London attack: ‘Hero’ MP fought to save stabbed policeman

TIL Desk/World/London- Counter-terror detectives are continuing to search for clues about about how an armed attacker brought death and destruction to the streets of London. Five people were killed in the “sick and depraved” terror attack, including a police officer who was stabbed and his assailant.

Mark Rowley, Scotland Yard’s top anti-terror officer, confirmed that 40 people were injured after the attacker – armed with two large knives – mowed down pedestrians with his car on Westminster Bridge then rushed at the gates in front of the Houses of Parliament, stabbing a plain-clothes policeman before he was shot by armed officers.

The officer who died was named as Keith Palmer, 48, a husband and father, whose bravery was hailed by colleagues, friends and the many MPs whom he was charged with protecting. The three other fatalities are understood to be people who were hit by the car on Westminster Bridge. Mr Rowley declined to name the attacker, but said police suspect he was “inspired by international terrorism” – and that they believed they knew who he was.