This article is from the source 'guardian' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2017/mar/23/westminster-attack-parliament-resumes-tributes-keith-palmer-live
The article has changed 44 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
Previous version
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
Next version
| Version 26 | Version 27 |
|---|---|
| London terror attack: 75-year-old man becomes latest victim | |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 9.36pm GMT | |
| 21:36 | |
| Well-wishers have donated more than £300,000 to the family of murdered police officer Keith Palmer. The Metropolitan Police Federation launched an official memorial page at 9.13am today and it look less than 12 hours to reach its target. | |
| The association set up the page after receiving a huge number of pleas from members who wanted to help.Stephen Redgewell, who set up the page, said: “A quick thank you for all those of you that have made your generous gifts in memory of Keith. It is heart warming to see the messages that have been posted and those that have chosen not to post a message, the gift alone speaks a thousand words.” | |
| 9.29pm GMT | |
| 21:29 | |
| Detectives investigating the terrorist attack in #Westminster can confirm that a 75yo man died tonight after his life support was withdrawn. | |
| 9.20pm GMT | 9.20pm GMT |
| 21:20 | 21:20 |
| Fourth victim dies | Fourth victim dies |
| Police say a 75-year-old man has died in hospital from injuries sustained in the attack on Wednesday. | |
| Updated | |
| at 9.50pm GMT | |
| 9.12pm GMT | 9.12pm GMT |
| 21:12 | 21:12 |
| Police have now said the package is not suspicious and all cordons have been lifted. | Police have now said the package is not suspicious and all cordons have been lifted. |
| 9.00pm GMT | 9.00pm GMT |
| 21:00 | 21:00 |
| A peace vigil will be held in Birmingham on Friday to promote unity, after the city’s most prominent mosque issued a statement condemning the Westminster terror attack as “barbaric and heartless”. | A peace vigil will be held in Birmingham on Friday to promote unity, after the city’s most prominent mosque issued a statement condemning the Westminster terror attack as “barbaric and heartless”. |
| The city centre vigil has been organised by the Stand Up To Racism group and MEND (Muslim Engagement and Development) and will begin at 5pm in High Street. | The city centre vigil has been organised by the Stand Up To Racism group and MEND (Muslim Engagement and Development) and will begin at 5pm in High Street. |
| Mosque chairman Muhammad Afzal said of Wednesday’s atrocity in London: “Nothing justifies taking lives of innocent people. Those responsible must be brought to justice.” | Mosque chairman Muhammad Afzal said of Wednesday’s atrocity in London: “Nothing justifies taking lives of innocent people. Those responsible must be brought to justice.” |
| Urging calm within all communities and offering condolences to those bereaved by the attack, he added: “The Islamic faith does not allow anyone to take the life of others. No religion justifies the indiscriminate killing of individuals in such a barbaric and heartless way, and such acts only serve to differentiate between the misguided and the just.” | Urging calm within all communities and offering condolences to those bereaved by the attack, he added: “The Islamic faith does not allow anyone to take the life of others. No religion justifies the indiscriminate killing of individuals in such a barbaric and heartless way, and such acts only serve to differentiate between the misguided and the just.” |
| 8.49pm GMT | 8.49pm GMT |
| 20:49 | 20:49 |
| Met police said officers were dealing with a suspect package on Birdcage Walk. The street runs on the lower side of St James’s Park from Buckingham Palace to Parliament Square. | |
| Updated | |
| at 9.29pm GMT | |
| 8.46pm GMT | 8.46pm GMT |
| 20:46 | 20:46 |
| After the vigil in Trafalgar Square, Omer El-Hamdoon, deputy secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said: | After the vigil in Trafalgar Square, Omer El-Hamdoon, deputy secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said: |
| “It’s good to see that many people have come out today. This is an important message that Londoners need to display which is that terrorism will not divide us and it is not going to stop us and scare us. For any person to attack innocent people is outrageous and despicable and we condemn it unreservedly.” | “It’s good to see that many people have come out today. This is an important message that Londoners need to display which is that terrorism will not divide us and it is not going to stop us and scare us. For any person to attack innocent people is outrageous and despicable and we condemn it unreservedly.” |
