that statement from - metropolitan statement from the metropolitan police statement from the metropolitan eelcei since 2:40pm, the mps harrington. since 2:40pm, the mps has responded . an incident in the has responded to an incident in the area of parliament square. the senior national coordinator has senior national'coorci'rnator'hae this senior national'coorci'rnator'has this is a terrorist although we remain a - counterterror open—minded, a full counterterror investigation is this is investigation is underway. this is led by the met‘s counter terrorism at stage command. at this stage i will confirm what we know has happened i will not speculate. we but i will not speculate. we received a number of , ~ r— but i will not speculate. we received a m of reports received a number of reports including a person in the river, a car in collision with pedestrians, and a man armed with a knife. officers were already in the as part routine location as part of routine policing but additional officers but immediately, additional officers we re but immediately, additional officers were sent to the scene, in