‘Several Injured’, as Car Rams Pedestrians Outside Natural History Museum, London **Updated**

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Large numbers of police and other emergency vehicles are attending an incident outside the landmark and top tourist destination the Natural History Museum in London Saturday afternoon, as reports state a vehicle mounted the pavement.
Eyewitnesses to the scene outside the renowned Kensington Museum on exhibition road Saturday reported seeing large numbers of police cars and armed police on Exhibition Road, with injured people being put into ambulances.

There has been one arrest of a male and police say “Enquiries to establish the circumstances and motive are underway.”

Video footage taken by purported eye-witnesses and uploaded to microblogging platform Twitter shows the apparent carnage around the world-famous museum immediately after the incident, with debris scattered across the floor, and four men pinning another to the ground, in an apparent citizen’s arrest.

A police statement released shortly after the incident stated the force had been called at 1421 and that they believed “a number of pedestrians have been injured”.

Although no indication has been made over the potential motive for the incident, or whether it was an accident, police have set up a significant exclusion area around the Natural History Museum and deployed large numbers of officers, including armed response officers, which suggests it may not have been a road traffic incident.

Whether this incident was an accident or not, London, the United Kingdom, and other European cities remain on high alert after a succession of deadly automobile attacks in recent years. London has seen three vehicle ramming killings in 2017, including the March Westminster attack in which five were killed, the June London Bridge attack in which eight were killed, and the June Finsbury Park in which one died.

http://www.breitbart.com/london/201...trians-outside-natural-history-museum-london/

Hopefully this isn't what it probably is, but if it is, then hopefully its not as bad as it could be. If it isn't what it could be then thankfully its not what it typically is and thoughts and prayers for everyone concerned regardless.

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For those that get hives when Breitbart articles are posted...

***Most current link I have for new source***
Natural History Museum: Metropolitan Police not currently treating incident in London as terror-related
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...t-terrorism-related-live-latest-a7988126.html
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People injured in car collision near London museum
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/07/europe/london-car-collision/index.html

Man arrested after car mounts pavement outside London museum, hitting passers-by
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...ent-outside-london-museum-according-reports1/

Driver detained after pedestrians injured outside London's Natural History Museum
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...don-outside-natural-history-museum/742577001/

Natural History Museum crash: Car hits people in London
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41538762

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Natural History Museum: Metropolitan Police not currently treating incident in London as terror-related
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...t-terrorism-related-live-latest-a7988126.html

 

[ShadowRun]

That sucks, I hope no deaths and everyone recovers

 

[legomaheggroll]

part and parcel...

time to ban cars?

in all seriousness though my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone.

 

[deltapapha]

Ha CNN is already trying to spin it. "Car collision"

 

[Son of Jamin]

Perhaps a follower an ancient and barbaric religion in a hurry to the museum to see his antiquated peers.

 

[deltapapha]

Perhaps a follower an ancient and barbaric religion in a hurry to the museum to see his antiquated peers.

fender bender. needs to be more careful next time.

 

[ens189]

Different culture hard to understand.

 

[sangreporsangre]

We'll have to wait for more info to come out, but at this point you can't blame people for jumping to the snackbar conclusion because this shit has become a trend over there. I hope everyone who was injured has a full recovery.

 

[ens189]

Sedan of peace.

 

[HereticBD]

Have to wait for the perp's description, before jumping to any conclusions.

 

[Terry Noonan]

Just part of living in a big city.

 

[ens189]

Have to wait for the perp's description, before jumping to any conclusions.

I feel comfortable assuming that he’s Asian.

 

[Ling Ling]

Nothing to see here, move along.

 

[deltapapha]

Two current headlines. CNN is fking shameless

 

[wake_me]

Ha CNN is already trying to spin it. "Car collision"

Charlottesville copycat....still cant believe the fucking balls when they asked that last time

 

[deltapapha]

Charlottesville copycat....still cant believe the fucking balls when they asked that last time

Yeah I remember that. Once it becomes obvious that an immigrant purposely rammed some Londoners, how long before, "inspired by white American gun enthusiast. It is a good think England's gun laws are in place or this could have been much worse"

 

[deltapapha]

wow this is straight police brutality! CNN has clearly already reported that this was just car collision

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

Two current headlines. CNN is fking shameless

I guess I don't understand the criticism.
They're calling it a "collision" in quotes now, and saying not much can be said, the police aren't releasing relevant information yet.
What would you have them do, lie?

 

[deltapapha]

I guess I don't understand the criticism.
They're calling it a "collision" in quotes now, and saying not much can be said, the police aren't releasing relevant information yet.
What would you have them do, lie?

as soon as CNN knew (at least 30 minutes ago) that at least one component of this was a Car ramming into a crowd of pedestrians, that is how they should have reported it.

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

as soon as CNN knew (at least 30 minutes ago) that at least one component of this was a Car ramming into a crowd of pedestrians, that is how they should have reported it.

Seems pretty short a time span between event and reporting to be so sure you've ascertained the facts and they have not... but that's an easy call to make when you have no responsibility to be sure of what you report.