Westminster Bridge attack
On 22 March 2017, Khalid Masood drove a Hyundai Tucson across Westminster Bridge, mounting the pavement several times. He fatally injured Kurt Cochran, Leslie Rhodes, Aysha Frade and Andreea Cristea and seriously injured 29 others. After crashing into the railings of the Palace of Westminster, he ran through Carriage Gates holding two knives and fatally stabbed PC Keith Palmer before plain-clothed armed officers shot him dead. The Chief Coroner's report says the shots were fired "82 seconds after the attack had begun."
In 2018 the Chief Coroner, Mark Lucraft QC, found that all five victims were unlawfully killed. In October 2018 an inquest jury concluded Masood was lawfully killed. In his report on preventing future deaths, the coroner raised concerns that armed officers posted at the Palace were not aware of the requirement to stay close to Carriage Gates. The BBC reported that the Metropolitan Police apologised for the "shortcomings" the coroner identified.
Trish Neis-Beer, a German national and Australian permanent resident from Adelaide, had her foot crushed on the bridge and needed surgery. High Commissioner Alexander Downer said she was "quite cheery" (SBS). In Parliament, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said it "was an attack on Parliaments, freedom and democracy everywhere in the world."
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