The shooting incident, which injured at least 20 people, took place in London on March 22.
What happened
According to media reports, a car drove onto the sidewalk on Westminster Bridge, where it hit several people.
After this, the car drove to parliament, where it was stopped by a policeman. The driver got out of the car and stabbed the law enforcement officer, after which he was shot by another police officer. London police confirmed that the attack was carried out by one person.
According to Scotland Yard, four people died as a result of their injuries, one of them a policeman. Two more police officers were wounded, as well as three French lyceum students. One of the women hit by the car fell into the Thames, seriously injured but alive. In addition, as media reported, five tourists from South Korea.
London resident James Sherratt shared his impressions of what was happening with Izvestia.
“The attack did not appear to be well organized, unlike the attacks in Brussels a year ago. Nevertheless, the sirens of numerous police cars can be heard on the streets. Due to the attack by the attacker's car, about ten people were injured, as well as one policeman. I think our Muslim mayor Sadiq has made the city invulnerable to organized attacks by ISIS (a terrorist group banned in Russia), although they want to sow confusion among the people. I think it was most likely some crazy lone driver. Although the police consider it a terrorist attack. My colleagues also believe that they were some kind of “crazy people,” says Sherratt.
Due to the incident in central London, several streets and the Westminster tube station are closed. Sappers are working at the scene. Police are asking residents to avoid traveling to the area.
All meetings of the British Parliament were suspended, exits from the building were blocked, and MPs and staff were not allowed to leave for several hours.
British Prime Minister Theresa May was in Parliament at the time of the attack and was “quickly taken to safety.”
London police in an official statement described the incident as a “terrorist incident.”
Rostourism does not yet have data on whether Russians could be among the victims. Organized groups there are not many in the British capital now. The Russian Foreign Ministry called on fellow citizens in London to be vigilant and avoid London attractions and crowds. According to Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Russia will be in contact with the UK in connection with the incident.
The Russian Embassy in the UK has opened hotlines where Russians can report any important information about incidents in London or submit a request for the whereabouts of their acquaintances.
Reaction of experts in Russia
According to the ex-director of the FSB, State Duma deputy Nikolai Kovalev, the attack on London was made possible due to the controversial work of the British authorities, and to this we can also add the manifestation of the problem of Middle Eastern refugees in Europe.
“Today, no country is 100% protected from terrorist attacks. Russia has repeatedly advocated the creation of a united international anti-terrorist front. However, Great Britain, including its Western partners, refused this. This greatly simplifies the tasks of the terrorists themselves, because in some countries they are called freedom fighters, in others “armed opposition,” and therefore they can safely function anywhere,” Kovalev told Izvestia. “To defeat international terrorism, it is necessary to start by unifying the definition of terrorism as such,” he added.
A repetition of the London events in Russia is unlikely, the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense is sure Vladimir Shamanov. According to him, our country has created efficient system of a preventive and preventative nature - this is the result of the lessons learned in modern Russia.
“Most likely this is an attack by the terrorist organization ISIS. As the president has repeatedly noted, about 4 thousand immigrants from countries are fighting in the ranks of this group former USSR, which to a certain extent worries the security authorities. However, despite this, our actions in Syria are proactive and prevent the terrorist threat in the country,” added Shamanov.
Advisor to the Director of the Russian Guard Alexander Khinshtein noted that it is now premature to draw any conclusions about what happened in London.
“Russian special services constantly monitor and study all terrorist acts occurring outside the territory of our country. In particular, domestic intelligence services made certain conclusions when studying the terrorist attacks in France. That is why on the territory of Russia what happened in London is unlikely, since in the Russian Federation public order And public events are carried out under the close attention of specialists from both the Russian National Guard and the Ministry of Internal Affairs,” Khinshtein told Izvestia.
FSB reserve colonel, president of the Association of Veterans of the Alpha anti-terror unit Sergey Goncharov told Izvestia that the terrorists who organized the attacks in London decided to “walk” through all major European capitals. According to the expert, the terrorist attacks in Paris, Brussels, Berlin, and now in London have the same organizers.
