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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 22 2017, 12:01 PM (635 Views) | |
| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 12:01 PM Post #1 |
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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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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 03:47 PM Post #91 |
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(The Guardian) The lockdown of Westminster seems to be over, after several hours. Around 1000 people were in Westminster Abbey, including parliament workers as well as MPs. They were interviewed by police to see if they had any information that could help the inquiry. |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 03:50 PM Post #92 |
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(The Guardian) Commenting on today’s attack in Westminster a spokesman for the Public and Commercial Services union, which represents Met Police security staff in the Palace of Westminster and civil servants in nearby government buildings, said: Our thoughts are with the victims of this horrific attack and their families. We also send our solidarity to police and security staff in parliament and all those who work in and around Westminster, including MPs, their employees and civil servants. |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 03:55 PM Post #93 |
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(The Guardian) Pauline Cranmer, London Ambulance Service deputy director of operations, has given further details of the injured. She said: Our thoughts are with the friends and families of those affected by today’s incident. We treated 12 patients for serious injuries, who were all taken to hospital. Eight further patients were treated for less serious injuries at the scene. We were called to the incident at 2.40pm today, with the first ambulance crew arriving within six minutes. We sent a number of resources to the scene including ambulance crews, London’s Air Ambulance and specialist teams trained to respond to this type of incident. We have been working closely with other members of the emergency services at the scene, with our priority being to ensure patients received the medical help they needed as quickly as possible. We declared a major incident and our priority was to assess patients and ensure that they were treated and taken to hospital as soon as possible. I would like to thank our staff and the other emergency services who responded today. |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 04:00 PM Post #94 |
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(The Guardian) Andy Sparrow is among those making his way home from Westminster, after all those who had been on lockdown were allowed to leave. But stay with us here on the Guardian liveblog for news updates as we get them. We are still waiting for a fuller statement from the prime minister who is chairing a Cobra emergency meeting this evening. |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 04:04 PM Post #95 |
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![]() --Hang on hun have to put you on hold one of my brethren just did Terror and there is blood and stuff to negotiate on pavement (James Bond, 22 March 2017) |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 04:06 PM Post #96 |
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--Channel 4 News says it has confirmed the attacker was Trevor Brooks aka Abu Izzadeen, well known to the security services and the media. (Andrew Neil, The Spectator - 22 March 2017) |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 04:07 PM Post #97 |
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(The Guardian) Romania’s foreign ministry says two Romanians were wounded in a deadly attack in London’s Westminster, the Associated Press have reported. The ministry said the two had been taken to a hospital for treatment. There were no further details on the identity of the two or how seriously they were injured. The ministry said it had been informed by authorities in London. My colleague Haroon Siddique earlier talked to a man who was waiting outside St Thomas’s A&E trying to glean information about Two Romanian friends who he feared had been caught up in the attack. He said a Romanian couple he met on a trip to Thailand, were on the bridge when it occurred. He was supposed to meet them at the London Eye but called when they failed to show up. We can’t confirm if it is the same people confirmed as injured by the Romanian foreign ministry. |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 04:09 PM Post #98 |
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(The Guardian) Jeremy Corbyn: attack has shocked the country --Jeremy Corbyn MP, Leader of the Labour Party, has issued a statement: Today’s horrific attack in Westminster has shocked the whole country. All our thoughts are with the victims of this outrage, their loved ones, families and friends. Those victims include civilians and police officers, Londoners and visitors, subjected to a brutal and indiscriminate assault. Our thanks and gratitude go to the police and emergency services who responded so bravely, and to those – including the MP Tobias Ellwood – who went to the aid of the injured and dying. This was not only an attack on innocent people. It was also an attack on our democracy. But I know that Londoners and people across the country will stand together in defence of our values and diversity. |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 04:10 PM Post #99 |
