The head of counterterrorism at London’s Metropolitan Police says four people have died in the terror incident in London, including an attacker and a police officer.
Mark Rowley says some 20 people have been wounded and parliament was locked down.
A search is underway to make certain no other attackers are in the area _ though police believe there was only one attacker.
Rowley said the dead policeman was one of the armed officers who guard parliament.
The other victims were on Westminster Bridge.
Rowley says “We are satisfied at this stage that it looks like there was only one attacker. But it would be foolish to be overconfident early on.”
A senior police commander says the attack at London’s Parliament has been declared a terrorist incident and “a full counterterrorism investigation is underway.”

Officials say a man with a knife attacked a police officer at Parliament and was shot by officers.

There are also reports of a vehicle hitting pedestrians on nearby Westminster Bridge.

Witnesses said a vehicle struck several people on the bridge, and photos showed a car plowed into railings.

A man outside Britain’s Parliament says he couldn’t believe what he was seeing when a man with a big knife started plunging the weapon into a policeman.

Rick Longley also told the Press Association that someone also crashed a car into a fence near Big Ben and “took some pedestrians out.”

Britain’s Parliament complex remains in lockdown.

Prime Minister Theresa May was at Parliament when the incident began, but her office says she is safe.

Today is the first anniversary of the attacks at the airport and on the subway in Brussels that killed 32 people and injured 300 others.

(The Canadian Press)

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