“What happened in the UK is an act of intimidation. The terrorists did not choose the time and place by chance. There are always a lot of people and tourists near the parliament building. Terrorists, unfortunately, achieve their goals, and not a single intelligence service of European countries is able to resist them. Until all the countries of the world fighting terrorists unite, terrorist attacks in the EU will continue,” Goncharov said.
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Security Committee Anatoly Vyborny does not rule out that the incident in London is related to the decisions taken by parliament. In Russia, he said, this is unlikely.
Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on international affairs Konstantin Kosachev believes that it was no coincidence that the emergency occurred on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks in Brussels.
“Whoever was behind the two acts of violence at the British Parliament - organized terrorists or mentally ill idiots, it is impossible to escape the feeling that all of these are links in the same chain, in the initial link of which is the West’s smug confidence in its own monopoly on truth, and in the last link - lack of understanding of the depth of the current crisis of multiculturalism in Europe,” Kosachev told reporters.
The head of the international committee confirmed Russia’s readiness for maximum active interaction with the UK and other NATO countries in the fight against new challenges and threats. “No one can cope individually and alone,” Kosachev added.
“The fact that the terrorist attack occurred not in hot spots, but in the center of Europe, near the parliament building, indicates that the situation is very serious. Terrorists demonstrate their strength that they can shoot people wherever they want. It’s difficult to say yet, but judging by the handwriting and the audacity of committing the crime, it looks like ISIS. Moreover, now is the anniversary of the terrorist attack in Belgium,” the head of the State Duma Security Committee told Izvestia Vasily Piskarev.
“Russia has proposed so many times to unite in the fight against terrorism, but London still believes that the threat comes from us. It's time to change our position and start fighting the real threat. If they contact us, Russia will assist in the investigation, and we are ready to help at the parliamentary level - we have very serious legislation in this area,” the parliamentarian emphasized.
Exactly a year ago, on March 22, 2016, explosions occurred at the Brussels airport and metro, for which the Islamic State organization, banned in Russia, claimed responsibility. The death toll in the Belgian capital numbered in the dozens, and the wounded in the hundreds.
Four people were killed and at least twenty were injured as a result of two terrorist attacks in the center of the British capital. This was announced by the London Police Press Service at a press conference on Wednesday evening, March 22.
The dead included one police officer and the attacker, as well as two pedestrians from Westminster Bridge. According to police, the terrorist first drove a car into a crowd of pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, injuring several passers-by and three police officers. Then the car crashed into the fence of the Parliament building, the Palace of Westminster, located in close proximity to the bridge. After this, the criminal continued the attack, attacking a policeman guarding the entrance to the building.
Prosecutors in London are considering the theory that the attack was the result of propaganda from the Islamic State terrorist group. An EU government official told Reuters about this. According to him, the identity of the attacker is still being established.
A number of related incidents
As the head of the London police said, in connection with the terrorist attacks, its officers had previously received a number of reports in which they were talking about a man falling into the Thames from Westminster Bridge, about a car hitting pedestrians on this bridge and about a man armed with a knife. A seriously injured woman who fell into the Thames from a bridge has been rescued, according to London authorities.
Earlier in the British capital, an unknown person with a knife unsuccessfully tried to enter the British Parliament building. He stabbed a police officer and was then shot dead by riot police. The policeman could not be saved.
The flag at Scotland Yard is flown at half-mast in mourning for the fallen police officer and other victims of the attack.
Members of Parliament and witnesses reported hearing gunshots and seeing people lying on the ground during the day.
Context
According to the Press Association, citing doctors, as a result of the terrorist attack on March 22 in the British capital, one woman died and several victims were seriously injured. A doctor at the Central Hospital in London explained that we are talking about pedestrians who were hit by a car on Westminster Bridge. Police and special forces are at the scene, and approaches to Parliament Square and Westminster Bridge are blocked. At the same time, a large-scale investigation into the events is underway.
Police operation continues
Earlier, the head of the House of Commons, David Lidington, said that a policeman was stabbed to death outside the Houses of Parliament, after which the alleged criminal was shot dead by the police. “Further incidents have also been reported in the immediate vicinity of the building,” Lidington said.
At the same time, on the Twitter microblog, London police reported an incident on Westminster Bridge, which, together with what happened near the Houses of Parliament, is regarded as a terrorist attack.
