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London attack: One still held in police custody | London attack: One still held in police custody |
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A 58-year-old man is still being held by police over the Westminster attack, as two others are released without charge. | A 58-year-old man is still being held by police over the Westminster attack, as two others are released without charge. |
Police said a man, 27, from Birmingham, who was earlier in custody, and a 39-year-old woman who was on bail have been released with no further action. | |
Four people died and 50 were injured when Khalid Masood drove his car into pedestrians before stabbing a police officer. He was shot dead by police. | |
Fifteen people remain in hospital. | |
A Met Police statement said PC Keith Palmer, who had been guarding Parliament when he was stabbed, was wearing a protective vest. | |
It said a post-mortem examination heard that there was no obvious evidence the vest had been damaged or penetrated, but it had been cut off when emergency first aid was given. | |
The Met said the coroner had requested that the provisional cause of death was not released at this stage. | |
WhatsApp message | |
Eleven people were initially arrested over the incident. | |
In a statement, the Met Police said the 39-year-old woman who was arrested in east London on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts, had been released. | |
Another women, aged 32, who was arrested in Manchester, remains on police bail while police continue their inquiries, it said. | |
The 58-year-old, who is still in custody, was arrested in Birmingham the morning after the attack under the Terrorism Act, meaning officers can hold him for up to two weeks. | |
Police are trying to establish whether Masood acted alone inspired by terrorist propaganda or if others supported him. | |
They are also looking into whether he used the encrypted messaging service WhatsApp to send a message two minutes before he struck. |