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(The Guardian) Ken Marsh, Chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, has offered his sympathy to the family to the fallen officer and all those killed and injured. He said: We offer our deepest sympathy to the family of the officer who has died. Our thoughts are also with all those killed and injured. This incident sadly shows the dangers our colleagues face on a daily basis. They show incredible bravery protecting the public. The Metropolitan Police Federation will be supporting the officer’s colleagues in any way we can. |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 04:14 PM Post #100 |
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(The Guardian) Four university students were injured as they were caught up in the attack on Westminster Bridge, the Press Association has reported. They were among a group of 13 students and a lecturer from Edge Hill University, in Ormskirk, who were on the first day of a two-day educational visit to the Houses of Parliament. The students had just left Parliament and made their way on to Westminster Bridge after they had watched Prime Minister’s Questions and met with MPs. Among those injured were Owen Lambert, 18, from Morecambe, Lancs, who needed stitches to a head wound, and Travis Frain, from Darwen. Dr John Cater, Vice Chancellor of Edge Hill University, told BBC North West Tonight: “They had just actually finished their session, were leaving the Parliament building and in the Westminster Bridge area where we understand ... they were involved in the incident. “We understand that two students have been taken to hospital but as walking wounded - one with a head wound and one with a wrist injury. There are two other students who have minor injuries who are with police and acting as witnesses. “The good news is that the other nine students are now back in a hostel receiving support and will return to the North West tomorrow.” He added: “The details are invariably hazy I guess.Our assumption is that they were either knocked over by other people or struck by the vehicle. Obviously all of them will be somewhat traumatised by what they have seen as well.” Earlier, the university tweeted: “All students and lecturer in Westminster have been accounted for and are being supported by the university.” |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 04:32 PM Post #101 |
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(The Guardian) Some further details on how the injured were treated today in London’s hospitals. In total five London hospitals treated casualties. Staff from St Thomas’s, yards from the attack on Westminster Bridge, rushed to help the injured there. But the most seriously hurt were taken to three of the capital’s four regional trauma centres: King’s College in Camberwell, St Mary’s in Paddington and the Royal London in Whitechapel. The Chelsea and Westminster hospital also dealt with some of the injured. |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 04:52 PM Post #102 |
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(The Guardian) Westminster attack: what we know --Four people have died and at least twenty have been injured in what police are treating as a terrorist incident in Westminster. --Police were called to an incident at Parliament square in central London at 14.40 (GMT). --An attacker drove into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing at least two and seriously injuring others. A badly-injured woman was rescued from the Thames. --The attacker then crashed into the railing of the Houses of Parliament, before attacking a police officer inside the gate of the Houses of Parliament. --The police officer died of his injuries. His assailant was shot and killed by police. --MP Tobias Ellwood attempted to resuscitate the officer, but he died at the scene. --A group of French students and students from the north West of England were among the injured. --Five London hospitals treated casualties: hospital officials said 12 people were treated for serious injuries, eight more were treated for less serious injuries at the scene. --Home Secretary Amber Rudd condemned the attack on “our shared values”, but said they would never be destroyed. --Large areas of central London were shut off to the public, and workers in the Palace of Westminster, including MPs were placed in lockdown for several hours. |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 04:56 PM Post #103 |
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(The Guardian) Prime minister Theresa May is speaking. She describes the attacks as “sick and depraved.” She praises the exceptional bravery of police and security services who ran towards the danger as they encouraged others to move away. And pays tribute to the officer died. |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 04:59 PM Post #104 |
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![]() --#LondonAttack comes 1 yr after Brussels airport & subway bombings. And the European Left has not learned the lesson. #PrayForLondon #London (Republican Party of Tennessee, 22 March 2017) |
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| Webster | Mar 22 2017, 05:00 PM Post #105 |
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(The Guardian) May says it is no accident that the attacker chose parliament which stands for democracy, freedom and rule of law. She said that was why it is a target for those who reject those values, adding that any attempt to defeat those values through violence and terror is doomed to fail. Parliament will be open as normal tomorrow. The statement is over and the prime minister does not take any questions |
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