The ­attacker was shot and killed by police, but not before claiming a total of four lives in what appeared to be Europe’s latest high-profile terrorist attack. Outside Parliament, a Foreign Office minister — covered in the blood of the stabbed police officer — tried in vain to save his life. British security officials have taken pride in their record of disrupting such attacks even as assailants in continental Europe have slipped through. A witness, Kirsten Hurrell, 70, said she first heard the crash of a car hitting the fence outside Parliament before hearing noises that could have been gunshots. As the aftermath of the London attack unfolded, the Welsh Assembly and the Scottish Parliament suspended their sessions.

Source: Washington Post March 22, 2017 15:13 UTC