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London: ISIS claims responsibility for the Westminster attack

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Isis has claimed its responsibility for the deadly attack that London witnessed yesterday afternoon. According to the Independent, the Islamic state has announced on a group called Amaq Propaganda's agency that the attacker is a «soldier of the Islamic State». The statement revealed that he was called by the group to kill civilians and police officers in the country.

A driver crushed pedestrians, wednesday, on Westminster Bridge in London and stabbed a police officer outside the British Parliament. According to the BBC News, a man drove yesterday around 2:40 pm on the pavement in the Westminster area causing the death of 2 people. The attacker stopped by the Parliament, got out of his car and then killed a police officer.

The deadly attack left 40 people injured 7 of them are in critical conditions. The New York Times newspaper reported that «those injured on the bridge included three police officers and several French high school students».

«Seven arrests have been made in raids following the Westminster attack», police have declared to the BBC. However, Mark Rowley Deputy Commissioner and Head of the British Counter Terrorism declared in a statement published by the BBC that yesterday that «this attacker acted alone and was inspired by international terrorism.»

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