Harvard fellow posts raw video of aftermath of London attack

Harvard fellow and former Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski captured raw video Wednesday of the aftermath of a suspected terrorist attack in the heart of London. Sikorski posted a video on Twitter that showed victims who had apparently been struck by a car on Westminster Bridge. An attacker also stabbed an officer before being shot by police outside Parliament. London officials say they are treating the attack as a “terrorist incident” until they know otherwise.Sikorski, who is a senior fellow at Harvard’s Center for European Studies, said he saw at least five people who’d been “mown down” by a car.

A car on Westminster Bridge has just mowed down at least 5 people. pic.twitter.com/tdCR9I0NgJ

— Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺 (@sikorskiradek) March 22, 2017

According to The Associated Press, Sikorski told Poland’s TVN24 that he was in a taxi leaving Westminster and was checking his email when he heard something like a car crash, ‘‘something like a car hitting metal sheet.’’

‘‘I look up and I see that a person is lying on the pavement. I started my camera and I saw more people lying on the street and on the pavement,’’ he told the television network.

‘‘People started running up to them. I saw one person who gave no sign of life, another man was bleeding from his head. In all, I saw five people who were at least seriously injured,’’ Sikorski said.

‘‘The taxi driver immediately called the emergency number. I heard ambulances within two or three minutes, so the rescue action was really very quick. There is a hospital near there.’’

London police are asking people with photos or video of the incidents to share them with authorities.

If you have photos or film of the incident in #Westminster please make sure you pass them to police https://t.co/l9dn1FQr7B

— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) March 22, 2017

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.