UK attacker was a Muslim convert with a violent past

Two of the dead have been named: 48-year-old Police constable Keith Palmer, a member of the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command for the past 15 years, and 43-year-old Aysha Frade, a teacher of Spanish origin.

“Our current arrangements have been developed with Parliament over many years and are created to provide access to the seat of our government balanced with security that is proportionate but not overly intrusive”, he said.

Speaking to radio station LBC, one woman said that Palmer saved her life in a auto accident when she worked as a police officer in 2007.

Parliament in Britain also began with a minute of silence Thursday to remember those killed in the attack.

British media said police are examining attacker Khalid Masood’s phone data to ascertain if he used the encrypted messaging service WhatsApp moments before driving across Westminster Bridge last Wednesday.

A man draped in Britain’s Union Jack flag was among those lighting candles placed on sand, while others left flowers in the square.

“We thank his colleagues and the public who have sent us messages of support”.

A further 36 people were injured, a lot of them in an incident minutes earlier on Westminster Bridge when a auto driven by the terrorist ploughed into a crowd of innocent pedestrians.

London Metropolitan Police Service Commander BJ Harrison said during a news conference that a “full counterterrorism investigation” is underway. “We’d just say hello in the street”.

ISIS claimed one of its “soldiers” was behind the attack. The attacker then stabbed a police officer to death before being fatally shot by another officer.

The butcher, who also runs Elmswell Butchers, said he wouldn’t take his children to London and said Londoners must be “very scared”.

Providing an update on the wounded, Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Mark Rowley said, “two people remain in hospital in what is described as a critical condition, and one person is considered to have life threatening injuries”. Parts of the city, including parliament, already have armed officers always on duty, which explains the rapid response to the attack near the parliament. “He said yes, and I asked him if this happens a lot. We’re Londoners. All of us, in our many forms and our different ways, pull together in a time like this”. Rowley did not say how those arrested were linked to Wednesday’s attack.