Vehicle Assault/Stabbing/Shooting at Parliament in London

[Brian]

Shots Near U.K. Parliament

Also a stabbing apparently.

[Daehawk]

Few different attacks. People killed. They are treating it as a terrorist attack.

[stessier]

Well that's not good.

Aren't armed police rare in England?

[Daehawk]

That was my thought as well. Some news are mentioning armed MPs.

[Isgrimnur]

Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection

Firearms routinely carried by DPG officers include the Glock 17 and Heckler & Koch MP5. They are also equipped with bulletproof vests and have the non-lethal Taser X26. Like every other conventional British police officer, they carry an ASP Telescopic Baton, Hiatt speedcuffs, CS gas and a radio.

[El Guapo]

Car on Westminster bridge mowed down around 5 people. Almost certainly a terror attack.

[Smoove_B]

It never ceases to amaze me the amount of damage and destruction a single motivated person can accomplish with relatively little effort.

[Moliere]

It never ceases to amaze me the amount of damage and destruction a single motivated person can accomplish with relatively little effort.

Hey, let's keep Trump out of this thread!

[Isgrimnur]

I'm pretty sure he was badly quoting Full Metal Jacket.

[killbot737]

Entropy, man. It's a lot easier to break stuff than it is to build it.

[Smoove_B]

I'm pretty sure he was badly quoting Full Metal Jacket.

It was an unconscious effort on my part - but you made a keen observation.

[em2nought]

Brexit should have come sooner.

[Moliere]

Brexit should have come sooner.

It's never too soon for a non sequitur.

[gameoverman]

It never ceases to amaze me the amount of damage and destruction a single motivated person can accomplish with relatively little effort.

Watch a Russian dashcam video someday. Something as simple as a left turn can cause a remarkable amount of mayhem. And that's when someone isn't even trying to do it.

[Freyland]

Mayhem or a left turn? Seems perfectly reasonable if they weren't intending to do the latter!

[Moliere]

Mayhem or a left turn? Seems perfectly reasonable if they weren't intending to do the latter!

Are we talking about Isgrimnur's dashcam again?

[Max Peck]

London attack: Police identify Westminster attacker

The man believed to have carried out the attack in Westminster has been named by police as Khalid Masood.

Kent-born Masood, who died in the attack, was not the subject of any current police investigations, but had a range of previous convictions.

The 52-year-old was believed to have been living in the West Midlands.

The so-called Islamic State group has said it was behind the attack, in which PC Keith Palmer, Aysha Frade and US tourist Kurt Cochran were killed.

Eight arrests were made in London and Birmingham following Wednesday's attack.

Masood drove into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before crashing his car into railings and then running into the grounds of Parliament, armed with a knife. He stabbed PC Palmer and then was shot dead.

Police said there had been no prior intelligence about his intention to carry out an attack.

But he was known to the police and his previous convictions included GBH, possession of offensive weapons and public order offences.

His first conviction was in November 1983 for criminal damage and his last conviction was in December 2003 for possession of a knife.

He had not been convicted of any terrorism offences.

[Daehawk]

Belgian police stop another vehicle related terrorist attack

Other sources state the guy was from North Africa but seems to be conflicting info.

[em2nought]

Another naughty driver in England https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3180485/e ... ror-crash/, this is becoming the new version of the "Ice Bucket Challenge".