A British foreign minister bloodied his hands attempting to save the life of a police officer who was stabbed on the grounds of Britain’s Parliament in what was described Wednesday as a “terrorist incident.”<\/p>\n
After an individual drove a 4×4 through a crowd outside the Palace of Westminster, shots were fired and a police officer was stabbed. Tobias Ellwood, a conservative member of Parliament and former soldier who was close to the incident, rushed to the officer’s side.<\/p>\n
The officer later died of his wounds.<\/p>\n
Photos of Ellwood \u2014 once an infantry captain in the Royal Green Jackets \u2014 show him in a blue suit giving the unidentified police officer mouth-to-mouth and attempting to staunch the blood flowing from the stab wounds.<\/p>\n
Ellwood reportedly stayed with the officer until an ambulance arrived. A later photo shows him with blood smeared on his forehead.<\/p>\n
The assailant reportedly barreled across Westminster Bridge in a vehicle, striking and killing one woman. He then crashed into a fence before eyewitnesses saw him charge through the gates of Westminster Palace with a knife. That is where the law enforcement officer who Ellwood helped was stabbed.<\/p>\n
London police said three victims, as well as the assailant, were killed in the attack and 20 were injured.<\/p>\n
British law enforcement said they were treating this “as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise.”<\/p>\n
A dual national of the United States and United Kingdom, Ellwood has represented a constituency in Southern England since 2005. He became the Foreign Minister for the Middle East and Africa in July 2014.<\/p>\n
Ellwood lost his brother in the 2002 Bali bombing that killed 202 people. Norway’s Foreign Minister, Borge Brende, called Ellwood a good friend and “a true hero that worked to save lives today following the horrible attack in London.”<\/p>\n
This isn’t the first time the British MP has put his heroics on display.<\/p>\n
According to the BBC, Ellwood was taken to a hospital in 2009 and temporarily lost hearing in one ear after he fought a gang in his constituency. Another group threw stones at him in 2008 when he threatened to call the police after witnessing them urinate in a constituent’s garden.<\/p>\n
Ellwood served in Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Kuwait, Germany, Gibraltar and Bosnia while in the military. He’s currently an active Army reservist.<\/p>\n
Courtesy: NBC News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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