Man arrested and pedestrians hurt after car crashes into Parliament barriers
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Police have arrested a man after a number of pedestrians were injured as a car crashed into barriers outside the Houses of Parliament.
Footage showed armed officers surrounding the car before a man was led away in hancuffs.
Streets around the area have been cordoned off and several ambulances and firefighters also arrived at the scene. Police said nobody was thought to be in a life-threatening condition.
Counterterror police have taken charge of the investigation - although the Met said it was keeping "an open mind".
Scotland Yard said on Twitter: “At 7.37am 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.’’
One eye witness, Jason Williams, told ITV he had seen a silver car plough into the barriers "deliberately" at high speed.
The Metropolitan Police took to Twitter later to suggest a terror incident was being suspected.
The London Ambulance service meanwhile said it had treated two people at the scene but their injuries were "not believed to be serious".
Assistant Director for Operations Peter Rhodes said: "We sent a number of resources to the scene including three ambulance crews, responders in cards and an incident response officer.
"We have treated two people at the scene for injuries that are not believed to be serious and have taken them to hospital."
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