British Prime Minister Theresa May is safe, her spokesman said. Later, the head of the British government expressed condolences to the families and friends of those killed in the terrorist attack. Members of Parliament were asked not to leave the walls of the Palace of Westminster; they were released only after 22:00 Moscow time. The police operation continues. Residents and visitors to London are asked to stay away from police action; nearby tube stations are closed.
Were injured French schoolchildren
French authorities reported that three French schoolchildren aged 15-16 years, who came to the British capital on a class excursion, were injured on the bridge. According to eyewitnesses, they were hit by a car that allegedly deliberately drove into pedestrians.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed their condolences to the British people and stated the need to continue the fight against terrorism in Europe and the world.
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According to a well-known scenario
On the anniversary of the Brussels attack, a lone terrorist apparently carried out a bloody attack in central London in broad daylight. Events largely developed according to the scenario already tested by criminals in Nice and Berlin.
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The COBRA Committee met
British Prime Minister Theresa May, who was in the Houses of Parliament shortly before the terrorist attack, convened a meeting of the emergency government committee COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Room A), held only in emergency cases. Late in the evening, the prime minister addressed the people of Great Britain.
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Killer SUV
At approximately 14.40 local time, a criminal in a dark SUV drove at people at high speed on the Westminster Bridge over the Thames, where there are always a lot of pedestrians and tourists. Without slowing down or stopping, the car crashed into the fence of the nearby Palace of Westminster, where the British Parliament sits.
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Failed to break through
The criminal jumped out of the car and, trying to break into the parliament building, stabbed a policeman. Police SWAT officers shot and killed the attacker.
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Victims of the attack
According to preliminary information, the policeman who was stabbed died. In addition, three more people died among the passers-by who found themselves on Westminster Bridge at that hour. Many of the victims taken to hospitals have serious injuries, so the death toll could rise.
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The number of victims is being determined
The London Ambulance Service responded to the call and treated ten injured people on the spot. Their total number, according to preliminary data, reached 40 people.
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Deputies were not allowed to leave the building
The police virtually immediately cordoned off the parliament building. The meeting of the House of Commons was interrupted. However, for several hours neither deputies nor other workers could leave the Palace of Westminster. They were later evacuated by Security personnel to Westminster Abbey.
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Act of terrorism
Scotland Yard spokesman Ben-Julian Harrington said on the same day that the Greater London Police assessed the incident as an “act of terrorism.” He did not release the attacker's name or his motives. However, law enforcement officers do not rule out that he acted under the influence of propaganda disseminated by Islamic State militants.
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May: Parliament will meet as usual
London will continue to live its own ordinary life, the prime minister announced, adding that despite the terrorist attack, the level of terrorist threat will not be changed. "Parliament will meet as usual and Londoners will go about their business as usual. They will walk these streets, never giving in to terrorism and never allowing the voices of hate and evil to tear us apart," said Theresa May.
On March 22, shots were fired near the British Parliament building in London. The police have already classified the incident as a terrorist attack.
According to media reports, two incidents occurred in central London: a car hit pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, and then a shooting occurred near the Palace of Westminster. It has already been practically established that both incidents occurred due to the fault of one person. As Bloomberg notes, he first drove across the bridge and then tried to enter the territory of the British Parliament.
According to several media reports, at least five people were crushed by a car on the bridge where the incident took place. The car then crashed into the fence of the building.
The meeting of the House of Commons, which was taking place during the day, was immediately suspended. Police detachments completely blocked the streets around Parliament Square and cordoned off the building. Law enforcement officials issued an appeal to city residents to refrain from traveling to several central districts. A little later, Prime Minister Theresa May, who answered questions from parliamentarians at the meeting, left the palace building, accompanied by eight security guards.
Let us note that Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain was in Buckingham Palace at the time of the terrorist attack in central London. The palace building is located less than a kilometer from the site of the attack. The media separately emphasized that information about the queen’s location was confirmed by the royal standard raised above the palace.
According to the latest Reuters data, six people were injured as a result of the incident on the bridge. 12 people were also reported injured in the shooting. As The Guardian reports, citing a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, which is located near Westminster Bridge: "One woman died and several others were injured - some with 'catastrophic' injuries - as a result of the incident on Westminster Bridge." One of the eyewitnesses of the incident told a SkyNews correspondent that he saw the body of the deceased in the river.