| 8.33pm GMT | 8.33pm GMT |
| 20:33 | 20:33 |
| 8.22pm GMT | 8.22pm GMT |
| 20:22 | 20:22 |
| A Scotland Yard spokesman said research into other names the attacker used was ongoing, adding: “Khalid Masood is not at this early stage believed to be his birth name.” | A Scotland Yard spokesman said research into other names the attacker used was ongoing, adding: “Khalid Masood is not at this early stage believed to be his birth name.” |
| 7.58pm GMT | 7.58pm GMT |
| 19:58 | 19:58 |
| The fundraising appeal launched by the Metropolitan Police Federation for the family of PC Keith Palmer has exceeded £260,000 and appears set to soon reach its £300,000 target. | The fundraising appeal launched by the Metropolitan Police Federation for the family of PC Keith Palmer has exceeded £260,000 and appears set to soon reach its £300,000 target. |
| Donations can be made on the JustGiving page. | Donations can be made on the JustGiving page. |
| 7.46pm GMT | 7.46pm GMT |
| 19:46 | 19:46 |
| Contrary to the tweet quoting Stephen Dorrell earlier, Unite for Europe says it has spoken to the police and GLA and that Saturday’s anti-Brexit protest march will go ahead from 11am as planned. | Contrary to the tweet quoting Stephen Dorrell earlier, Unite for Europe says it has spoken to the police and GLA and that Saturday’s anti-Brexit protest march will go ahead from 11am as planned. |
| 7.40pm GMT | 7.40pm GMT |
| 19:40 | 19:40 |
| Acting Metropolitan police commissioner Craig Mackey, who himself was caught up in the terror attack, spoke of the three innocent people killed during the “truly terrible” incident, that many more were gravely injured and that “all of us have been deeply affected by what has happened”. | Acting Metropolitan police commissioner Craig Mackey, who himself was caught up in the terror attack, spoke of the three innocent people killed during the “truly terrible” incident, that many more were gravely injured and that “all of us have been deeply affected by what has happened”. |
| To applause, he said: “This cannot be undone, much as we would wish it. However we do get to choose our reaction and gathering here tonight shows exactly how we must move forward. We must stand together. People have tried to tear this city apart with acts of terror many times before. They have never succeeded and they never will.” | To applause, he said: “This cannot be undone, much as we would wish it. However we do get to choose our reaction and gathering here tonight shows exactly how we must move forward. We must stand together. People have tried to tear this city apart with acts of terror many times before. They have never succeeded and they never will.” |
| Detectives investigating the attack are treating Mackey as a significant witness because he was at the scene. | Detectives investigating the attack are treating Mackey as a significant witness because he was at the scene. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 7.40pm GMT | at 7.40pm GMT |
| 7.31pm GMT | 7.31pm GMT |
| 19:31 | 19:31 |
| Alice Ross | Alice Ross |
| An army veteran who was among the first responders to the stabbing of PC Keith Palmer told the Guardian he had no second thoughts about rushing to the scene of the terror attack. | An army veteran who was among the first responders to the stabbing of PC Keith Palmer told the Guardian he had no second thoughts about rushing to the scene of the terror attack. |
| “I didn’t even feel I had a choice: there was nothing to hesitate about,” Mike Crofts, a former army captain said, speaking for the first time since the incident. “Instinct kicks in.”Croft, who runs the Three Pillars Project, an organisation working with troubled youth and convicts, was leaving a parliamentary meeting about boxing with Sgt Tony Davis, who had trained him at Sandhurst years before, when he saw the attack. | “I didn’t even feel I had a choice: there was nothing to hesitate about,” Mike Crofts, a former army captain said, speaking for the first time since the incident. “Instinct kicks in.”Croft, who runs the Three Pillars Project, an organisation working with troubled youth and convicts, was leaving a parliamentary meeting about boxing with Sgt Tony Davis, who had trained him at Sandhurst years before, when he saw the attack. |
