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| Keith Palmer, a Police Constable, Is Among Victims in London Attack | Keith Palmer, a Police Constable, Is Among Victims in London Attack |
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| He was a father and husband, with 15 years of service in the Metropolitan Police, and he was patrolling Parliament as the attacker barreled down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, crashed his vehicle into a fence and then emerged with a knife. | He was a father and husband, with 15 years of service in the Metropolitan Police, and he was patrolling Parliament as the attacker barreled down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, crashed his vehicle into a fence and then emerged with a knife. |
| Police Constable Keith Palmer, 48, who died from his stab wounds, was one of three victims killed in the carnage in the heart of London on Wednesday afternoon. The attacker also died. | Police Constable Keith Palmer, 48, who died from his stab wounds, was one of three victims killed in the carnage in the heart of London on Wednesday afternoon. The attacker also died. |
| “He was someone who left for work today expecting to return home at the end of his shift, and he had every right to expect that would happen,” Mark Rowley, the acting deputy police commissioner, said in a statement. | “He was someone who left for work today expecting to return home at the end of his shift, and he had every right to expect that would happen,” Mark Rowley, the acting deputy police commissioner, said in a statement. |
| Tributes poured in for Constable Palmer. Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, said, “Keith Palmer was killed while bravely doing his duty — protecting our city and the heart of our democracy from those who want to destroy our way of life.” | Tributes poured in for Constable Palmer. Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, said, “Keith Palmer was killed while bravely doing his duty — protecting our city and the heart of our democracy from those who want to destroy our way of life.” |
| “My heart goes out to his family, friends and colleagues,” he added. | “My heart goes out to his family, friends and colleagues,” he added. |
| James Cleverly, a member of Parliament, said on Twitter that he had served in the Royal Artillery with Constable Palmer before he joined the police, calling him “a lovely man, a friend.” | James Cleverly, a member of Parliament, said on Twitter that he had served in the Royal Artillery with Constable Palmer before he joined the police, calling him “a lovely man, a friend.” |
| Another person killed in the attack, Aysha Frade, 43, was a British woman with family in Spain, according to the Spanish Foreign Ministry. Ms. Frade, who had two daughters, taught Spanish not too far from Westminster Bridge, according to the Spanish newspaper La Voz de Galicia. | Another person killed in the attack, Aysha Frade, 43, was a British woman with family in Spain, according to the Spanish Foreign Ministry. Ms. Frade, who had two daughters, taught Spanish not too far from Westminster Bridge, according to the Spanish newspaper La Voz de Galicia. |
| By Thursday morning, officials had not released the names of the assailant or the other person who died in the attack, who was described as a man in his mid-50s. At a news conference on Thursday morning, Commissioner Rowley cited both the police investigation and the need to notify family members before the dead could be publicly identified. | |
| But information started to dribble out on some of the dozens who were injured, many of them visitors from around the world. At least three of the injured were, like Constable Palmer, with the police force, and they were hospitalized in stable condition after having been “driven at by a vehicle.” | |
| Of the 29 people sent to hospitals, five were South Koreans who were injured when they were mobbed by a crowd of people fleeing the attack scene, according to the South Korean Foreign Ministry. | |
| Four of them — three women and a man, all in their 50s and 60s — suffered fractures and other injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. But the fifth, a 67-year-old woman, suffered a head injury when she was pushed by people fleeing the attack, according to South Korean news reports. She later underwent surgery at a hospital. | Four of them — three women and a man, all in their 50s and 60s — suffered fractures and other injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. But the fifth, a 67-year-old woman, suffered a head injury when she was pushed by people fleeing the attack, according to South Korean news reports. She later underwent surgery at a hospital. |
| Three of the victims were 10th-grade boys from France who were on the bridge at the time with a group of fellow visiting students. The three attended St.-Joseph high school in Concarneau, Brittany, according to the French Foreign Ministry. | Three of the victims were 10th-grade boys from France who were on the bridge at the time with a group of fellow visiting students. The three attended St.-Joseph high school in Concarneau, Brittany, according to the French Foreign Ministry. |
| Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve of France expressed solidarity with “our British friends” hurt in the attack and offered “full support to the injured French pupils, their families and their classmates.” | Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve of France expressed solidarity with “our British friends” hurt in the attack and offered “full support to the injured French pupils, their families and their classmates.” |
| The government of Australia said a woman who was “an Australian permanent resident” was among those injured, with news outlets there reporting that her foot was run over by the attacker’s vehicle on the bridge. The woman, originally from Germany, lives in South Australia, ABC News in Australia reported. | The government of Australia said a woman who was “an Australian permanent resident” was among those injured, with news outlets there reporting that her foot was run over by the attacker’s vehicle on the bridge. The woman, originally from Germany, lives in South Australia, ABC News in Australia reported. |