According to preliminary data, the attacker was an Asian man, about 40 years old. A twenty-centimeter knife was seen on him. The attacker died during an attack on a police officer. Newspaper employee Daily Mail from the parliamentary pool, Quentin Letts said that a man in black who entered the territory of the British Parliament was shot dead by police officers.
"I saw a heavily built man dressed in black enter New Palace Yard, next to Big Ben. He had what looked like a stick in his hand and was being chased by two policemen in yellow vests. Then one of the policemen fell, and we saw a man in black allegedly stabbing him,” the journalist explained. And another eyewitness noted that one of the people lying on the ground was shot by a plainclothes policeman.
The leaders of Scotland Yard have already issued a statement that they are considering the incident as a terrorist attack until further information is received. For its part, Moscow expressed condolences in connection with the terrorist attack in London. As the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova stated on the Russia-24 TV channel, “we certainly express our condolences and sympathy to all those who suffered, the relatives of all those who died during this aggressive attack. We do not and will never share terrorism "We recognize this as a clear evil that must be confronted collectively. And at this moment, as always, our hearts are with the British people and we share their pain."
In turn, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Europeans will not be able to feel safe in any country in the world if the current course towards Ankara is maintained. The Independent cited Erdogan's calls to “respect human rights and democracy.” True, after the tragedy in London, representatives of Turkey have already stated that in no case should they look for “coincidences” in the half-hour difference between Erdogan’s statements and the terrorist attack of the “vile jackals.”
Let us recall that the period of cooling in relations between Turkey and Europe began back in 2016 due to the migration crisis, but recent scandals with a ban on the entry of Turkish ministers led to harsh statements by the parties. The plans of Turkish officials included participation in rallies on the eve of the referendum on expanding Erdogan’s powers, but European countries immediately prevented this, after which Erdogan sharply criticized the behavior of the Europeans, and accused German Chancellor Angela Merkel of Nazism.
In response to this, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in his first speech after the inauguration, said that Erdogan was jeopardizing everything that Turkey had achieved in recent years.
It is worth adding that on March 22, 2016, terrorist attacks occurred in Brussels that claimed the lives of 32 people. Two suicide bombers associated with the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (banned in Russia) carried out explosions at Brussels International Airport. Then another blew himself up at the Maelbeek metro station in the Euroquarter.
Then, as a result of a series of terrorist attacks, more than 320 people were injured. There were no Russian citizens among them. The level of security of Europeans has clearly not become higher since then.
James Sherratt told Izvestia that “the attack did not appear to be well organized, unlike the terrorist attacks in Brussels a year ago. However, the sirens of numerous police cars could be heard on the streets. Due to the attack by the attacker’s car, about ten people were injured, as well as one policeman. I think our Muslim mayor Sadiq made the city invulnerable to organized attacks by ISIS, although they want to sow confusion among the people. I think it was most likely some crazy lone driver. Although the police consider it a terrorist attack. My colleagues also believe that they were some kind of “crazy people.”
Police are currently investigating and gathering all available information regarding these incidents. Not long ago, rescuers began releasing people from the London Eye who had been sitting there for several hours on end.
Scotland Yard also, according to media reports, suspects Abu Izzadin, a well-known Muslim radical in the UK, who has been repeatedly accused of inciting terrorism, but remains at large despite three arrests, in the terrorist attack. Previously, he was also suspected of supporting terrorism.
In the evening, at a police briefing, they announced that four people had been killed and at least 20 injured so far. So far, the police believe that there was only one attacker. But a number of journalists report that police are looking for a second suspect.
By according to The Mirror, allegedly there was another person in the car in which people were hit. The police have not officially confirmed this.
In addition, the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has already stated that a terrorist attack is part of every day large city and urged “not to strain” - which caused enormous indignation among the British.
After analyzing the information, it became absolutely clear that the collision on London Bridge took place on the anniversary of two symbolic dates:
1) 22.03.2016 terrorist attack in Brussels
2) 22.03.2013 murder of British soldier Lee Rigby:
An ancient sign indicates that one shell misses into the same funnel twice. Yesterday a shell hit three times into one funnel!