| “He came at PC Palmer from one side and I ran from the other,” he said, describing the feeling as “surreal”. | “He came at PC Palmer from one side and I ran from the other,” he said, describing the feeling as “surreal”. |
| Davis described the same moment to ITV’s This Morning: “There were people running, coming round towards the gate. All of a sudden I saw a large chap brandishing two knives come through the gates and start attacking the policeman.“At that point instinct kicked in, I leapt over the fence because that guy needed assistance.”The two men started performing first aid on Palmer, and were quickly joined by Foreign Office minister Tobias Ellwood, who performed CPR. Palmer was pronounced dead on the scene.Croft, who left the army last year, said: “The unity and the teamwork showed by the police officers who were on the scene immediately, the other people who rushed to the scene initially and later, and the helicopter team, was heroic. It would compare with the casualty evacuations I’ve seen in Afghanistan.” | Davis described the same moment to ITV’s This Morning: “There were people running, coming round towards the gate. All of a sudden I saw a large chap brandishing two knives come through the gates and start attacking the policeman.“At that point instinct kicked in, I leapt over the fence because that guy needed assistance.”The two men started performing first aid on Palmer, and were quickly joined by Foreign Office minister Tobias Ellwood, who performed CPR. Palmer was pronounced dead on the scene.Croft, who left the army last year, said: “The unity and the teamwork showed by the police officers who were on the scene immediately, the other people who rushed to the scene initially and later, and the helicopter team, was heroic. It would compare with the casualty evacuations I’ve seen in Afghanistan.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 7.41pm GMT | at 7.41pm GMT |
| 7.18pm GMT | 7.18pm GMT |
| 19:18 | 19:18 |
| The view from Berlin this evening... | The view from Berlin this evening... |
| #Solidarity with our British friends, commemorating victims of #LondonAttack: #BrandenburgGate lit up in colors of #UnionJack. #LondonStrong pic.twitter.com/qI3vTfzcZt | #Solidarity with our British friends, commemorating victims of #LondonAttack: #BrandenburgGate lit up in colors of #UnionJack. #LondonStrong pic.twitter.com/qI3vTfzcZt |
| 7.12pm GMT | 7.12pm GMT |
| 19:12 | 19:12 |
| Guardian writer Stephen Moss tweets: | Guardian writer Stephen Moss tweets: |
| Stephen Dorrell, chair of the European Movement, says Saturday's march in support of EU is off. Too much of a burden on police after attack | Stephen Dorrell, chair of the European Movement, says Saturday's march in support of EU is off. Too much of a burden on police after attack |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 8.50pm GMT | at 8.50pm GMT |
| 7.05pm GMT | 7.05pm GMT |
| 19:05 | 19:05 |
| More from the Trafalgar Square vigil, where the home secretary, Amber Rudd, paid tribute to “courageous and brave” police officer Keith Palmer, who was stabbed to death by the Westminster attacker. | More from the Trafalgar Square vigil, where the home secretary, Amber Rudd, paid tribute to “courageous and brave” police officer Keith Palmer, who was stabbed to death by the Westminster attacker. |
| “He was courageous, he was brave, and he was doing his duty. And he was not alone in doing that. I know that all officers of the Met are like that and, in my experience, so are all policemen. I want us to say thank you to them all for the great sacrifice and risks they take to keep us safe.” | “He was courageous, he was brave, and he was doing his duty. And he was not alone in doing that. I know that all officers of the Met are like that and, in my experience, so are all policemen. I want us to say thank you to them all for the great sacrifice and risks they take to keep us safe.” |
| To applause from the crowd, she said of the attack: “They will not win, we are all connected and we showed that today by coming together, by going to work, by getting about our normal business, because the terrorists will not defeat us, we will defeat them. We are strong in our values and proud of our country.” | To applause from the crowd, she said of the attack: “They will not win, we are all connected and we showed that today by coming together, by going to work, by getting about our normal business, because the terrorists will not defeat us, we will defeat them. We are strong in our values and proud of our country.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 7.19pm GMT | at 7.19pm GMT |
| 6.50pm GMT | 6.50pm GMT |
| 18:50 | 18:50 |
