MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the Press Association news agency, citing a junior doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, some people sustained catastrophic injuries.
Earlier in the day, British media reported that several people have been shot outside of the country's parliament while a car drove into people on Westminster Bridge.
BREAKING: One woman dies and 'multiple' people injured on Westminster Bridge and knife-wielding man shot outside Ho… pic.twitter.com/yQWMjh8XsL
— Michel Euesden (@MichelEuesden) March 22, 2017
According to the Telegraph newspaper, UK Prime Minister Theresa May has returned to her residence at 10 Downing Street following the incident, and is monitoring the situation.
A Sputnik correspondent is reporting from the scene.
‘We were told a police offer was stabbed and the assailant had been shot' #londonshooting #westminsterbridge #londonattack #UKparliament pic.twitter.com/W2oTOuF2Qx
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