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2017 Westminster Terror Thread
Topic Started: Mar 22 2017, 12:01 PM (636 Views)
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.......there are reports coming in over the wire of an apparent terrorist incident right outside or in the vicinity of the Houses of Parliament in London....

(The Guardian) Reports of shooting at House of Commons
--There are reports of a shooting at the Commons

--Man shot in entrance to the Commons. Appears to be a policeman down too (Jason Groves, Daily Mail - 22 March 2017)
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(The Guardian) Home Secretary Amber Rudd has called the attack on “our shared values”, but said they would never be destroyed.

Rudd has been in Lahore in Pakistan, but is currently making her way back to London.

She said: We do not yet know the full impact of this terrible incident. But I know that the whole country will be thinking and praying for those who are affected as I am. I want to thank the emergency services for the quick response and pay tribute to their bravery their courage and their professionalism.

I’ve been briefed by the Met Police and by the security services and the security minister has also been updated. This is an ongoing incident and the government will continue to be updated. The Prime Minister will chair Cobra today.

The Government’s top priority is the security of the people and I urge everyone to remain calm but to be vigilant and if they see anything they are concerned about they should report it to the police. We have the best police, the best security services in the world and we must make sure that we let them get on with doing their job.

The British people will be united in working together to defeat those who would harm our shared values. Values of democracy, tolerance and the rule of law. Values symbolised by the Houses of Parliament. Values that will never be destroyed.
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--We can confirm that both the House of Commons and the House of Lords will sit tomorrow at their normal times. (Houses of Parliament, 22 March 2017)
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(The Guardian) Parliamentary staff have been emailed by security saying people in Millbank and Tothill Street can leave the buildings. But everyone in Palace of Westminster must continue to stay put until further notice. Welfare support has been offered to anyone who needs it. Most MPs and staff stuck in the offices and corridors of Norman Shaw North are pretty calm though - most glued to television sets or huddled round mobile phones, and a few quietly getting on with their work.
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(The Guardian) A visitor to Parliament has told how he jumped to the aid of the stricken police
officer moments after he was attacked.

Tony Davis, a coach for the British Lionhearts, the British boxing team, tried to revive the officer moments after seeing him stabbed with two knives.

Davis was identified from photographs by members of his team. They said he went to help the police officer moments after he was stabbed. One member of the team, who asked not to be named, said:

The attacker has two knives and was stabbing the officer. Then, shots rang out and the attacker fell to the floor.

Tony jumped over a fence and ran to the police officer and tried to revive him. The officer started to fit, but Tony was still working on him.

There were lots of officers around, but the were trying to revive both men. Davis, who is a former serviceman, was leading the British lions boxing team at the House of Commons to attend a press conference.


Davies was with the team on a publicity visit ahead of an international bout. “Tony hopped over the fence to assist straight away,” said a member of the team.

He was later seen being comforted by police officers as he wore a bloodied team t shirt.
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(The Guardian) More details have emerged about those injured in today’s attack.

King’s College Hospital have confirmed that the major trauma unit have treated eight victims, six males and two females. Two are in a critical condition and six are in a stable condition.

(1) Following the incident in #Westminster this afternoon, we can confirm that our Emergency Department treated 8 patients - 6 males & 2 females
(2) Two of these patients are in a critical condition and six are in a stable condition #Westminster
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(The Guardian) Foreign minister Tobias Ellwood attempted to resuscitate the police officer fatally attacked outside parliament and stemmed the blood from the multiple stab wounds.

Ellwood, a former solder, was pictured kneeling over the policeman’s body as he gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in a bid to save the officer’s life.

Ellwood was surrounded by paramedics, police officers and doctors as he tried to treat the injuries, and remained with the victim until the air ambulance arrived. The officer was later confirmed dead.

The minister was later pictured with bloodied hands and forehead being comforted by officers in New Palace Yard.

Ellwood, a former captain in the Royal Green Jackets who served in Kuwait, has personal experience of terrorism after his brother Jonathan was killed in the 2002 Bali bombings.

A source told the Telegraph: “[Ellwood] tried to give mouth-to-mouth and stem blood flow from multiple stab wounds to the officer until the chopper and medics arrived.”