| Josh Halliday | Josh Halliday |
| The former Manchester United footballer Gary Neville stood shoulder to shoulder with students, military veterans and city leaders in a vigil outside the town hall in Manchester. | The former Manchester United footballer Gary Neville stood shoulder to shoulder with students, military veterans and city leaders in a vigil outside the town hall in Manchester. |
| Neville, who chose to stand with members of the public rather than city leaders during the minute’s silence, declined to speak when approached afterwords by reporters. | Neville, who chose to stand with members of the public rather than city leaders during the minute’s silence, declined to speak when approached afterwords by reporters. |
| Led by the lord mayor, Carl Austin-Behan, a small crowd braved chilly temperatures for a minute’s silence for the victims of the Westminster terror attack. | Led by the lord mayor, Carl Austin-Behan, a small crowd braved chilly temperatures for a minute’s silence for the victims of the Westminster terror attack. |
| Among those paying tribute was Danny Standring who, like the murdered PC Keith Palmer, served in the Royal Artillery. “It’s a horrible, horrible, horrible state of affairs,” Standring said. We must stand united against terrorism and oppression. Radicalism should be stamped on.” | Among those paying tribute was Danny Standring who, like the murdered PC Keith Palmer, served in the Royal Artillery. “It’s a horrible, horrible, horrible state of affairs,” Standring said. We must stand united against terrorism and oppression. Radicalism should be stamped on.” |
| "It's a horrible, horrible state of affairs" - Danny Standring, who served in same military unit as murdered PC Keith Palmer pic.twitter.com/2vHbAba1qs | "It's a horrible, horrible state of affairs" - Danny Standring, who served in same military unit as murdered PC Keith Palmer pic.twitter.com/2vHbAba1qs |
| Standing next to him, Hemmy Spiggott, a former royal military police officer, said: “It would be good to see everyone from all communities say we’re not having it. It doesn’t matter what faith you belong to, or whether you have no faith. | Standing next to him, Hemmy Spiggott, a former royal military police officer, said: “It would be good to see everyone from all communities say we’re not having it. It doesn’t matter what faith you belong to, or whether you have no faith. |
| “It’s a free country, we’re allowed to worship as we see fit. We’re not going to let people like that drive a wedge between us. We can only do that by coming together.” | “It’s a free country, we’re allowed to worship as we see fit. We’re not going to let people like that drive a wedge between us. We can only do that by coming together.” |
| Student Yasmin Mannan: "What the terrorists want is to change this way of living and coexisting. It's made me more defiant." pic.twitter.com/CcNV2B5gqg | Student Yasmin Mannan: "What the terrorists want is to change this way of living and coexisting. It's made me more defiant." pic.twitter.com/CcNV2B5gqg |
| Yasmin Mannan, a student at Manchester University, said it was important that other British cities stood in solidarity with London. | Yasmin Mannan, a student at Manchester University, said it was important that other British cities stood in solidarity with London. |
| “I’m a Londoner so I was devastated when I heard the news. Manchester, like London, is such a diverse city that it’s important to show unity,” she said. | “I’m a Londoner so I was devastated when I heard the news. Manchester, like London, is such a diverse city that it’s important to show unity,” she said. |
| “It’s made me more defiant because what the terrorists want is to change this way of living and co-existing.” | “It’s made me more defiant because what the terrorists want is to change this way of living and co-existing.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 7.23pm GMT | at 7.23pm GMT |
| 6.44pm GMT | 6.44pm GMT |
| 18:44 | 18:44 |
| Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS foundation trust says two patients were treated at St Thomas’ hospital following the attack – one man and one woman: “The man has now left hospital and the woman remains in a stable condition.” | Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS foundation trust says two patients were treated at St Thomas’ hospital following the attack – one man and one woman: “The man has now left hospital and the woman remains in a stable condition.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 7.24pm GMT | at 7.24pm GMT |