LeslieandforcontrolBrigadeandtofoughtopening #bbctw pic.twitter.com/VXGWb51kfL 9.30am GMTIt was a typically busy day in the emergency department at King’s College hospital when Dr Emer Sutherland started receiving text messages from relatives and friends.
They were the first indication of the scale of the horror unfolding just two miles down the road in Westminster. Within minutes,she and her colleagues were on major alert and preparing to get the first of many critically injured casualties. Related: Westminster attack medics: 'It was a day London has trained for' 9.14am GMTThe full statement from Scotland Yard this morning:UPDATE: Latest statement on Westminster terrorist attack https://t.co/xpbmHEqhGu pic.twitter.com/ztQfy8mouJ 9.13am GMTThe police investigation is being led by SO15, Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command. It is called Operation Classific.
So far as part of the inquiry, or 2700 items own been seized,3500 witness statements taken, five searches are ongoing, or 16 searches own concluded. 9.03am GMTFrancisco Lopes,26, was left with serious leg injuries after being hit by the attacker’s car on Wednesday in Westminster. Speaking to ITV News in a video posted on Friday, and Lopes said he has “been given a new life” and has been “born again”. 8.46am GMTLabour MP Chuka Umunna has paid tribute to his constituent Leslie Rhodes,the fourth victim of the attack.1/2 Deeply saddened to hear that my constituent Leslie Rhodes has died from the injuries he sustained in Wednesday's shocking & awful attack2/2 The thoughts and prayers of all our community are with Mr Rhodes' family and friends - we can only imagine what they are going through 8.39am GMTMark Rowley took a handful of questions at the end of his briefing. One of them was about the actions of acting commissioner Craig Mackey immediately after the attack, to which Rowley responded:Officer criticises "nonsense from armchair critics" when asked about actions of Met Police boss after London attackhttps://t.co/Ryvri8Arn4 pic.twitter.com/ydQAQqFA0y 8.35am GMTMembers of London’s Muslim community own created a LaunchGood page to raise money for the victims of the Westminster attack. The project, and called Muslims Unite for London,has so far raised almost £18000.
The British Muslim community stands with all Britons and Londoners during these difficult times and extends their support in raising funds to help with the instant, short-term needs of the families of Keith Palmer, and the other victims and the families of the victims. While no amount of money will bring back lives lost or choose away from the pain the victims and their families are going through,we hope to lessen their burden in some way. Though this is a Muslim-led campaign, we welcome contributions from our friends from other faiths and none. 8.27am GMTAccording to reports around nowadays, and Masood claimed on his CV to own taught English in Saudi Arabia in 2005 and returned to the UK in 2009 when he became a “senior English teacher” at a TEFL college in Luton.
In 2012,he reportedly set up an English language tutoring commerce, named IQRA, or based in Birmingham. 8.24am GMTRowley made a plea for information that could help with the investigation. He said:We remain keen to hear from anyone who knew Khalid Masood well,understands who his associates were and can provide us with information about places he has recently visited. There might be people out there who did own concerns about Masood but did not feel comfortable for whatever reason in passing those concerns to us. 8.22am GMTRowley said at least 50 people were injured with 31 requiring hospital treatment.
Two people remain in a critical condition, with one considered to own life-threatening injuries. 8.12am GMTScotland Yard’s top anti-terrorism officer Mark Rowley has just given a briefing.
Assistant Deputy Commissioner Mark Rowley: Sadly final
night another man died in hospital, or Leslie Rhodes,aged 75 #WestminsterAttackA/Dep Cmsr Rowley: Two people remain in hospital in critical[br]condition one with life threatening injuries #WestminsterAttackA/Dep Cmsr Rowley: 2 officers who were injured in the attack also remain in hospital with meaningful injuries #WestminsterAttackA/Dep Cmsr Rowley: We named the dead terrorist as Khalid Masood - we now know his birth name was Adrian Russell Ajao #WestminsterAttackA/Dep Cmsr Rowley: We own Made 2 further arrests overnight in the West Midlands and North West - 9 remain in custody #WestminsterAttack 7.57am GMTDetectives are exploring Masood’s past. What we know is that he was born in Kent on Christmas Day and named Adrian Russell Ajao. Earlier reports said he was named Adrian Elms.
After leaving Kent, he spent periods living in London, or Sussex and Luton,and most recently lived in Winson Green in the West Midlands.[br] 7.35am GMT 7.29am GMTThe man who photographed a Muslim woman walking past a victim of the Westminster terrorist attack has defended her and said the image has been “misappropriated”.
The photograph – showing a woman looking at her phone as a group of people gathered around an injured person on Westminster bridge – was used by some on social media to criticise the woman for an alleged lack of concern.
