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| + | #REDIRECT [[2017 Westminster attack]] |
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| − | |ON_perpetrators=Khalid Masood
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| − | |constitutes=Deep event
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| − | |type=marauding car attack, knifing
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| − | |fatalities=4
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| − | |description=Timed by [[ISIS]] to frustrate [[Indyref2]] vote in Scotland
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| − | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Westminster_attack
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| − | |latitude=51°30′03″N
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| − | |longitude=0°07′19″W
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| − | |locations=Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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| − | |injuries=~40
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| − | On 22 March 2017 a terrorist attack occurred on [[Westminster Bridge]], in [[Parliament Square]] and within the grounds of the [[Palace of Westminster]], in central London.<ref>{{cite news|title=Westminster attack: four confirmed dead including police officer and attacker|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/mar/22/peers-say-brexit-with-no-trade-deal-would-cause-signicicant-damage-to-service-sector-politics-live|accessdate=22 March 2017|work=The Guardian|date=22 March 2017}}</ref> The attacker, identified as 52-year-old British man [[Khalid Masood]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2017/mar/23/westminster-attack-parliament-resumes-tributes-keith-palmer-live |title=London terror attack: Khalid Masood named by police as responsible for Westminster attack|newspaper=The Guardian |date=23 March 2017|accessdate=23 March 2017}}</ref> drove a vehicle into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge and into a crowd of people near the palace gates, then fatally stabbed a police officer, PC Keith Palmer. The attacker was then shot dead by other officers; two pedestrians on Westminster Bridge were killed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-39355505|title=London attack - latest updates|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=22 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Boyle|first1=Danny|last2=Evans|first2=Martin|title=Parliament shooting: Knifeman shot by police after charging through Westminster gates and stabbing officer|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/22/man-shot-police-outside-parliament-officer-reportedly-shoots|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=22 March 2017}}</ref>
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| − | The Westminster Parliament, the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood<ref>{{cite news|last1=Carrell|first1=Severin|title=Holyrood suspends referendum debate after Westminster attacks|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/22/holyrood-suspends-referendum-debate-westminster-attacks-scottish-parliament|work=The Guardian|accessdate=23 March 2017}}</ref> and the Welsh National Assembly in Cardiff<ref>{{cite web|title=Assembly suspended after London attack|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-politics-39357666|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=23 March 2017}}</ref> all suspended proceedings on the afternoon of 22 March. The Holyrood debate on asking Westminster for permission to hold a [[Indyref2|second referendum]] on Scottish independence, suspended as the attack unfolded, is to resume on Tuesday 28 March and the vote rescheduled for 14:20 hours.<ref>''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-39363452 "Scottish independence referendum debate to resume next Tuesday"]''</ref>
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