In Pics: ‘Terror’ Attack Rocks UK a Year After Brussels Bombings

Three people and the assailant were killed and around 20 were injured during Wednesday’s attack in London.

Police secure the area close to the Houses of Parliament in London. (Photo Courtesy: AP)

Exactly a year after Brussels came under attack of suicide bombers killing over 30 people, London faced a bloody Wednesday after an unknown assailant allegedly ploughed down pedestrians with his car on the Westminister Bridge. He then went on to stab a police officer outside the House of Parliament who later succumbed to his injuries.

The attacked was shot dead by police officers. Three others were killed, while 40 injured in the catastrophic incident.

The House of Commons was put in lockdown and many MPs are still inside the Commons chamber. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Theresa May was ushered to a safe location.

London police said they are treating the attack “as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise”.

Armed police officers enter the Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday. (Photo Courtesy: AP)

Police close the area near Houses of Parliament. (Photo Courtesy: AP)

MP’s in House of Commons, London after the security alert at the Palace of Westminster in London. (Photo Courtesy: AP)

An attacker is treated by emergency services, as a knife lies on the floor, with police looking on at the scene outside the Houses of Parliament. (Photo Courtesy: AP)

Emergency services at the scene. (Photo Courtesy: AP)

Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood, centre, stands amongst the emergency services at the scene. (Photo Courtesy: AP)

A police officer is led away by a colleague after the attack. (Photo Courtesy: AP)

Emergency services on the Westminister Bridge. (Photo Courtesy: AP)

People remain in pods on the London Eye after it was stopped following the terror attack. (Photo Courtesy: AP)

One Year Anniversary of Brussels Airport Attack

Nidhi Chaphekar, Jet Airways flight attendant and a victim of the Brussels airport terror attack, attends the one-year anniversary service at Zaventem Airport in Brussels on Wednesday. (Photo Courtesy: AP)

People make the shape of a heart with their hands as they stand for a moment of silence at the Bourse during the one-year anniversary for Brussels attacks victims in Brussels. (Photo Courtesy: AP)