Deadly ‘terrorist’ attack outside British Parliament
The woman was among several pedestrians struck by a car on Westminster Bridge, before it crashed into railings.
An officer was stabbed in the Houses of Parliament by an attacker, who was shot by police.
According to the BBC, police said there were "a number of casualties" and a "full counter-terrorism inquiry" was under way.
One woman died and at least 10 others were wounded when a grey Hyundai i40 mowed down several people on the Westminster Bridge before crashing into the gates outside Parliament, according to The Telegraph.
The attacker, whom several witnesses described as being a middle-aged man, then reportedly ran through the gates and attacked police officers with an “eight inch” knife before being shot. Sources told The Independent the assailant is “Asian.”
The French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said French school pupils were among the injured and offered "solidarity with our British friends, and full support" for the wounded students and their families.
Prime Minister Theresa M. May is to chair a meeting of the government's emergency Cobra committee later.
There are also British diplomats working in the British Overseas Territories, including in the Virgin Islands where Governnor John S. Duncan OBE represents the Queen, however, it is not clear whether the diplomats have been put on safety alert.
Meanwhile, according to information obtained by our newsroom most of the Virgin Islands students studying in London are safe and accounted for.
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Exactly how many are NOT safe and/ or accounted for?