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London Attack: What We Know and Don’t Know London Attack: What We Know and Don’t Know
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The latest in what we know, and don’t, about the deadly attack on Wednesday in London, where a man driving a sport utility vehicle crushed pedestrians on Westminster Bridge and then stabbed and killed a police officer outside Parliament. In a deadly attack on Wednesday in London, a man driving a sport utility vehicle crushed pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, then stabbed and killed a police officer outside Parliament.
• The police on Thursday revised the death toll to four from five, including the assailant and a police officer. At least 40 people were wounded. • The police on Thursday revised the death toll to four from five, including the assailant and a police officer. About 40 people were wounded.
• Seven people have been arrested at six addresses in London, Birmingham and elsewhere in Britain. • Seven people have been arrested at six addresses in London, in Birmingham and elsewhere in Britain. The police said that a “full counterterrorism investigation was underway.”
• The driver of the vehicle mowed down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge around 2:40 p.m., and drove toward the Parliament building. After crashing into a railing, he got out of the car and approached Parliament, where he fatally stabbed a police officer. The police then fatally shot the assailant. • The driver of the vehicle mowed down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge and drove toward the Parliament building. After crashing into a railing, he got out of the car and approached Parliament, where he fatally stabbed a police officer. The police then fatally shot the assailant.
• Parliament was locked down and a search was conducted for any other assailants in the area. • The police said the attacker was most likely inspired by international terrorism.
• Those wounded on the bridge included three police officers and several French high school students.
• The police said a “full counterterrorism investigation was underway.”
• Parliament Square and its immediate vicinity remained cordoned off to the public Thursday morning.• Parliament Square and its immediate vicinity remained cordoned off to the public Thursday morning.
• The identity and motives of the attacker, although police officials said they believed they knew who he was. No group has thus far claimed responsibility for the attack. • The severity of the injuries among the 40 wounded.
• The severity of the injuries among the 40 wounded in the attack. • The identity of the attacker and his nationality, although police officials said they believed they knew who he was.
• The motives of the assailant, and the extent to which the attack was premeditated.
• The associates of the assailant, if any, and whether he was connected to a larger network. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Photographs — some of them graphic — show victims lying on the Westminster Bridge on the sidewalk outside the Parliament building.Photographs — some of them graphic — show victims lying on the Westminster Bridge on the sidewalk outside the Parliament building.