter the Houses of Parliament in London, March 23, 2017 after the House of Commons sitting was suspended as witnesses reported sounds like gunfire outside.Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo
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Police said a flag with the Metropolitan Police emblem would be flown at half-mast over Scotland Yard in honor of the victims.

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American Taylor Davis was at the top of the London Eye at the time of the incident.

"We saw a lot of commotion, ambulances, policemen. We kind of thought it was a car accident at first then a bunch of black detective cars came in a line. That’s kinda when we knew it was more serious than that," Davis told ABC News. "It was just surreal how lucky we felt. We felt very safe up there and just being in the right place at the right time."

PHOTO: People are seen inside the pods of the London Eye opposite the Houses of Parliament after an incident in central London on March 22, 2017.Niklas Hallen/AFP/Getty Images
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Anyone with videos or images from the incident is asked to turn them over to police.

PHOTO: A police officer tapes off Parliament Square after reports of loud bangs, in London, Britain, March 22, 2017.Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
A police officer tapes off Parliament Square after reports of loud bangs, in London, Britain, March 22, 2017.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement, "I express my condolences to the victims and their families. The American people send their thoughts and prayers to the people of the United Kingdom. We condemn these horrific acts of violence, and whether they were carried out by troubled individuals or by terrorists, the victims know no difference."

ABC News' Kelley Robinson and Kirit Radia contributed to this report.


5:45 PM EASTERN TIME

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Suspect shot dead after killing 3, injuring 20 in London
By EMILY SHAPIRO JULIA JACOBO Mar 22, 2017, 5:33 PM ET

Four people were killed, and at least 20 others were injured in an attack in London that authorities have declared a terrorist incident. A police officer and the man believed to be an attacker are among the dead.

PHOTO: A woman assists an injured person after an incident on Westminster Bridge in London, March 22, 2017.Toby Melville/Reuters
A woman assists an injured person after an incident on Westminster Bridge in London, March 22, 2017.
PHOTO: Injured people are assisted after an incident on Westminster Bridge in London, March 22, 2017.Toby Melville/Reuters
Injured people are assisted after an incident on Westminster Bridge in London, March 22, 2017.
The attack began when a driver struck pedestrians and three police officers on Westminster Bridge, London's Metropolitan Police said.

Witness Richard Tice told ABC News that he saw injured people on the pavement. According to him, the car jumped the curb, knocking people over.

PHOTO: Emergency services workers respond to the scene of an incident near Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament in London on March 22, 2017.APTN
Emergency services workers respond to the scene of an incident near Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament in London on March 22, 2017.more +
The car then crashed into the fence around the Houses of Parliament, and at least one man armed with a knife attacked an armed officer who was guarding Parliament, police said.

PHOTO: A body is covered by a sheet outside the Houses of Parliament, London, March 22, 2017.Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP
A body is covered by a sheet outside the Houses of Parliament, London, March 22, 2017.
PHOTO: Emergency services attend to injured people after an incident outside the Palace of Westminster in London, March 22, 2017.Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP
Emergency services attend to injured people after an incident outside the Palace of Westminster in London, March 22, 2017.more +
PHOTO: Conservative Member of Parliament Tobias Ellwood, center, helps emergency services attend to an injured person outside the Houses of Parliament, London, March 22, 2017.Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP
Conservative Member of Parliament Tobias Ellwood, center, helps emergency services attend to an injured person outside the Houses of Parliament, London, March 22, 2017.more +
The suspect, who authorities believe acted alone, was shot and killed by police.

As police swarmed the area, Tom Peck, a British journalist, told ABC News that he heard a bang, lots of screaming and then several gunshots from his office in London.

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Authorities said they received different reports today involving a person in the River Thames, a car that collided with pedestrians and a man armed with a knife.

A seriously injured woman was pulled from the River Thames and was receiving medical treatment, an official with the Port of London Authority told ABC News.

Three French high school students were among the injured, according to French officials.

Twelve people were hospitalized and treated for serious injuries, and eight others were treated for less serious injuries at the scene, according to the London Ambulance Service.

Tobias Ellwood, a member of Parliament, was seen giving first aid to a victim.

Mark Rowley of the Metropolitan Police said, "This is a day we plan for but hope it will never happen. Sadly, it is now a reality."

"We will continue to do all we can to protect the people of London," he added.

PHOTO: Police secure the area on the south side of Westminster Bridge close to the Houses of Parliament in London, March 22, 2017.Matt Dunham/AP Photo
Police secure the area on the south side of Westminster Bridge close to the Houses of Parliament in London, March 22, 2017.more +
The Parliament building had been on lockdown after the attack, and hundreds of people have since left.

Both the House of Commons and the House of Lords will resume normal operations on Thursday.

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PHOTO: A police officer is led away by a colleague at the scene of an incident outside the Palace of Westminster, London, March 22, 2017.Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP
A police officer is led away by a colleague at the scene of an incident outside the Palace of Westminster, London, March 22, 2017.more +
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May described the attack as “appalling” and “sick and depraved” in a press conference Wednesday evening.

May said the chosen location for the attack was “no accident” and that Britain’s threat level will remain at “severe,” where it has been for some time.

