London faces terror attack

Ivana Goncin, Reporter

On March 22, a horrible devastation took place in London. A supposed terrorist attack happened on London’s very own Westminster Bridge.

A grey Hyundai Tucson rammed into pedestrians. Fifty people were injured, leaving fifty dead at 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday (Telegraph Co). The attacker was Khalid Masood, who ended up getting out of his vehicle to stab Keith Palmer with two large knives. The attacker was a Kent-born terrorist who ended up converting to Islam later in his life, even changing his name from Adrian Russell to Khalid Masood. Masood, according to The Telegraph, was later shot by Defense Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon.

The bridge ended up having to go in a full-blown lockdown for about four hours. Medics arrived shortly after the attack trying to revive the shot attacker and the stabbed officer, but they weren’t able to do so. The sun.co reported that Prime Minister, Theresa May, said that threat levels will not be raised to the next level because there is no intelligence that an attack is imminent. This will all still be under investigation and no further accusations have been made since.

Recently, on March 27, a group of Muslim women and other women, joined to stand “in solidarity” with London terror attack victims on Westminster Bridge. The women wanted to grieve the loss of people who had passed away on March 22. The women wore blue according to independent.co “as a symbol of hope and stood holding hands for five minutes a Big Ben chimed 4pm.”

Sarah Waseem from Survey said, “When an attack happens in London, it is an attack on me. It is an attack on all of us. Islam totally condemns violence of any sort. This is abhorrent to us.” The women stood to show grievance for all the fallen lives and hope that an attack like this never occurs again in London.