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U.K. Parliament Under Lockdown After 'Firearms Incident'

The U.K. House of Commons is under lockdown and police have raced to the scene of the incident on Westminster Bridge.
An armed police officer stands guard near Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday in London, England.

Police say they are responding to an ongoing situation near the U.K.'s Parliament, in the heart of London, and the leader of the House of Commons has stated that it appears a police officer was attacked.

"We are treating this as a terrorist incident until we know.

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