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Location | Westminster, London, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51°30′03″N 0°07′19″W / 51.50083°N 0.12194°W |
Date | 22 March 2017 c. 14:40 (UTC) |
Attack type | |
Weapons |
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Deaths | 5 (3 passers-by, 1 police officer and the perpetrator) |
Injured | ~40 (3 critical, 1 other life-threatening) |
Perpetrator | Khalid Masood |
On 22 March 2017 a terrorist attack in London began on Westminster Bridge, and continued into Parliament Square and the grounds of the Palace of Westminster. The attacker, identified as 52-year-old British-born Khalid Masood, drove a vehicle into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing two, and then abandoned the car and ran to one of the gates to the Palace grounds. He then fatally stabbed an unarmed police officer and was shot dead by other officers. This was the first terrorist incident at the Palace of Westminster since the assassination of Airey Neave in 1979, and the first to happen in London since the 7/7 bombings in 2005. The attack occurred on the first anniversary of the 2016 Brussels bombings.
Attack
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At around 14:40 UTC on 22 March 2017, a grey Hyundai was driven into pedestrians (including three police officers) along the pavement on the south side of Westminster Bridge, causing multiple casualties.[1] The vehicle was hired from Enterprise Rent-A-Car during the week prior to the incident, and came from its depot in Birmingham.[2][3] One of the victims, a woman, fell over the railings on the side of the bridge into the River Thames below. She was later rescued, but sustained severe injuries from the fall.[4] The vehicle continued, and crashed into railings outside the Houses of Parliament.[5]
Masood, wearing black clothes, exited the vehicle and entered the grounds of the nearby New Palace Yard, where he fatally stabbed a police officer, PC Keith Palmer. Two plainclothes officers shot Masood several times.[6][7][8][9] Despite attempts to resuscitate him, Masood died of his injuries at the scene.[10][11] Passers-by, including Foreign Minister for the Middle East and Africa, Tobias Ellwood, and medics attempted to resuscitate PC Palmer, also without success.[12][13]
Aftermath
The threat level for terrorism in the UK was already listed at "severe", meaning an attack was "highly likely".[14] It was decided there was no need for the threat level to be raised.[15]
Shortly after the incident, additional armed police arrived. An air ambulance from London HEMS attended the scene. The Prime Minister, Theresa May, was quickly evacuated to 10 Downing Street. Parliament was suspended and MPs were locked into the Commons debating chamber as a precaution. Other Parliamentary staff were told to remain in their offices. In addition, all visitors to Parliament, including journalists and children on several school trips, were ordered to remain in the building. Some were later evacuated to Westminster Abbey.[6] The UK government's emergency Cabinet Office Briefing Room (COBRA) committee met in response to the attack.[6][7][1] The Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales also suspended their proceedings on the afternoon of 22 March.[16][17] It was the first major attack to occur in London since the 7 July 2005 London bombings,[18] and the first such attack at the Palace of Westminster since the assassination of Airey Neave in 1979.[19]
Casualties
Nationality | Dead | Injured |
---|---|---|
United Kingdom[20] | 3* | 12 |
United States[20] | 1 | 1 |
Australia[21] | 0 | 1 |
China[22] | 0 | 1 |
France[23] | 0 | 3 |
Greece[20] | 0 | 2 |
Italy[24][25] | 0 | 2 |
Ireland[20] | 0 | 1 |
Poland[20] | 0 | 1 |
Portugal[26] | 0 | 1 |
Romania[27] | 0 | 2 |
South Korea[20] | 0 | 5 |
Not yet confirmed[20][6] | 1 | 8 |
Total[20] | 5* | ~40 |
*Includes perpetrator |
Five people, including the perpetrator, were killed as a result of the incident, and at least 40 people were injured, some of them severely. Three of the five dead were British nationals.[1][6] Aysha Frade, a British woman believed to have been walking along the bridge to pick her children up from school, was struck by the attacker's car and killed. A tourist from the United States, Kurt Cochran, was also hit by the car and died.[28] The dead police officer was PC Keith Palmer, 48, an unarmed police officer who was on duty with the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection command.[6][29][30] Palmer had 15 years of experience in the Metropolitan Police.[31]
A dozen people received serious injuries, some described as "catastrophic",[7] and eight others were treated for less serious injuries at the scene.[11] Injured members of the public were taken to St Thomas' Hospital, which is located immediately across Westminster Bridge in Lambeth, and to King's College Hospital (which declared a 'major incident' in its designated trauma centre), St Mary's Hospital, the Royal London Hospital and the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.[6][11] Two Romanian citizens were injured; one severely, having had to be rescued from the River Thames after either falling or jumping off the bridge to evade the attacker.[6][32] A group of French students aged 15–16, from Brittany, were among those injured.[6][33] Others included three police officers who were returning from a commendation ceremony, and four students from Edge Hill University in Lancashire.[6][11]
Attacker
Although early reports gave descriptions of two supposed attackers, one described as a "bald white man" and another as a "black man with goatee beard", Britain's most senior anti-terrorism officer Mark Rowley dismissed these claims, saying that the attack was a lone wolf attack.[34] Abu Izzadeen was initially identified as the attacker on social media, despite being in prison for supporting terrorism in the UK.[35]
