London: Several persons were injured after a car ploughed into pedestrians and later smashed into security barriers outside the United Kingdom (UK) Parliament in Westminster on Tuesday morning. 


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The driver of the vehicle has been arrested, informed the Scotland Yard.



The incident reportedly took place at around 07:37 am UK Time (GMT+1). 



Police added, "At this stage, officers do not believe that anybody is in a life-threatening condition. Cordons are in place to assist the investigation. Westminster tube station is closed."


A spokeswoman later said: "We`re still trying to piece it together."


Footage on social media showed a handcuffed man being led away by heavily armed police.


Westminster Underground station, close to parliament, was closed and the building was cordoned off. No one was being allowed entry to parliament. As parliament is in recess for summer, most lawmakers are not using the building. 


In March 2017, Khalid Masood, 52, killed four people on nearby Westminster Bridge before he stabbed to death an unarmed police officer in the grounds of parliament. He was shot dead at the scene. It was the first of five attacks on Britain last year which police blamed on terrorism.


 


With agency inputs