Police probe 'terrorist' car attack outside UK parliament

A man has been arrested after a car crashed into security barriers outside Britain's Houses of Parliament.

Forensic officers by the car that crashed into security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London Source: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

A car swerved into passers-by then slammed into a barrier protecting Britain's Houses of Parliament in a suspected terror attack on Tuesday.

A 29-year-old British man, not previously known to the security services, was arrested at the scene by armed officers. Three people were injured.

Police, who initially said the man was refusing to co-operate, were holding him at a London police station on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack.

Prime Minister Theresa May said the suspected attack was "shocking" and an "appalling incident" as she condemned the "twisted aim of the extremists".

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