The British Parliament went in to red alert on Wednesday after a knife-wielding assailant stabbed a policeman inside the perimeter of the parliamentary building in London.

According to the Irish Times, the assailant has reportedly been shot by police.

After the incident, two people were seen to be lying within Old Palace Yard, immediately outside Westminster Hall.
Meanwhile, a number of injured people were seen lying injured on Westminster Bridge near parliament. It is understood a car hit a number of people near the bridge.

Pictures emerged of a car crashed into the railings of Parliament at the end of Westminster Bridge.
The sitting in the House of Commons was suspended while police officers sealed off the area around the incident. MPs were told to wait in the Commons chamber when the sitting was suspended.

The Prime Minister Theresa May was reportedly evacuated to a safe location after the attack.

Commons Leader David Lidington later told MPs a “police officer has been stabbed” and the “alleged assailant was shot by armed police” following a “serious” incident within the parliamentary estate.

“What I am able to say to the House is there has been a serious incident within the estate.
“It seems that a police officer has been stabbed, that the alleged assailant was shot by armed police.”