Terrorist attack in London on March 22nd 2017

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The Westminster Bridge and the Palace of Westminster
Course of the attack and the route of the assassin on the grounds of the Westminster Palace

The terrorist attack in London on March 22, 2017 took place on Westminster Bridge and on the grounds of the Westminster Palace in London's government district. It happened almost twelve years after the last terrorist attacks in London on July 7, 2005 and on the first anniversary of the 2016 attacks in Brussels . The terrorist militia Islamic State (IS) took responsibility.

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Westminster Bridge

The 52-year-old assassin Khalid Masood drove a rented Hyundai Tucson into a crowd on Westminster Bridge at around 2:40 p.m. local time ( UTC + 1 ) , killing two people instantly and injuring several. A man died three days later from the inflicted injury, a woman was thrown into the Thames , was initially seriously injured, but died fifteen days later from her injuries.

Palace of Westminster

Shortly thereafter, the car rammed the fence around the Palace of Westminster , the assassin left the vehicle, jumped over the fence onto the site and stabbed the 48-year-old unarmed police officer Keith Palmer. Masood was fatally wounded shortly afterwards by two plainclothes policemen with multiple gunshots after he did not respond to their calls.

As one of the first security measures, the session in parliament was suspended and the parliament building cordoned off. The British Prime Minister Theresa May , which in Parliament was, was in her residence in Downing Street 10 to safety, where the security cabinet in the specially equipped crisis meeting room COBRA einbestellte.

Victim

Nationalities of the victims
nationality dead Injured receipt
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 3 12
RomaniaRomania Romania 1 1
United StatesUnited States United States 1 1
AustraliaAustralia Australia 0 1
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 0 1
FranceFrance France 0 3
GermanyGermany Germany 0 1
GreeceGreece Greece 0 2
ItalyItaly Italy 0 2
IrelandIreland Ireland 0 1
PolandPoland Poland 0 1
PortugalPortugal Portugal 0 1
Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 0 5
Not yet confirmed 0 8th
total 5 ≈40

Six people died in the attack, including the assassin. This killed three British tourists , a US tourist and a Romanian tourist who died from her injuries on April 6th. Among the 40 people injured are people from 14 nations.

consequences

  • After the attack, forces search a house in Birmingham

  • In memory of the victims on site

  • Explanation of the balance sheet by the London police chief

  • Interview with witnesses of the attack on site

Reactions

Prime Minister Theresa May said in her statement to the House of Commons that the assassin was born in the UK and was known to MI5 .

Perpetrator

The day after the attack, authorities announced that the suspect was the British-born 52-year-old Khalid Masood . Masood was born Adrian Elms on December 25, 1964 in Dartford . In 2000 he got into an argument with the owner of a café, demolished his car and then injured his face with a knife. He was sentenced to two years in prison. Three years later, Elms injured another man in the nose with a knife and was imprisoned again for six months. In 2004 he married; the couple had three children. From 2005 to 2009 he worked as a teacher in Saudi Arabia . From 2011 to 2013 Elms lived in Luton , then in London and, since 2016, in Birmingham . All addresses where Elms and his family had lived since 2011 were searched by the police after his attack. When Elms converted to Islam and changed his name to Khalid Masood is unclear.

More suspects

One day later the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) claimed the attack for itself via the IS-affiliated propaganda platform Amaq . The authorities arrested eight people at six addresses in the course of the investigation.

See also

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  2. ↑ Westminster attack: 75-year-old man dies in hospital becoming fourth victim of terror outrage - as police name attacker as British-born Khalid Masood In: telegraph.co.uk . March 24, 2017.
  3. ↑ Jamie Grierson: Westminster attack victim was knocked into Thames, inquest hears , The Guardian, April 12, 2017
  4. ^ Front page of the Süddeutsche Zeitung of March 23, 2017
  5. ↑ a b Four dead in attacks in London. In: tagesschau.de. Retrieved March 22, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Westminster: Four dead in terrorist attacks in central London. In: Spiegel Online. Retrieved March 22, 2017 .
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g h London attack: Injuries to Irish person caught up in terror are 'not life-threatening' . In: Irish Independent . 23rd March 2017.
  8. ↑ EN DIRECT - Raid de la police à Birmingham après l'attentat de Londres ( French ) In: Le Figaro . 23rd March 2017.
  9. ^ A b "Andreea Cristea: woman who fell in the Thames during the Westminster attack dies in hospital" The Telegraph of April 7, 2017
  10. ^ Australian injured in London attack . Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  11. ↑ Chinese tourist injured in London terror attack . In: Times of News . 23rd March 2017.
  12. ↑ a b Assassination in Londres: des lycéens Français blessés, un assaillant neutralisé au Parlement ( fr ) In: Capital.fr . Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 22, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.capital.fr
  13. ↑ Giovane bolognese lievemente ferita nell'attentato di Londra ( it ) in: Bologna.repubblica.it . Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  14. ↑ Londra, attacco al Parlamento. Quattro morti, ferite due italiane. Ucciso l'assalitore. May: 'Atto odioso' - Europe ( it ) in: ansa.it . 22nd March 2017.
  15. ^ Há um português entre os feridos. "Já teve alta e está bem de saúde", diz Governo ( Portuguese ) In: Expresso . 22nd March 2017.
  16. ↑ 75-year-old dies as a result of his injuries. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , accessed on March 23, 2017.
  17. ^ London terror attack. In: dailystar.co.uk
  18. ↑ London attack: ISIL claims responsibility as Theresa May reveals terrorist was British citizen who had been investigated by MI5 . In: The Telegraph . March 23, 2017. Accessed March 23, 2017.
  19. ^ London terror attack: Khalid Masood named by police as responsible for Westminster attack | UK news . In: The Guardian , January 1, 1970. Retrieved March 23, 2017. 
  20. ^ The violent extremist who dropped off the police's radar . In: telegraph.co.uk . Retrieved March 23, 2017.
  21. ↑ The Terrorist from the Garden of England. March 25, 2017, accessed May 6, 2020 .
  22. ^ A b Robert Mendick: "How London attacker Khalid Masood snapped because of racism in his village - then went to jail and became radicalized." In: telegraph.co.uk
  23. ↑ Islamic State claims attack for itself. In: Zeit Online , March 23, 2017.
  24. ^ London Attack: Latest Updates , BBC. Retrieved March 23, 2017. 
  25. ↑ London attack: Eight held after armed police raids , BBC News. 23rd March 2017. 

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