Four dead in London’s worst terror attack in more than a decade
London — London’s worst terror attack in more than a decade left four people dead, including the assailant and the police officer he stabbed, and at least 20 injured.The attack shut down Parliament, leaving hundreds of MPs and workers in lockdown for several hours. Prime Minister Theresa May was in the lobby of the House of Commons before she was whisked to safety in a Jaguar. She chaired an emergency security meeting on Wednesday night. A car crashed into a wall outside parliament after running down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge. A man armed with a knife then ran through the gate and through security, assaulted a policeman and was shot. Among the fatalities were two people on the bridge. Three French school children were among those hurt."This is a day we planned for but hoped would never happen, sadly it’s now a reality," Mark Rowley, national head of counter terrorism policing, told reporters. "We will continue to do all we can to protect the people of London."He said he "was...
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