British junior foreign minister Tobias Ellwood was hailed as a hero across social media platforms after being photographed trying to provide assistance to a policeman who was stabbed by a suspected terrorist on Wednesday.
Ellwood was pictured with blood on his face after trying in vain to save the policeman stabbed to death on the cobbled yard outside the Houses of Parliament.
“I tried to stem the flow of blood and give mouth-to-mouth (resuscitation) while waiting for the medics to arrive, but I think he had lost too much blood,” the former military officer was quoted by The Sun tabloid as saying.
“It is a huge tragedy, it really is.”

Four people were killed, including the police officer, and 40 others were injured after a car ploughed into pedestrians close to Britain’s parliament.
Fellow MPs and social media users hailed Ellwood, who served in Northern Ireland and Bosnia and remains an army reservist, as a hero for his response.
Ellwood’s brother Jonathan was killed in the 2002 Bali bombing.

Many on Twitter lauded the MP for the brilliant display of humanity:
@Tobias_Ellwood is an absolute hero for what he did to help the policeman this afternoon!
— Ben Howlett MP (@ben4bath) March 22, 2017
We too often say our politicians live in a bubble but #tobiasellwood proved that wrong today. Fair play to his heroism.
— Harry Leslie Smith (@Harryslaststand) March 22, 2017
Total respect to @Tobias_Ellwood for his brave and selfless actions, we might be on different sides of the house but today we are as one.
— Angela Rayner MP (@AngelaRayner) March 22, 2017
Deep sorrow for victims of today’s attack and families. Thank you to brave responders including police, emergency services, @Tobias_Ellwood.
— Ed Miliband (@Ed_Miliband) March 22, 2017
On behalf of us all:
Thank you for trying @Tobias_Ellwood #Respect— NS PoliceDogs (@NSPoliceDogs) March 22, 2017
Police officers from all over are tweeting Tobias Ellwood to thank him. Unbearably moving
— India Knight (@indiaknight) March 22, 2017
I can’t stop thinking about Tobias Ellwood. His brother was killed in a terrorist attack, yet he just ran in & tried to help.
— Marie Le Conte (@youngvulgarian) March 22, 2017
I met @Tobias_Ellwood in Bali dealing with his brother’s death & this year he helped us endlessly @Channel4News. This picture shows the man pic.twitter.com/kCJ8XKRZeI
— Ben de Pear (@bendepear) March 22, 2017
Faces on tomorrow’s front pages should be PC Keith Palmer and Tobias Ellwood MP who showed us the best of humanity. Don’t PR the terrorist.
— Julie Lenarz (@MsJulieLenarz) March 22, 2017
Here’s what we know about the London attack so far:
(Feature image source: Twitter)