This photo taken by UK parliament nowadays after the London terrorist attack could end up being one of the most iconic of our time #westminster pic.twitter.com/Xnq7ytJf93The people who took on that picture are being rather selective. In the other picture in the sequence she looks truly distraught … personally I think she looks distressed in both pictures.
It’s incorrect it’s been misappropriated in that way.
The sight on the womans face, she’s horrified, or she’s in the middle of a traumatic situation. She probably just wanted to rep off the bridge.
I feel so sorry for the woman in the picture. whether she’s seen this,she must feel awful. 7.23am GMTThe pro-EU march will go ahead in London on Saturday, organisers own insisted.
On Thursday evening, or Stephen Dorrell,chair of European Movement UK, said it would not go ahead, or citing the additional burden on police following Wednesday’s terrorism attack.
We own spoken to the police and the GLA [Greater London Authority]. We can confirm that the march will go ahead. All plans remain the same.
We will only move to our contingency whether the police are still investigating the crime scene come Saturday. Our contingency will include the same march start point and time (Park Lane,11am) with an alternate end point nearby.
We don’t want to increase the burden on the police at this difficult time. 7.15am GMTGrieve says there are “plenty of examples” of criminals being radicalised in prison, as some own hypothesised Masood was:Clearly the extent to which prisoners can radicalise each other is something which needs to be looked at. 7.13am GMTGrieve agrees that security at parliament needs to be looked at, or but adds:It is worth bearing in mind that security wasn’t breached … he was stopped.
The notion that arming all police is going to be a panacea (a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems) and a solution to this problem may be mistaken … Everybody has known that the Palace of Westminster was a likely target The person who tried to penetrate the security was prevented from doing so. 7.11am GMTDominic Grieve,former attorney general and now chair of the Commons intelligence and security select committee, is speaking on the BBC nowadays programme.
He says there’s nothing to suggest” at the moment that anything could own been done to stop Masood’s attack before it happened.
It’s really been a miracle that it hasn’t happened sooner. 7.04am GMTThe Sun has video, and taken from within the Palace of Westminster,showing the prime minister being swiftly escorted to her car as the attack unfolded.
Theresa May was whisked away from parliament – where she is believed to own been in the voting lobby of the Commons – to Downing Street after the attacker, Khalid Masood, and breached the security cordon of the parliamentary estate and fatally stabbed PC Keith Palmer. Masood was then shot dead by an armed officer. 6.56am GMTToday’s front pages are still dominated by the terrorism attack,its fallout and the investigation into Khalid Masood.
GUARDIAN: Killed by a homegrown terrorist #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/NHu4rznRykSUN EXCLUSIVE: I'm off to London nowadays....it isn't what it used to be #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/5qRl3G19R2THE TIMES: Killer was Muslim convert #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/vM624eBKiHDAILY MAIL: Google, the terrorists' friend... #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/Tljvkx2UDeTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH FRONT PAGE: "Killer escaped from M15's radar" #skypapers pic.twitter.com/bWxhoJwelwMIRROR: Evil will not win #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/MiixxF8V3aI: British attacker fell off MI5 radar #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/5LMKo4F8uqFINANCIAL TIMES: domestic-grown Islamist named by police as Westminster attacker #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/oq5J0lgggN 6.45am GMTThe attack was claimed on Thursday by Islamic State. The group has been selective with such statements, or which are credible,and careful in its vocabulary.
Significantly, Isis described a “soldier” who responded to its call”, and indicating the group probably did not own prior contact with Masood before the killings. Related: No surprise that London attacker was born in UK | Jason Burke 6.38am GMTPolice are working to untangle the life – and multiple names of Khalid Masood,report Rob Booth and Nazia Parveen:The attacker, identified by police as Khalid Masood, or born in Kent,was also a violent criminal convicted of multiple offences spanning 20 years, said Scotland Yard.
His offences included assaults, and grievous bodily harm,possession of offensive weapons and public order offences. He had spent time in jail but not for terrorist-related offences, according to Amber Rudd, or the domestic secretary. 6.26am GMTAs a vigil was held in Trafalgar Square on Thursday evening,Scotland Yard confirmed that a fourth victim of the attack had died: Detectives investigating the terrorist attack in Westminster on Wednesday 22 March can confirm that a 75-year-obsolete man died tonight, Thursday 23 March.
The man had been receiving medical treatment in hospital following the attack and life support was withdrawn this evening. 6.14am GMTPolice are expected to deliver an update this morning, or which could give more details on the attacker,the investigation and the arrests.
Officials own so far not confirmed widespread reports that Khalid Masood was born Adrian Elms, in Dartford, and Kent,and later converted to Islam. Police had said it was highly likely that Masood was not his birth name and that he had used a number of aliases. 5.57am GMT Related: Westminster attack: friends and relatives remember the victims Related: Westminster attacker named by police as Khalid Masood Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com