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UK parliament in lockdown after 'shots fired'
LONDON: Britain's Houses of Parliament were in lockdown on Wednesday after staff said they heard shots fired,
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"We were called at approx 2:40 pm to reports of an incident at Westminster Bridge. Being treated as a firearms incident -- police on the scene," police said on Twitter.
A staff member in parliament who did not want to be named told AFP: "I definitely heard shots. I saw someone in dark clothing go down."
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