LONDON 8 October 2017: About 11 people have been injured after a car hit pedestrians near the Natural History Museum in London, UK police say.
Police response was heavy and immediate with anti-terror police deployed and area evacuated and cordoned off. Later, the police clarified the incident as a ‘traffic accident’ not associated with terror.
The Metropolitan Police said one person had been detained following the incident at 14:20 BST in Exhibition Road in South Kensington, said Wam.
Video footage that emerged on Twitter showed a man being restrained on the ground.
A BBC reporter at the scene said she had been told by police that the injuries were minor.
Police said inquiries are under way to establish the circumstances.
A Downing Street spokesman said the prime minister is “being kept up to date on events”.
The current terror threat level in the UK is “severe” – the second highest – meaning an attack is highly likely.