1) The day and month of three terrorist attacks coincided
2) The motive for the crime coincided: radical Muslim extremism
3) In the spirit of the terrorist attacks in London, the weapons and the nature of the crime coincided
As for the third point. Lee Rickby was also hit by a car and then stabbed to death in 2013. The current London fanatic tried to repeat the same thing, but was unsuccessful - he was shot by the police.
Such coincidences do not happen, in this case we see a clear imitation of the murder of Lee Rickby. The British authorities are fine understood and “turned on” the information silence mode ( silence). Parallels with the murder of Lee Rikby are not publicly drawn, and symbolic links with the terrorist attack in Brussels are not mentioned. This example shows the standard scheme for the work of the media in a situation of terrorist attacks. Silence is necessary to minimize “secondary” damage to the psyche of citizens through the media. We should expect reports to appear on television channels in the spirit of “the entire nation is united, is not afraid and is ready to fight back.”
No one from the official media will say that most of the terrorist attacks organized by the structures of the World Government in order to achieve your goals.
In my opinion, a very alarming trend should be recorded. The complexity of organizing “symbolic terrorist attacks” in Europe, and throughout the World, dropped catastrophically!
If earlier the World Government and the intelligence services controlled by it, private military companies, had to carefully organize and prepare sabotage, now it is enough " brainwash"radical Muslim element on the ground, pay their relatives and friends meager amounts and the fanatic will be ready to run into anyone, and then cut throats or chop with an ax right and left in front of the cameras. It is becoming increasingly clear that even those not associated with the intelligence services radicals develop a taste and desire to commit personal terror. In criminology, this phenomenon is described as the “imitation” effect. The desire for revenge, combined with the number of radical Muslim elements in the world and multiplied by the information society, can give a terrible effect. Much bloodier than the personal terror in the Russian Empire at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Very quickly the symbolic component was “read” in all countries and expressed condolences and solidarity with London. But to whom do they express regret? Britain - the cradle of modern radical terrorism? Territories where radical organizations banned in other countries operate freely? Moreover, they are actively used by intelligence services to organize international intervention in Syria and other countries.
In my opinion, Britain will have more big problems , because its elites will not stop and will continue to use terrorists for the sake of building the New World Order.
Nikolay Goryushin
Four people were killed and forty injured in a terrorist attack in London's Westminster on Wednesday afternoon; the terrorist himself was killed by police.
However, British Prime Minister Theresa May said that the level of terrorist threat in the country will not increase.
The terrorist attack on March 22, 2017 was the deadliest in the UK since the terrorist attacks on July 7, 2005.
Chronology of events
The terrorist attack occurred at 14.40 local time (17.40 Moscow time) in one of the most popular places in the city among tourists: a car driving along Westminster Bridge slid onto the sidewalk, hit several people, and drove to the Parliament building, where it was stopped by the police. The attacker stabbed a police officer, who later died. The alleged terrorist himself was shot dead by another police officer.
According to Prime Minister May, the location for the attack was not chosen by chance. “The terrorists did not choose the place by chance: it was there, in the very heart of our capital, that people of various religions and cultures gather to glorify our common values of democracy and freedom of speech, near the building of the ancient parliament,” the prime minister said, addressing the nation.
After the terrorist attack, police cordoned off the Parliament building and the Prime Minister's residence, stopped the London Eye Ferris wheel, closed the Westminster metro station, and stopped traffic on nearby streets.
The information that appeared in the media contradicted each other: first it was about shooting, then about massacre, then it turned out that there was no shooting on Westminster Bridge. It was not immediately clear how many incidents were involved we're talking about and how many intruders there were.
These issues were clarified by the Deputy Chief of the London Metropolitan Police, Mark Rowley, around 6 p.m. "We hoped this would never happen, but unfortunately it has become a reality," he said in his first statement to the press.
“Forty people were injured, some of them seriously injured, and five people were killed, including DPS Keith Palmer,” Rowley said late Wednesday.
Rowley also said that the terrorist attack at the Houses of Parliament in London was carried out by one person. According to him, he may be connected to international terrorism, but the investigation is still at an early stage. "We only have information about one person. However, as part of precautionary measures, the visible police presence in London will increase in the near future, including on transport," he said.