“The terrorists chose to strike at the heart of our capital city, where people of all nationalities, religions and cultures come together to celebrate the values of liberty, democracy and freedom of speech.”


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She continued: “These streets of Westminster -- home to the world’s oldest Parliament -- are engrained with a spirit of freedom that echoes in some of the furthest corners of the globe. And the values our Parliament represents -- democracy, freedom, human rights, the rule of law -- command the admiration and respect of free people everywhere.”

May offered prayers for the victims and their families, and commended the bravery of authorities during the attack “who risk[ed] their lives to keep us safe.”

“Once again today, these exceptional men and women ran towards the danger even as they encouraged others to move the other way,” she said.

PHOTO: A member of the public is treated by emergency services near Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament on March 22, 2017 in London.Carl Court/Getty Images
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan said in a statement that "there will be additional armed and unarmed police officers on our streets from tonight in order to keep Londoners, and all those visiting our city, safe."

"I want to reassure all Londoners, and all our visitors, not to be alarmed. Our city remains one of the safest in the world," Khan said. "London is the greatest city in the world, and we stand together in the face of those who seek to harm us and destroy our way of life. We always have, and we always will. Londoners will never be cowed by terrorism.”

He went on, "My heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones and to everyone who’s been affected. Tragically, a Metropolitan Police officer who was doing his duty protecting our city is amongst those who have been killed, and my thoughts are with his family this evening. I want to express my gratitude, on behalf of all Londoners, to the police and emergency services who’ve shown tremendous bravery in exceptionally difficult circumstances."

PHOTO: Armed police officers enter the Houses of Parliament in London, March 23, 2017 after the House of Commons sitting was suspended as witnesses reported sounds like gunfire outside.Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo
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Police said a flag with the Metropolitan Police emblem would be flown at half-mast over Scotland Yard in honor of the victims.

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American Taylor Davis was at the top of the London Eye at the time of the incident.

"We saw a lot of commotion, ambulances, policemen. We kind of thought it was a car accident at first then a bunch of black detective cars came in a line. That’s kinda when we knew it was more serious than that," Davis told ABC News. "It was just surreal how lucky we felt. We felt very safe up there and just being in the right place at the right time."

PHOTO: People are seen inside the pods of the London Eye opposite the Houses of Parliament after an incident in central London on March 22, 2017.Niklas Hallen/AFP/Getty Images
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Anyone with videos or images from the incident is asked to turn them over to police.

PHOTO: A police officer tapes off Parliament Square after reports of loud bangs, in London, Britain, March 22, 2017.Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
A police officer tapes off Parliament Square after reports of loud bangs, in London, Britain, March 22, 2017.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement, "I express my condolences to the victims and their families. The American people send their thoughts and prayers to the people of the United Kingdom. We condemn these horrific acts of violence, and whether they were carried out by troubled individuals or by terrorists, the victims know no difference."

ABC News' Kelley Robinson and Kirit Radia contributed to this report.


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London attack: Cop stabbed, suspect shot in deadly attack near U.K. Parliament
CBS/AP March 22, 2017, 10:56 AM

LONDON -- A vehicle mowed down pedestrians on London’s Westminster Bridge, killing at least one woman and leaving others with injuries described as catastrophic. Around the same time Wednesday, a knife-wielding attacker stabbed a police officer and was shot on the grounds outside Britain’s Parliament, sending the compound into lockdown.

British port officials say they pulled a woman from the Thames river. She was injured but alive after the attack.

Authorities said they were treating the attacks, which took place in the same area, as a terrorist incident.

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There was no immediate claim of responsibility and it was not clear if there was more than one attacker. London Police Commander B.J. Harrington said a full counter-terrorism investigation was underway.

The area in which the incidents took place is home to popular tourist sites, CBS News Jonathan Vigliotti reports. The area was blocked off and metro stations in the area were shutdown as an investigation was underway.

The London Eye, a large Ferris wheel with pods that have views over the capital, stopped rotating and footage showed the pods full as viewers watched police and medical crews on the bridge, which has at its north end Big Ben and Parliament, two iconic symbols.

“The whole length of the bridge there were people on the ground,” Richard Tice, a witness, told Sky News. The London Ambulance Service said it had treated at least 10 people on the bridge.

Colleen Anderson of St. Thomas’ Hospital said a female pedestrian died and around a dozen people were hurt.

“There were people across the bridge,” she said. “There were some with minor injuries, some catastrophic. Some had injuries they could walk away from or who have life-changing injuries.”

Romain Nadal, a spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry, said three students from Saint-Joseph high school in Concarneau who were on a school trip were among the injured.

London’s Metropolitan Police said they were called at approximately 2:40 p.m. local time to reports of the incident on Westminster Bridge, which is located just outside the Palaces of Westminster, home of the Parliament.

Photos posted on social media showed a dark SUV had come to rest with its front end smashed into a fence around the perimeter of the Houses of Parliament compound.

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A medivac helicopter landed in the area as police cordoned off the streets in the area.

