BREAKING: British Prime Minister May is safe after attack in parliament — spokesman
London — British Prime Minister Theresa May is safe after an assailant was shot outside parliament by armed police on Wednesday, a spokesman for her office said. The spokesman declined to say where May was when the attack took place. An assailant who stabbed a policeman inside the perimeter of Britain’s parliament was shot by police, David Lidington, the leader of the House of Commons, told parliament. “The alleged assailant was shot by armed police, an ambulance is currently attending the scene to remove the casualities,” he said. “There are also reports of further violent incidents in the Palace of Westminster but it would be wrong of me to go into further details before confirmation from the police.” At least four people were lying on the ground, some bleeding heavily and apparently unconscious, on Westminster Bridge near Britain’s parliament on Wednesday, Reuters photographs showed. One of the photographs showed a body lying under the wheels of a London bus. Reuters
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