The Prime Minister said that the level of terrorist threat will remain the same.
"The terror threat level will remain serious. It will not rise," May said after an emergency meeting of the COBRA emergency committee, which includes government, police and intelligence officials.
Life is restored
On this moment Westminster Bridge remains closed and there is still a large congestion of police cars there. However, the cordon around the parliament building has already been lifted; parliamentarians, staff and tourists, including many schoolchildren, have gone home.
Parliament will resume work on Thursday, as will the Scottish Parliament, which interrupted today's debate on the issue of a new independence referendum and postponed the vote on this matter to a later date.
“Tomorrow the parliament will meet as always, and we will all gather together, and everyone who came to our city will go about their business, they will leave the hotels and walk along our streets, and will live their lives, not giving in to terrorism and not allowing the voice of hate to divide us," May said.
Westminster station has opened for transfers, but the entrances and exits are still closed.
In other central areas of the city, everything is calm: people are sitting in restaurants, drinking beer in pubs, theaters and clubs are open, transport is functioning normally, although traffic jams in the center are a little more than usual.
Unknown details
As the case progresses, new details of what is happening are revealed. The first assumptions about the identity of the terrorist appeared. The suspect behind the attack is allegedly named Abu Izzadeen and has already spent time in prison for aiding terrorist activities, the Independent reported on Wednesday evening.
“Izzadin, long known to authorities for his links to terrorism, spent time in prison for fundraising, incitement and glorification of terrorism,” the newspaper wrote.
At the same time, the American television channel ABC, citing Izzadin's lawyer, claims that he is still in prison. Scotland Yard said the identity of the perpetrator was at this stage not going to reveal it.
Some details of the policeman's death have become known. It turned out that British Deputy Foreign Secretary Tobias Ellwood, a former army officer, tried to provide first aid to the wounded man by starting artificial respiration. The parliamentarian’s efforts, however, were in vain: the policeman, who was not armed during the attack on him, died from severe wounds. Scotland Yard lowered the flag above its headquarters as a sign of mourning.
It is gradually becoming clear who suffered during the terrorist attack. It is already known that among the wounded there are three French schoolchildren. According to the latest data, there are no Russians among those affected by the terrorist attack.
Terrorist attacks in recent years
London is no stranger to terrorism. Already after the signing of the Belfast Agreement in 1998, which completed a long period bloody "unrest" in Northern Ireland, several terrorist attacks occurred in Great Britain.
The bloodiest occurred on the morning of July 7, 2005 in London, when suicide bombers carried out three explosions on the subway and one on a bus. Then 52 people died and more than 700 were injured.
All the suicide bombers - Muhammad Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanveer, Haseeb Hussain and Jermaine Lindsay - were British citizens.
In May 2013, Britons Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale killed British soldier Lee Rigby in London. Islamists were sentenced to life imprisonment.
The murder of Deputy Jo Cox on June 16, 2016 is sometimes classified as a terrorist act. Her killer turned out to be Briton Thomas Mair, associated with far-right organizations. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the right to apply for pardon.
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It is noteworthy that Ezziddin had already been sentenced to 4.5 years for terrorism-related crimes. To be more precise, the court sentenced him to both 2.5 years for collecting funds for terrorists and 4.5 years for inciting terrorism, which he was involved in abroad. The terms were combined, the verdict was announced in 2008. He was released in May next year on appeal, but was soon returned to prison because he violated the conditions of his release. In general, Ezziddin, of course, is a criminal, but, it seems, not the one who is guilty of the terrorist attack that happened yesterday in London. Who can really be behind these attacks - read in our final material. Gazeta.Ru is finishing its online broadcast, thanks to everyone who was with us.
What a twist! Abu Ezziddin has been mistakenly named as the perpetrator of the terrorist attack in London, reports the Daily Mail. According to media reports, his alibi is ironclad - the man is serving time in prison. This was confirmed by Ezziddin's brother, his lawyer and some high-ranking secret sources. He was sentenced in January 2016 to two years for breaking UK anti-terrorism laws and leaving the country illegally. To do this, Ezziddin hid in the back of a freight train traveling through Dover to Romania in November 2015. However, when the train passed through Hungary, Ezziddin was discovered and deported back to Britain, where he was sentenced to imprisonment.
