Gunshots heard outside Parliament

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Reports of shots outside UK Parliament

There are reports of shots being fired outside the Houses of Parliament and the Palace of Westminster is reportedly in lockdown.
Politicians and journalists have tweeted about hearing loud crashes outside the buildings, as witnesses said they saw people being treated for injuries.
Witnesses have reported seeing a man with a knife within the palace grounds.
A police officer has also told the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg that someone has been shot outside Portcullis House.
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It seems that the shots were the police shooting the assailant.

This looks bad-



Armed Police have opened fire and shot a person outside the Houses of Parliament. A vehicle was seen on social media to have crashed into the fence of the palace

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Something seems to be happening on Westminster Bridge, too.

Radosław Sikorski‏ @sikorskiradek 2h2 hours ago
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A car on Westminster Bridge has just mowed down at least 5 people.

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TERROR IN LONDON Parliament terror attack – woman dead and others ‘catastrophically’ injured after 4×4 mows down a dozen people on Westminster Bridge.

Prime Minister was in voting lobby at the time of the attack and bundled into a car.

A woman has died and numerous others are “catastrophically” injured after a 4×4 mowed down a dozen people on Westminster Bridge before a knifeman stormed Parliament grounds and stabbed a cop.

The attacker, who was wielding an ‘eight inch’ knife, was shot by police after launching the terror attack in the capital this afternoon.

Full update at link including many photos. LL

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3151786/westminster-shooting-attack-parliament-house-of-commons-latest-news/

Thanks, LL. News is coming in almost too fast to follow. I gather the death toll is now two, and the killer is described as a 'middle aged man of Asian appearance'.

At least 10 treated on Westminster Bridge.

LONDON (AP) — 5 p.m. The London Ambulance Service says it has treated at least 10 injured people on Westminster Bridge after a vehicle hit pedestrians.

https://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/5056416-latest-10-treated-westminster-bridge.html#.1258-stage-hero1-1

Poor souls - I gather a group of French school children was caught up in it. And the woman who was rescued from the Thames will need her stomach pumped on top of everything else - it's not the cleanest of rivers, even now.

Oh Lord, four dead, including a police officer, and twenty injured.

I think it's perfectly obvious what inspired the killer....

Oh good, he's died of his wounds. At least taxpayers won't have to keep him in comfort for decades, NHS money won't be wasted on the scumbag, and we won't have to listen to lectures in court from him about his bloodthirsty moon god.

Trevor Brooks:  Abu Izzadeen is a British citizen born on 18 April 1975 in Hackney, east London, to a family originally from Jamaica. Brooks converted to Islam the day before he turned 18, on 17 April 1993, changing his name to Omar, but preferring to be called Abu Izadeen. He is fluent in Arabic.

He trained and worked for a while as an electrician. He and his Arab-born wife Mokhtaria were married in 1998. They have three children.

Abu Izzadeen met Omar Bakri Muhammed and Abu Hamza al-Masri at Finsbury Park Mosque in the 1990s; this is when he is thought to have been radicalized.

He visited Pakistan in 2001, before the September 11 attacks, as part of Al-Muhajiroun; he claims he went there to give a series of lectures. He also claimed to have attended terror training camps in Afghanistan.

He described the 7/7 suicide bombers in London as "completely praiseworthy".

On the eve of the anniversary of the 7/7 attacks in London, he was filmed preaching to a group of Muslims in Birmingham mocking and laughing at those who believe in the war on terror and who feel a need to resist Islamic terrorism. He also mocked the courage of journalists who were captured by insurgents.

He has openly stated that he wishes to die as a suicide bomber.

On 20 September 2006, Abu Izadeen and Anjem Choudary disrupted Home Secretary John Reid's first public meeting with Muslims since his appointment. He called Reid an "enemy" of Islam.    John Humphrys interviewed Izzadeen on the 22 September 2006 edition of BBC Radio 4's Today programme.   In a heated discussion Abu Izzadeen stated that his aim was to bring about Sharia law in the UK and that this should be achieved without following the democratic process but rather "in accordance to the Islamic methodology".

Thanks for the background, LL, the name meant nothing to me.

This is odd:

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Channel 4 News is now having doubts that it's Trevor Brooks -- because he's still in jail! Simon Israel looking worried.

If it's not Brooks, it's his twin brother.

link now updated:


https://www.rt.com/uk/381876-abu-izzadeen-suspect-attack/

Izzadeen's solicitor was quoted by US channel ABC as saying his client was still in jail and could not have been the attacker.

Reporters from Channel 4 have also since backtracked, adding that Izzadeen's brother confirmed the Islamist is still in prison.

simon israel  ✔@simonisrael
The source I trusted, but ultimately I made a mistake. This time I got it wrong. Abu Izzadeen is in prison.
8:50 PM - 22 Mar 2017

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4340858/Armed-police-seal-Birmingham-ongoing-incident.html


Dozens of armed police swoop on address in Birmingham ‘where car used in London terror attacks was rented from’

.Armed police were seen outside an address near Bearwood in Birmingham
.The address is said to match the location the London terror attack driver rented the Hyundai he used as a weapon from
.The road was closed for several hours but police will not give a statement
.Scotland Yard is handling enquiries, rather than West Midlands Police, but a spokesman said it could not yet comment due to 'operational reasons'

http://news.sky.com/story/seven-arrested-in-raids-in-birmingham-and-london-linked-to-westminster-attack-10811141

Seven arrested in raids in Birmingham and London linked to Westminster attack
Police carry out raids at six addresses after the terror attack where three were killed and the attacker was shot dead.

But....but.....I thought the killer was a so-called lone wolf?

I thought the killer was a so-called lone wolf?

I think they mean that he did the actually ghastliness alone. These arrests are probably of people associated with him , ie a backup group. Oh, and while I am here, "the whole thing was staged, just like the Boston attack." The conspiracy loons are hard at work .... LL

Yes, the false flaggers are a particularly revolting sub-set of humanity - social media has a lot to answer for.

We are afflicted with an even more revolting sub-sub set....Evil Wastemonster staged the whole thing to divert attention from Oor Wee Nikla's incredibly important Holyrood debate aka demand for another sodding referendum.

Oor Wee Nikla and her chums didn't exactly cover themselves in glory yesterday......

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4339658/Passer-stops-SELFIE-victims.html