Shots fired outside Houses of Parliament

[Mation]

Donald trump has just denied it!

?? Denied anything has happened?

 

[YouSir]

now there's tons of coppers there. why do they need so many? what do they actually do?

Feel important.

 

[cyril_smear]

It barely happened an hour ago and there's already an ITV special.

 

[Beats & Pieces]

shots inside the houses of parliament would have roused cheers from across the land

Not appropriate.

 

[8den]

now there's tons of coppers there. why do they need so many? what do they actually do?

You know they don't get to pick and choose what 999 call to answer.

Of all the hot stupid takes....

 

[Orang Utan]

I've cycled past Westminster Palace many times and have often thought how easy it would be to pull up in a vehicle and run into the public entrances as they open out onto the street.

 

[Mation]

?? Denied anything has happened?

Oh

 

[brogdale]

BBC reporter saying he talked to one of them and some of their party were hit by the car. Uncorroborated as yet.

The live TV pictures from chopper appeared to show emergency services attending to numerous victims along the length of the bridge from the St Thomas' steps all the way to the railings opposite Westminster tube.
Only sliver of good news being the proximity to St Thomas' A&E.

 

[cyril_smear]

AP Food in Westminster is getting some good free advertisement on ITV anyway.

 

[editor]

A curious development

 

[Wilf]

Fucking silly tweet from Adam Afriyie MP

Parliament must not be cowered by this incident and I'd like the House of Commons to reconvene as soon as possible this afternoon.

Yeah, that would be a real priority for the police who are charging round trying to secure this and that, not sure whether it's a 'lone gunman' or more etc. FFS.

 

[SpookyFrank]

now there's tons of coppers there. why do they need so many? what do they actually do?

Claim overtime, try not to do anything racist in front of the news cameras, ask sir for permission if they need the toilet.

 

[bimble]

now there's tons of coppers there. why do they need so many? what do they actually do?

They look clam, (says Guardian).
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[malatesta32]

Oh

i was joking!

 

[malatesta32]

You know they don't get to pick and choose what 999 call to answer... Of all the hot stupid takes....

what do you mean? hot stupid takes?

 

[Dogsauce]

TBH, I am surprised it has taken this long for this kinda incident to happen in London- give the precedents in Europe over the past year or two.

There are a lot of static defences around important buildings, planters etc. so as to keep vehicles away - defences they started sorting out when the IRA were targeting London. We're probably better protected than a lot of cities. I guess we might see some more of these defences going in now.

Also access to fire arms is tougher here than most of continental Europe, so the mass shooting type attack not so likely. I suspect shots heard here were just police ones, and reports of police being called to a shooting incident is just the usual fog of information after something like this.

 

[8den]

Katie Price reveals her horror as she's caught up in Parliament terror attack

Well thank christ for that.

 

[EastEnder]

Chap who was on the bridge being interviewed by Sky just said he saw one body lying face down in the river...

 

[YouSir]

A curious development

Standard procedure maybe? Emergency stop until police are there?

 

[DaveCinzano]

Katie Price reveals her horror as she's caught up in Parliament terror attack

Well thank christ for that.

Please no one tell Trump there's a suspected link to Jordan

 

[malatesta32]

they turn up after the event, leaving other areas unpoliced, and staging a spectacle in 1 place then carrying out another is a fairly obvious terror tactic.

 

[not a trot]

Not everyone in the houses of parliament is a cunt.

You're right. Some of them are wankers as apposed to cunts.

 

[8den]

what do you mean? hot stupid takes?

The police response to what appears to be an armed attacker and an assault on a police officer with overwhelming force. It'd be weird if every available officer WASN'T there.

 

[brogdale]

Chap who was on the bridge being interviewed by Sky just said he saw one body lying face down in the river...

Jesus.
Maybe jumped out of the way of the on-coming vehicle?

 

[8den]

they turn up after the event, leaving other areas unpoliced, and staging a spectacle in 1 place then carrying out another is a fairly obvious terror tactic.

Generally most terrorist attacks are isolated incidents. And you don't know what precautions are being taken elsewhere.

 

[2hats]

"Trump has been briefed on the incident."

Stand down everyone! It's all in hand now.

Short clip of him just now, sitting down for some sort of meeting, where he appears to comment “something has happened in London”.

e2a: to be precise the quote in full:

Big news … I was just getting an update on London … some big news having to do with London just happened.

 

[wiskey]

Jesus.
Maybe jumped out of the way of the on-coming vehicle?

the bbc witness said he jumped to avoid the police

 

[Pickman's model]

Short clip of him just now, sitting down for some sort of meeting, where he appears to comment “something has happened in London”.

something to do with bowling no doubt

 

[EastEnder]

One woman has died, others with "catastrophic" injuries... just reported on Sky....

 

[Wilf]

Anyway, stay safe any urbs in the vicinity.