The police officer is among four who had been confirmed dead as part of the incident which is being treated as a terror attack, while at least twenty have been injured.

Ellwood has been a Conservative MP for Bournemouth East since 2005 and was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office in July 2014.
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--Flag at half-mast over Scotland Yard tonight to mark the death of our officer & the other victims of this afternoon’s attack in #Westminster (Metropolitan Police Service, 22 March 2017)
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(The Guardian) David Lidington, the leader of the Commons, has just told MPs in the chamber that they will be sitting tomorrow. This is from Rupa Huq MP.

--MPs all in chamber again. Leader of the House has addressed us that business as usual tomorrow.

...and these are from Channel 4 News’ Michael Crick.
(1) House not sitting but Commons chamber full. Deputy speaker Lindsay Hoyle advised MPs & staff. Seema Malhotra thnkd doorkeepers to applause
(2) There has been a second round of applause in Commons chamber for House staff
(3) Leader of House David Lidington has told people in chamber subject to police, arrangements will be made for people to express condolences
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(The Guardian) These are from Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury....

(1) Deeply shocked and saddened by events in Westminster. We are praying for all affected and those responding so bravely.
(2) Praying tonight for those grieving loved ones - and those injured and traumatised - after the brutal and senseless attack in #Westminster.

This is from Gordon Brown, the former prime minister.

--'My heartfelt sympathies to those families who have lost loved ones and to all those injured in the attack on Westminster' GB
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(The Guardian) Travis Frain, a politics student at Edge Hill university, was one of those injured on Westminster Bridge, his family confirmed.

Travis’s mother, Angela Frain, told the Guardian that he was in “good spirits” and was in hospital. He reportedly suffered a cracking rib and minor injuries to his hand and arm in the attack.

Angela Frain, from Darwen in Lancashire, said: “I have spoken to him at 20 past three and I know he’s okay. I’m waiting to hear back; his phone’s actually dead at the moment. He’s at the hospital with a police officer and his phone’s on charge so I haven’t spoken to him properly.

“The police officer just said he was in good spirits and he’s waiting to be x-rayed. I think that’s just for minor injuries. I haven’t got any information at all [about his injuries]; when I spoke to him at 20 past three it was just a quick call to say that he was okay. I’m hoping to hear back from him in the next few hours but at this point that’s the only information I have.”
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(Daily Telegraph) Foreign leaders send condolences to London
--President François Hollande of France has just spoken to Theresa May by phone and said that a plane from the "French government fleet" will take the families of three injured French high school children to London on Wednesday night, Henry Samuel reports.

"He conveyed his condolences following the attacked that has placed Great Britain in mourning and conveyed the solidarity of France in this tragic ordeal," the Elysée said in a statement. "Mrs May gave him the latest information on the situation and confirmed the death toll: three people were killed by the assailant and around 20 injured, including three French lycee pupils from Concarneau."

Donald Trump offered the "full co-operation and support" of the United States in responding to the Westminster terror attack and "bringing those responsible to justice" in a phone call with Mrs May.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said: "Our thoughts are with the victims of today's attack in London and their families. Canadians remain united with the people of the UK."

Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said: "Shocked at attack on London. Yesterday I spent the day at Westminster. Luckily not today. London's Parliament is the mother of democracy!"
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Daily Telegraph) Car was travelling 'really fast' as it ploughed into crowds
--Eyewitness Baylor Cook, 20, a student from Alabama, was on Westminster Bridge with his parents and 15-year-old sister when a "black SUV" mounted the pavement and hit "four or five" people in front of him. He said: "I was standing on the island in the middle of the road when the car came and mounted the pavement on the side we were crossing to.

"It had to have been going over 35 miles per hour - it was going really fast. It careered onto the pavement and hit a ton of people. It looked like it had just lost control but then they sped up and accelerated around the corner.

"I think there was a barrier which it hit because we heard a loud bang. I was thinking to myself 'he's not slowing down'. When he accelerated I just didn't understand."
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--Al Jazeera viewers celebrate #London terror attack. #ReligionOfPeace (Republican Party of Tennessee, 22 March 2017)
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--The Muslims in France has joined the celebration. #London #Westminster #PrayForLondon (Republican Party of Tennessee, 22 March 2017)
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