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   London Metropolitan Police officials arrested a man who allegedly   
   drove into a group of cyclists and crashed into the barriers outside   
   the British Parliament in Westminster on Tuesday. The incident is   
   being treated as a terrorist incident, authorities said.   
      
   "Given that this appears to be a deliberate act, the method and this   
   being an iconic site, we are treating it as a terrorist incident and   
   the investigation is being led by officers from the Counter Terrorism   
   Command," Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner Neil Basu said   
   during a news conference.   
      
   Authorities are working to identify the driver and establish his   
   motive, Basu said, adding, "He is not currently cooperating.”   
      
   PHOTO: Armed police point their weapons on a car that crashed into   
   security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Aug. 14,   
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   Armed police point their weapons on a car that crashed into security   
   barriers outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Aug. 14,   
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   Two people, a man and a woman, were taken to the hospital, while a   
   third person was treated at the scene for minor injuries, authorities   
   said. None of the injuries were life-threatening.   
      
   "I was getting off the bike and put my foot down, then there was a   
   sound like tires screeching," Geoffrey Woodman, a strategy consultant   
   who witnessed the incident, told the Press Association. "This car   
   turned round to the left and swerved into the wrong lane of traffic   
   and into the bank where all the cyclists wait."   
      
   Most of the cyclists managed to jump off their bikes, but a woman was   
   clipped by the hood of the car as it passed, he said.   
      
   Video showed the driver being dragged out of his car by a number of   
   police officers. The man, in his late 20s, was driving a silver Ford   
   Fiesta when he crashed into the barriers at 7:37 a.m. local time,   
   police said.   
      
   No weapons have been found in the car and no other suspects have been   
   identified, authorities said.   
      
   PHOTO: Police forensics officers work around a silver Ford Fiesta car   
   that was driven into a barrier at the Houses of Parliament in central   
   London, Aug. 14, 2018.Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images   
   Police forensics officers work around a silver Ford Fiesta car that   
   was driven into a barrier at the Houses of Parliament in central   
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   Metropolitan Police   
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   @metpoliceuk   
    While we are keeping an open mind, the Met's Counter-Terrorism   
   Command is leading the investigation into the #Westminster incident.   
      
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   Streets around Parliament Square were blocked off as police vehicles   
   swarmed the area, video posted on social media showed. More than a   
   dozen emergency vehicles were on the scene. Wider cordons have since   
   been removed, while cordons around the immediate crime scene will   
   remain for some time, police said.   
      
   (MORE: Terror in the UK: A timeline of recent attacks)   
   (MORE: Khalid Masood identified by police as man behind London attack)   
   PHOTO: Armed police at St. Thomas hospital close to the scene of an   
   incident at Houses of Parliament in London, Aug. 14, 2018.Andy   
   Rain/REX via Shutterstock   
   Armed police at St. Thomas' hospital close to the scene of an incident   
   at Houses of Parliament in London, Aug. 14, 2018.   
   The Westminster subway station re-opened after it had been closed   
   earlier, the official Transport for London feed said in a tweet.   
      
   President Donald Trump weighed in, tweeting, "Another terrorist attack   
   in London...These animals are crazy and must be dealt with through   
   toughness and strength!"   
      
      
   Donald J. Trump   
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   @realDonaldTrump   
    Another terrorist attack in London...These animals are crazy and must   
   be dealt with through toughness and strength!   
      
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   The threat to the U.K. remains severe, British Prime Minister Theresa   
   May said in a statement.   
      
   "I would urge the public to remain vigilant -- but also to come   
   together and carry on as normal, just as they did after the sickening   
   attacks in Manchester and London last year," she said. "The twisted   
   aim of the extremists is to use violence and terror to divide us. They   
   will never succeed."   
      
      
   UK Prime Minister   
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   @10DowningStreet   
    "My thoughts are with those injured in the incident in Westminster   
   and my thanks to the emergency services for their immediate and   
   courageous response." - PM @theresa_may   
      
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   This appears to be the second attack on Westminster in the past 18   
   months. In March 2017, 52-year-old Khalid Masood, a Muslim convert   
   with a criminal past, crashed his rented car into pedestrians on   
   Westminster Bridge and later stabbed a police officer outside of the   
   parliament building. Four people died in the attack, including the   
   officer. Masood was shot and killed by police.   
      
   PHOTO: Police at the scene of an incident outside parliament in   
   London, Aug. 14, 2018.Andy Rain/REX via Shutterstock   
   Police at the scene of an incident outside parliament in London, Aug.   
   14, 2018.   
   Since then, 12 terror plots have been thwarted in the U.K., Andrew   
   Parker, director general of the MI5, the U.K.'s domestic   
   counterintelligence and security agency, said in a speech in Berlin in   
   May.   
      
   Parliament was not in session on Tuesday. The House of Commons and   
   House of Lords are out of session from July 24 to Sept. 4.   
      
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   rier-british-parliament/story?id=57163025   
      
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