A number of people are reportedly injured after a car mounted a footpath and crashed into pedestrians outside London’s Natural History Museum.
Armed police have arrived on the scene while ambulances are taking those injured to hospital.
Not visiting the Natural History Museum after all. Some kind of terror thing? Armed police, Helicopters etc . . . #southkensington pic.twitter.com/qTg7nCBjaX
— Damian Hackett (@damohack) October 7, 2017
A suspect has been arrested, with images shared on social media appearing to show a man being pinned to the ground by police.
At this stage, it is not known whether the incident was a deliberate attack.
A closer view of the accident in London. Car ploughs into crowd outside Natural History Museum – many people injured. @BBCBreaking pic.twitter.com/W8kPsTQAzv
— afra🪐 (@afrazhaowang) October 7, 2017
The public are being advised to avoid the area.
