Parliament car crash is sixth attempted terror attack targeting Westminster in 17 months

[sandensea]

A vehicle attack that injured three people in Westminster is the latest in a long line of attempted atrocities targeting the political heart of the UK.

The car struck metres away from where Khalid Masood stabbed a police officer to death outside the Houses of Parliament after ploughing his a car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge in March 2017.

That was the first massacre claimed by ISIS in Britain, and was swiftly followed by four other terror attacks, including two – one ISIS-inspired and one far-right – that used vehicles as a weapon.

At: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/parliament-car-crash-latest-terrorism-westminster-attack-terror-uk-a8491856.html

Forensic officers examine the car that crashed into the security barriers

[LeftishBrit]

1. Awful

Glad it's not as bad as it could have been (no deaths; apparently the injured have been released from hospital) but still very scary.

And what bizarre timing: you'd think a terrorist would choose a time when Parliament was sitting. But of course they're not always very sane!