LONDON—Britain’s Parliament was on lockdown Wednesday after an assailant stabbed an officer, then was shot by police, officials said. London Police also said officers were called to an incident on Westminster Bridge nearby, which crosses the River Thames next to Parliament.It was not clear exactly what happened or how many people were injured.He says there are reports of further violent incidents nearby, and police say they have been called to a firearms incident on nearby Westminster Bridge, Numerous witnesses reported hearing gunfire near Portcullis House, an office building housing lawmakers and members of their staff. The BBC broadcast images showing people, appearing to be wounded, receiving care while lying on the bridge.London police say they are treating a gun and knife incident at Britain’s Parliament “as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise.”But Britain’s MI5 says it is too early to say if the incident is terror-related. A European security official says there was increased chatter on jihadi networks Tuesday following the U.K.’s adoption of an electronics ban aboard flights from certain mostly Muslim countries.He said, however, there was no information that the incident was terror-related.The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about ongoing security operationsJournalists at the Parliament building said they were told to stay in their offices.The Press Association news agency reported that two people were seen lying within the grounds of Parliament.At least a dozen people have been injured, according to Reuters. Police had no immediate confirmation.The former Polish foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski posted a video on Twitter that seems to show people lying injured in the road on Westminster Bridge.Sikorski, a senior fellow at the Harvard Centre for European Studies, says he saw at least five people lying on the ground after being “mown down ...
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