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| Westminster car crash: Man arrested as pedestrians injured | |
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| A number of people have been injured after a car crashed into security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament, Scotland Yard say. | |
| Armed police, ambulances and firefighters are responding to the incident in central London, which happened shortly after 07:30 BST. | |
| Officers were seen surrounding the vehicle before a man was arrested. | |
| Reports say cyclists were hit but police do not believe anybody is in a life-threatening condition. | |
| Scotland Yard cannot say if the incident is related to terrorism at this stage. | |
| Westminster tube station is closed and streets around Millbank, Parliament Square and Victoria Tower Gardens have been cordoned off. | |
| Members of the public and press have been moved further back from the area as police put up a Terrorism Act cordon, officers at the scene said. Parliament is currently not sitting. | |
| 'Action appeared deliberate' | |
| Images posted to social media showed a man in handcuffs being led away from the car by officers. | |
| The BBC's Callum May, at the scene, said: "Parliament Square is now ringed by blue police tape. There is a large group of armed officers in the square." | |
| He added: "Paramedics are treating a small group of people sitting on the ground outside the Palace of Westminster. | |
| "They are wrapped in silver blankets. One eyewitness, who declined to give his name, said he saw a small hatchback drive into a group of cyclists and then into the barrier outside the Palace of Westminster. The man said that the driver's action appeared deliberate." | |
| Eyewitness Ewalina Ochab said: "I think it looked intentional - the car drove at speed and towards the barriers." | |
| She said: "I was walking on the other side of the road. I heard some noise and someone screamed. I turned around and I saw a silver car driving very fast close to the railings, maybe even on the pavement." | |
| The vehicle did not appear to have a front registration plate when it crashed, she added. | |
| Euronews/NBC UK correspondent Vincent McAviney earlier tweeted a video of the incident as it unfolded. | |
| Scotland Yard said: "At 07:37hrs today, a car was in collision with barriers outside the Houses of Parliament. | Scotland Yard said: "At 07:37hrs today, a car was in collision with barriers outside the Houses of Parliament. |
| "The male driver of the car was detained by officers at the scene. A number of pedestrians have been injured. Officers remain at the scene. We will issue further info when we have it." | "The male driver of the car was detained by officers at the scene. A number of pedestrians have been injured. Officers remain at the scene. We will issue further info when we have it." |
| Westminster station is closed for entry and exit, Transport for London said, and is open only for interchange between lines. | |
| The Houses of Parliament are surrounded with security barriers of steel and concrete. | |
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