{"id":27541,"date":"2017-03-23T05:30:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T09:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/?p=27541"},"modified":"2017-03-25T13:08:24","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T17:08:24","slug":"terrorist-attacks-uk-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2017\/03\/terrorist-attacks-uk-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrorist attacks UK parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"640px-Houses.of.parliament.overall.arp\"<\/a>A terrorist drove through a crowd of pedestrians on London\u2019s Westminster bridge, killing 2 and injuring 20. \u00a0He then ran into the Parliament building where he stabbed a police officer to death. \u00a0He was then shot and died in the hospital.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Theresa May <\/a>was just 40 yards from the attacker.<\/p>\n

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The attack came one year after the terrorist attack on Brussels.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: \u00a0The death toll has risen to 5. \u00a0The terrorists was driving at an estimated 70 m.p.h. \u00a0Authorities confirm that the motive was Islamic terrorism. \u00a0See this for more details<\/a>, including information about the police officer who was killed.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: \u00a0The death toll has been revised back down to 4, including the terrorist. \u00a0The injured now are numbered at 29, including an American in critical condition. \u00a0The terrorist was driving on a sidewalk. \u00a0He had been investigated earlier for terrorist ties. \u00a0Authorities have arrested seven (some sources say eight) additional suspects implicated in the attacks, which are being described as \u201cISIS-inspired.\u201d \u00a0See this<\/a>\u00a0for updated details.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: \u00a0Now the death toll is 5, after a hospitalized victim died. \u00a0The number of injured is now given a 50. \u00a0The terrorist was a Muslim convert.<\/p>\n

Photo of UK Parliament buildings by Adrian Pingstone (talk\u00a0\u00b7 contribs) \u2013 Self-photographed, Public Domain, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=327144<\/em><\/p>\n

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From\u00a0Parliament shooting: Man shot at Westminster bridge | Daily Mail Online<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Three people and a terrorist are dead after an attacker brought carnage to central London today, mowing down pedestrians on Westminster <\/a>Bridge and hacking at police with knives in the grounds of the Houses of Parliament.<\/p>\n

At least 20 people were hit when a 4\u00d74 drove along the pavement on the crowded bridge, knocking down and seriously injuring pedestrians before crashing into a fence below Big Ben.<\/p>\n

The killer, described by witnesses as \u2018middle-aged and Asian\u2019, then managed to break into the grounds of Parliament, where he fatally stabbed a police officer with two knives.<\/p>\n

The policeman died at the scene. The attacker, who was shot by armed officers, died after he was taken to hospital.<\/p>\n

It is currently believed one attacker was involved and he killed three people, including the policeman, and left at least 20 pedestrians and three other police officers seriously injured.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Theresa May<\/a> was bundled into her car by a plain-clothes police officer and driven quickly from the scene as the attack unfolded. She will chair a meeting of the Government\u2019s emergency Cobra Committee tonight.<\/p>\n

Scotland Yard said the attack, which comes a year to the day after the terrorist atrocities in Brussels<\/a>, is being treated \u2018as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise\u2019.<\/p>\n

[Keep reading. . .]<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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