The attacker was identified by the Metropolitan Police as 52-year-old British-born Khalid Masood.[36] Masood was born in Kent and detectives believe he was most recently living in the West Midlands. He was reported by local media to be a convert to Islam.[37] The Daily Telegraph disclosed that his birth name has been confirmed as Adrian Elms.[38] He was married with three children. Although he had been previously investigated by MI5, Masood was not the subject of any current investigations and there was no prior intelligence about his intent to mount a terrorist attack, police say.[39] He had a range of previous convictions for assaults, including grievous bodily harm, possession of offensive weapons and public order offences going back to 1983. He had not, however, been convicted of any terrorism offences.[2] Pictures of Masood being treated by medics were shown by some news outlets.[40]
The motivation for the attack is suspected by authorities to be Islamic extremism,[41] although Home Secretary Amber Rudd cast doubt over whether Masood was affiliated with ISIL.[42] On 23 March, ISIL-associated Amaq News Agency announced that the attacker was "a soldier of the Islamic State, executing the operation in response to calls to target citizens of coalition nations".[43] Analysts monitoring the group online stated the claim appears to be an effort by it to disguise its losses in Iraq and Syria, adding that the lack of biographical information of the attacker and lack of specifics about the attack suggested it wasn't directly involved in it.[44]
Investigation
At 23:00 on 22 March, West Midlands Police raided a flat in Birmingham. By the morning of 23 March, six addresses had been raided in East London and Birmingham resulting in the arrests of eight people for suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.[6][45][46] Officials also carried out searches in London, Brighton and Carmarthenshire.[47][45]
Reactions
The various reactions to the terrorist attack in England, both domestic and international, expressed shock and outrage, and it has been considered as an attack against liberty, freedom of speech, and democracy.[48][49]
Domestic
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The speakers of both Houses of Parliament issued a joint statement:[50]
An extremely serious incident has occurred in the Westminster area this afternoon. The Metropolitan police is dealing with this and an investigation is under way. On behalf of members of both Houses of Parliament, we wish to offer our thoughts to all those affected and their families. We would also like to express our gratitude to the police and all emergency services.
The Scottish Parliament suspended the day's proceedings, including a debate on a second independence referendum, because the incident was affecting the contributions of MSPs.[51] Not all MSPs agreed with the decision to suspend parliament.[52]
Both the House of Commons and the House of Lords resumed their normal functions on 23 March, the day after the attack.[10] A one-minute silence in honour of the deceased was observed in Parliament, and by London's emergency services, at 9.33 a.m. The time was chosen as PC Palmer's collar number was 933.[6]
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said that "Those evil and twisted individuals who try to destroy our shared way of life will never succeed and we condemn them. ... London is a great city, full of amazing people from all backgrounds. And when Londoners face adversity we always pull together."[53]
Prime Minister Theresa May said to MPs: "Yesterday an act of terrorism tried to silence our democracy, but today we meet as normal, as generations have done before us and as future generations will continue to do, to deliver a simple message: We are not afraid and our resolve will never waver in the face of terrorism."[54]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn described the attack as "an appalling atrocity".[54]
In honour of PC Palmer, his police uniform and shoulder number 4157u were permanently retired; Charlton Athletic F.C. announced that his season ticket seat at The Valley would not be occupied at the club's next home game, but would instead have a club scarf placed over it as a mark of respect.[55] A JustGiving fund was set up, with the target of raising £100,000 for his family, a goal attained in less than 24 hours.[2] A group called "Muslims United for London" also raised over £16,000 to support victims and victims’ families, releasing a statement saying, "The British Muslim community stands with the community during these difficult times."[56][57][58]
International
In addition to the expressions of shock, support, solidarity and sympathy offered by the several national governments,[a] the United Nations Security Council held a minute of silence at 14:00 GMT on 23 March.[83] The attack was denounced by the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.[78][75]
Followers of ISIL channels on social media celebrated the attack as revenge for British airstrikes against the group in Syria and Iraq.[84] Amaq News Agency later claimed the attacker had responded to ISIS' call to attack coalition citizens.[85]
See also
- 2014 shootings at Parliament Hill, Ottawa
- List of British police officers killed in the line of duty
- List of terrorist incidents in London
- List of terrorist incidents in March 2017
Notes
- ^ These included the governments of Algeria,[59] Armenia,[60] Argentina,[61] Australia,[62] Canada,[63] China,[64] Czech Republic,[65] Denmark,[66] Egypt,[67] France,[10] Germany,[68] India,[69] Iran,[70][71] Ireland,[72] Israel,[73] Italy,[74] Jordan,[75] the Netherlands,[76] New Zealand,[64] Pakistan,[77] Poland,[78] Romania,[79] Russia,[80] Saudi Arabia,[75] South Korea,[81] Spain,[78] Sweden,[82] Turkey[80] and the United States.[78]
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