The London Ambulance Service has given an update on the condition of those injured in the series of attacks. According to the head of the service, Pauline Cranmer, 12 people are in critical condition. in serious condition. “We treated 12 seriously injured patients who were taken to hospital. Eight patients with less severe injuries were also treated on site. Three people, unfortunately, died on the spot,” she said. Earlier it was reported that five tourists from South Korea and three schoolchildren from France were injured in an attack in central London.
Social networks are perplexed as to how such a colorful character, who was repeatedly seen in extremist calls and called for radical actions through British media loyal to the Muslim community, was not under the supervision of security forces.
It is also reported that Abu Ezziddin actively preached, spoke at Muslim rallies and took a radical position. In particular, there are videos in which British journalists interview him and he openly approves of terrorism, and also calls his opponents and British politicians “kafirs,” that is, infidels.
The Independent, meanwhile, reports the first plausible information about the terrorist, who was wounded by police, hospitalized and died. According to press reports, this is British citizen Trevor Brooks, also known as Abu Ezziddin. He was reportedly born in London to Jamaican parents. His parents are Christians, but he allegedly converted to Islam at the age of 17 and changed his name to Abu Ezziddin.
According to British media, a total of four people have died as a result of the terrorist attack: a policeman wounded with a knife, one of the attackers, and two passers-by hit by a car.
US President Donald Trump discussed the series of attacks in London by telephone with the British Prime Minister. However, White House spokesman Sean Spicer did not specify what exactly Trump said. It is known that the state will provide maximum assistance and support to Great Britain in the investigation of the terrorist attack. At the same time, in the United States itself, security measures in connection with the London attacks have not been strengthened.
Interim results on the dead and wounded have been summed up. A police officer who was stabbed in a terrorist attack outside the British Parliament in central London has died. Total number dead - four people, including the terrorist attacker, the policeman he stabbed to death, and two pedestrians who were run over by a car.
In total, at least 20 people were injured in a series of attacks in the center of the British capital, including three police officers. Also among the wounded were three French schoolchildren from Brittany. All three are studying at the lyceum, they are 15-16 years old. According to preliminary data, they were injured as a result of a car collision.
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Meanwhile, new details of the terrorist attack have emerged. Daily Mail parliamentarian Quentin Letts said he saw a man in black enter the British Parliament, attack a police officer and be shot dead.
“I saw a strongly built man dressed in black enter New Palace Yard, next to Big Ben. He had in his hand what looked like a stick; he was being chased by two policemen in yellow vests. Then one of the policemen fell and we saw a man in black allegedly stabbing him,” the journalist said.
According to him, after that the man in black ran about 15 meters further to the entrance to the House of Commons building. “As he ran towards the entrance, two men in civilian clothes shouted something like a warning to him, he ignored it, after which he was shot two or three times and he fell,” said an eyewitness.
Situation at the site of the terrorist attack in central London
According to preliminary information, the Russians were not injured during the terrorist attacks (and the London police qualified the attacks as a terrorist attack). The Russian Embassy in Great Britain has opened “ hotline" For Russian citizens. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, also called on Russians in London to “be vigilant and follow the official messages that will be published by both official representatives of Great Britain and the Russian foreign establishment.”
In London, if not a state of siege, then at least a state of increased danger has been declared. The police urge citizens to avoid being in Parliament Square and other places. British Prime Minister Theresa May will hold a meeting of the emergency committee, police patrols have been stepped up in the city, and law enforcement agencies have launched a “full-scale counter-terrorism investigation following a series of incidents outside the British Parliament in London,” the Associated Press reports.
One of the victims was pulled from the River Thames, she suffered serious injuries, but is alive. According to Reuters, citing the Port of London Authority, “a woman was pulled from the water near Westminster Bridge. IN currently she is receiving medical care.” He added that the river is closed to normal vessels.
In total, three police officers were injured as a result of the terrorist attack in London, security officials say
British Prime Minister Theresa May will hold a meeting of the COBRA emergency committee on Wednesday, the BBC reports. By the way, at the time of the attack she was in the parliament building and was hastily evacuated.
Apparently, the previous photo really is the criminal. In this case, it is appropriate to note that he is still not “Asian”.
