London Terror Attack: Within a few hours, there were signs that normalcy was returning.
Five people, including a policeman, were killed on Wednesday close to Britain's Houses of Parliament in what police said they were treating as a terrorist incident. The dead included the attacker, while the other two victims were among the pedestrians hit by the car as it tore along Westminster Bridge, which is right next to parliament.
Indian-origin lawmaker Keith Vaz was among those inside the building along with 400-odd members. "We are all locked in the chamber in the House of Commons, there are 400-odd MPs here and we cannot leave," Mr Vaz told NDTV. Mr Vaz, 59, said members heard gunshots. "We have been told that the attacker was shot. An air ambulance has arrived and everything is in a lockdown situation. This is all very alarming. We do not know what is happening."
The attacks come a day after UK, following the US, banned passengers traveling from airports in several middle-eastern airports from bringing laptops, tablets and other portable electronic devices on board with them when they fly.
Here are latest updates on attack near UK Parliament:
President Pranab Mukherjee condemns the Parliament attack in London
PM Narendra Modi expresses condolences for attack near UK Parliament
European Commission President said the attack left him "highly emotional".
In Brussels to commemorate the one-year anniversary of attacks on the main airport and a metro station, Juncker said "the fact that exactly on the same day something similar happened in London, and to London, is really putting me in the situation of someone who does not have...enough words to express how I am deeply feeling."
"I Turned Around To Find A Man Lying In A Pool Of Blood," Says Witness on Westminster Bridge"I heard a thud, turned round and there was a man lying about 10 yards away from me," Reuters photographer Toby Melville recalls, describing the moment a man fell from London's Westminster Bridge to the pavement below
UK police suspect 'Islamist-related terrorism' behind attack
"Islamist-related terrorism is our assumption," top counter terrorism officer Mark Rowley told journalists. The male assailant was shot dead after mowing down pedestrians and stabbing a policeman.
Mark Rowley, Britain's most senior counter-terrorism officer, says nearly 40 injured
Another civilian dies, say Police. Number of dead now 5
Extra Police Officers To Man London Streets Today
Canada tightens security after London attack
Canada has tightened security, especially on Parliament Hill, after the deadly attack outside parliament in London, an official said.
British Prime Minister Theresa May said that "UK won't change terror threat level after attack."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned attack near British Parliament
Merkel said Germany stood by Britain "firmly and resolutely".
"Although the background to these acts are not yet clear, I reaffirm that Germany and its citizens stand firmly and resolutely alongside Britons in the struggle against all forms of terrorism," Merkel said in a statement.
"In these grave moments, we Germans feel very close to the British people," President Frank-Walter Steinmeier added.
British PM Theresa May issues statement on attack on parliament
Theresa May's thoughts are with those killed and injured in an attack close to parliament and the British prime minister is being kept updated with developments, her office said on Wednesday.
Armed police respond outside Parliament Security tightened at UK sites in New York after Westminster attackNew York police ramped up security at British sites across the city, reports news agency Reuters.
Heavily armed officers and explosives-detecting dogs were deployed to locations including the British Consulate and the British Mission to the United Nations in Manhattan, senior New York Police Department officials said at a news conference.
Security tightened at UK sites in New York after Westminster attack
Police, who initially believed that there were two attackers, now confirm that there is just one attacker.
4 dead, 20 injured in attack near parliament, say policeAround 20 people were injured and four reported dead in London on Wednesday after a car crashed into pedestrians near the British parliament and an assailant stabbed a policeman in what police called a terrorist incident. Four people - including the attacker and the policeman he stabbed - were killed in the attack, they said.
India condemned the terror strike in Westminster near the UK Parliament, saying there is no place for terrorism in democracies and civilised societies.
Police officer killed in UK parliament attack: BBC Police still seeking one assailant in London attack: British media
Police are still searching for one of the two people believed to have launched Wednesday's attack outside the British parliament building, Daily Telegraph newspaper reported.
A forensics investigator works at the scene after an attack on Westminster Bridge in London Woman Pulled Alive From River Thames After London AttackA woman has been pulled from the River Thames alive after Wednesday's attack on a bridge near Britain's parliament in Westminster, the Port of London Authority (PLA) said, adding that she was being treated for serious injuries.
MPs locked inside parliament have been allowed to leaveMPs who were locked inside parliament after the parliament attack have been allowed to leave. According to reports there were 400 lawmakers inside the parliament when the incident took place.
Theresa May to convene emergency security committee after Westminster incidentBritish Prime Minister Theresa May will chair a meeting of the government's emergency security committee, reports news agency Reuters.
The Westminster incident has been described as a "terrorist incident" by the police.
"There is a COBR meeting taking place today," a spokesman at the office of the British Prime Minister said on Wednesday.
Members of the emergency services take an injured person away on a stretcher Britain is on its second-highest alert level U.S. says closely monitoring 'concerning situation' in London
US President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House he had been briefed on events in London but gave no details
The incident took place on the first anniversary of attacks by Islamist militants that killed 32 people in Brussels.
Emergency services respond after an incident on Westminster Bridge in London Aerial images of the incident showed a large number of police cars and ambulances. Scottish parliament suspends debate on independence referendum after Westminster attack
Armed police respond outside Parliament during an incident on Westminster Bridge in London "Officers - including firearms officers - remain on the scene and we are treating this as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise," London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
A policeman was stabbed, an assailant shot and several people injured on Wednesday close to Britain's Houses of Parliament in what police said they were treating as a terrorist incident