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The first images apparently showing the man who launched a terrorist attack in central London on Wednesday have appeared in the UK media. | The first images apparently showing the man who launched a terrorist attack in central London on Wednesday have appeared in the UK media. |
In photographs published on the Twitter accounts of UK media, the man believed to be the attacker can be seen lying on his back on a stretcher, with medics attending to him and police officers standing nearby. | |
A large blood-stained bandage can be seen on the man's torso. | |
A zoomed-in image circulating in UK media also shows what appears to be a knife lying on the ground near the stretcher. | |
The same photo was published by the Mirror, Sky News, the BBC. | |
Another photo taken at the scene partly shows a person in brown shoes lying on the ground, apparently held at gunpoint by a police officer. What looks like a knife can also be seen on the ground by the officer's boot. | |
A sole attacker is believed to be behind the terrorist incident in Westminster, central London, on Wednesday afternoon, police told the media at a briefing. | |
At least four people, including the suspect, were killed and 20 others injured in the attack, police said. | |
The attacker is believed to have been driving a car which mowed down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge. The suspect then reportedly rammed his vehicle into the gates of parliament, and fatally stabbed a police officer inside the parliament grounds. |