Daily Mail: FOUR people are dead - including police officer and terrorist - and 20 more injured - after killer mowed down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before killer is shot attacking police in Parliament grounds
* Four-wheel drive was driven over Westminster Bridge knocking down pedestrians this afternoon
* Victims were said to have been left scattered in the road, with one woman knocked into the River Thames
* Emergency services treated at least 20 injured people on the bridge, with one woman dead under a bus
* 'Asian' knifeman got into the grounds of Parliament where he stabbed and killed a police officer
* The 'middle-aged' attacker was then shot by armed officers and died after being taken to hospital
* Parliament was suspended and the Prime Minister was rushed from the scene in her official car
Three people and a terrorist are dead after an attacker brought carnage to central London today, mowing down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge and hacking at police with knives in the grounds of the Houses of Parliament.
At least 20 people were hit when a 4x4 drove along the pavement on the crowded bridge, knocking down and seriously injuring pedestrians before crashing into a fence below Big Ben.
An intruder, described by witnesses as 'middle-aged and Asian', then managed to break into the grounds of the Parliament where he fatally stabbed a police officer with two knives.
The policeman died at the scene. The attacker, who was shot by armed officers, died after he was taken to hospital.
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