Westminster Terror Attack Claims Fourth Innocent Victim

A 75-year-old man who was injured in the Westminster terror attack has died in hospital, Scotland Yard said.

A spokesman said: "The man had been receiving medical treatment in hospital following the attack and life support was withdrawn this evening.

"Next of kin have been informed and are receiving support from specially trained family liaison officers."

It comes after police named Khalid Masood as the man who carried out the attack, as crowds gathered at a solemn candlelit vigil in tribute to his victims.

One of them was PC Keith Palmer, an unarmed police officer who had served as a soldier in the Royal Artillery.

Mr Palmer, who was a member of the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Squad, died as he tried to stop the attacker entering Parliament.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan told the thousands of people who responded to his personal invitation to come together in solidarity and sympathy at the Trafalgar Square vigil, that "those evil and twisted individuals who tried to destroy our shared way of life will never succeed and we condemn them".

However, Forces News spoke to Maj Gen (Ret'd) Chip Chapman, who is a terrorism consultant, about how the attack could affect military sites in Westminster: 

Detectives investigating Wednesday's attacks on Westminster Bridge and at the Houses of Parliament have now said they had arrested three women and five men on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.

The suspects arrested following the attacks were held in raids in London and Birmingham as neighbours of Masood, a 52-year-old with a string of criminal convictions including possession of a knife, spoke of their shock.

Scotland Yard said Masood was not the subject of any current investigations before Wednesday's outrage and there was "no prior intelligence about his intent to mount a terrorist attack".

However, he was known to police and MI5 and had convictions for assaults, including GBH, possession of offensive weapons and public order offences.

Masood was born in Kent on Christmas Day in 1964 and detectives believe he was most recently living in the West Midlands. He was also known by a number of aliases.