Rick Longley told the Press Association that he heard a bang and saw a car plow into pedestrians and come to a crashing stop. Images from the scene showed pedestrians sprawled on the ground, with blood streaming from a woman surrounded by a scattering of postcards.

“They were just laying there and then the whole crowd just surged around the corner by the gates just opposite Big Ben,” he said. “A guy came past my right shoulder with a big knife and just started plunging it into the policeman. I have never seen anything like that. I just can’t believe what I just saw.”

At Parliament, a body was seen lying in the yard. It wasn’t clear if it was the attacker.

Prime Minister Theresa May, who had been in the Parliament complex when the incident occurred, was whisked away from the area and was safe.

Photograph -- london.jpg, A policeman points a gun at a man on the floor as emergency services attend the scene outside the Palace of Westminster, London, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. STEFAN ROUSSEAU/PA VIA AP

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson expressed his condolences to the victims and their families on behalf of the United States.

“The American people send their thoughts and prayers to the people of the United Kingdom,” he said in a statement. “We condemn these horrific acts of violence, and whether they were carried out by troubled individuals or by terrorists, the victims know no difference.”

The White House said earlier that U.S. President Donald Trump was briefed on a gun and knife incident at Britain’s Parliament in London. Trump himself said during a brief appearance Wednesday before reporters at the White House that he was just getting the news. He called it “big news.”

Trump’s spokesman, Sean Spicer, said that the U.S. will continue to monitor the situation and update the president.

The U.S. State Department said it is closely monitoring the incident outside London’s Parliament and urged Americans in London to avoid the area.

Spokesman Mark Toner said Wednesday: “We stand ready to assist in any way the U.K. authorities would find helpful.”

He added that the U.S. Embassy in London is closely following the news and stands ready to help any affected Americans.

He said: “Our hearts go out to those affected.”

The incident comes on the one year anniversary of a double suicide bombing attack on the Belgian capital, Brussels, that left more than 30 people dead. ISIS was behind that attack.

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British security thwarted some 13 terror plots over the past four years, but the U.K. has largely been spared major international terror attacks such as the ones seen in Belgium and France.

Last year, a far-right supporter shot and killed British lawmaker Jo Cox, who had campaigned for the U.K. to remain in the European Union. Prior to that, an attacker stabbed three people at a train station in east London in response to the Royal Air Force’s bombing of the Islamic State group in Syria.

The most gruesome recent attack occurred in 2013 when two Muslim converts of Nigerian descent attacked Lee Rigby, a British Army soldier who was walking down the street. The men ran Rigby down with their vehicle and then used a cleaver to hack him to death as bystanders watched in horror.

The worst peace time attack on Britain this century was on July 7, 2005, when four al Qaeda-inspired bombers blew themselves up on three subway trains and a bus in London, killing 52. Three of the bombers were British-born, all of Pakistani descent; the other emigrated from Jamaica.



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London attack witnesses describe assault on Parliament police officer
CBS/AP March 22, 2017, 1:36 PM

LONDON -- Witnesses said a heavy-set man wearing black clothes and brandishing a big knife attacked a police officer on the grounds outside Britain’s Parliament Wednesday, sending the compound into lockdown.

Daily Mail reporter Quentin Letts told CBSN that the attacker ran through a gate where cars enter the parliamentary estate. Letts described the man as “thick-set” and dressed in black.

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“He then started striking a policeman who was on the ground,” Letts said.

Rick Longley told Britain’s Press Association that he saw a man stab an officer.

“A guy came past my right shoulder with a big knife and just started plunging it into the policeman,” Longley said. “I have never seen anything like that. I just can’t believe what I just saw.”

Letts told CBSN the attacker then ran toward an entrance used by members of Parliament.

“He got about 15 yards, I guess, before two plainclothes officers with guns shouted out and warned him and then about three shots, and the attacker fell,” Letts said.

British lawmaker Grant Shapps said on Twitter that he was walking through the cloisters of the House of Commons to vote when he heard four gunshots. Police told lawmakers to get down on the ground and crawl to cover.

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“Police response instant. Heard commotion, looked round. Police weapons drawn, 4 shots, police ordered us to hit ground & get back, get back,” he tweeted.

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Around the same time, a vehicle mowed down pedestrians on nearby Westminster Bridge, killing at least one woman and leaving others with injuries described as catastrophic. Authorities said they were treating the attack as a “terrorist incident until we know otherwise.”

It was not clear whether more than one attacker was involved. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Poland’s former foreign minister, Radek Sikorski, said he was in a taxi leaving Westminster and was checking his email when he heard something like a car crash, “something like a car hitting metal sheet.”

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“I look up and I see that a person is lying on the pavement. I started my camera and I saw more people lying on the street and on the pavement,” Sikorski said on Poland’s TVN24.

“People started running up to them. I saw one person who gave no sign of life, another man was bleeding from his head. In all, I saw five people who were at least seriously injured,” he said.

“The taxi driver immediately called the emergency number. I heard ambulances within two or three minutes, so the rescue action was really very quick. There is a hospital near there.”

“It all happened so fast that there was no time to get scared,” said Sikorski who posted his video on Twitter.

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