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Summary
- A police officer has been stabbed in the Houses of Parliament in central London
- At least one woman has died and several others are critically injured after a car hit people on Westminster Bridge
- The alleged assailant was shot by armed police
- Footage on social media shows people lying in the road
- Metropolitan Police say they are treating it as a terrorist incident and buildings are in lockdown
Live Reporting
The BBC's Daniel Sandford says the Met's statement was very interesting and that although the details are "very sketchy" at this stage, it is clear the police are treating it as a terror attack.
Prime Minister Theresa May will chair a meeting of the Government's emergency Cobra committee later today, a Downing Street spokesman said.
It appears that the Met's current acting commissioner Craig Mackie was an eye-witness to the incident as he was in the area at the time. He is not injured but could provide absolutely vital testimony.
Anyone with information about the incident is urged to call 0800 789 321. He also says anyone who sees anything suspcious which they believes constitutes an emergency should call 999.
Asked whether the incident is over, the officer says he cannot speculate but his focus is on keeping London safe.
He says there are a number of casualties but he cannot confirm the number or the nature of injuries.
Met commander BJ Harrington is making a statement. He says although he is "open-minded" to the motives, it is being treated as a terrorist incident.
Pictures as a woman dies, others are injured and MPs are in lockdown in Westminster.
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