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4 dead, at least 20 injured in UK Parliament attack

At least one man armed with knife entered Parliament; one police officer was killed

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Emergency services at the scene outside the Palace of Westminster (Photo: AP/PTI)

Reuters London
At least 20 people were injured and four reported dead in London on Wednesday after a car crashed into pedestrians near the British parliament and an assailant stabbed a policeman in what police called a terrorist incident.

The knifeman was then shot by police in the shadow of Big Ben, where he had tried to force his way into a courtyard just outside the Houses of Parliament.

The incident appeared to have unfolded in several locations, including on nearby Westminster Bridge where eyewitnesses said a car had crashed into pedestrians.

Reuters reporters inside parliament heard loud bangs and shortly afterwards

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