Published March 23, 2017 at 8:18 PM Updated August 14, 2017 at 2:24 PM
An attacker using a knife and a car killed four and wounded dozens at the British Parliament and nearby Westminster Bridge. ISIL has claimed responsibility for the attack, calling the assailant one of its “soldiers.”
British Prime Minister Theresa May addressed Parliament after the attacks saying, “we are not afraid.”
“And our resolve will never waver in the face of terrorism.”
Thousands of Londoners and tourists flocked to the city’s Trafalgar Square to pay respects to those lost and injured in the attacks.
PHOTOS: Tributes to London victims
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People including a man draped in the Union Flag light candles on a patch of sand during a vigil in Trafalgar Square in central London on March 23, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / Adrian DENNIS)
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People light candles on a patch of sand during a vigil in Trafalgar Square in central London on March 23, 2017 in solidarity with the victims of the March 22 terror attack at the British parliament and on Westminster Bridge.
Britain's parliament reopened on Thursday with a minute's silence in a gesture of defiance a day after an attacker sowed terror in the heart of Westminster, killing three people before being shot dead. Sombre-looking lawmakers in a packed House of Commons chamber bowed their heads and police officers also marked the silence standing outside the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police nearby.
/ AFP PHOTO / Joel Ford
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A man holds a Union flag a during a vigil in Trafalgar Square in central London on March 23, 2017 in solidarity with the victims of the March 22 terror attack at the British parliament and on Westminster Bridge.
Britain's parliament reopened on Thursday with a minute's silence in a gesture of defiance a day after an attacker sowed terror in the heart of Westminster, killing three people before being shot dead. Sombre-looking lawmakers in a packed House of Commons chamber bowed their heads and police officers also marked the silence standing outside the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police nearby.
/ AFP PHOTO / Joel Ford
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People hold candles during a vigil in Trafalgar Square in central London on March 23, 2017 in solidarity with the victims of the March 22 terror attack at the British parliament and on Westminster Bridge.
Britain's parliament reopened on Thursday with a minute's silence in a gesture of defiance a day after an attacker sowed terror in the heart of Westminster, killing three people before being shot dead. Sombre-looking lawmakers in a packed House of Commons chamber bowed their heads and police officers also marked the silence standing outside the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police nearby.
/ AFP PHOTO / Joel Ford
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People light candles on a patch of sand during a vigil in Trafalgar Square in central London on March 23, 2017 in solidarity with the victims of the March 22 terror attack at the British parliament and on Westminster Bridge.
Britain's parliament reopened on Thursday with a minute's silence in a gesture of defiance a day after an attacker sowed terror in the heart of Westminster, killing three people before being shot dead. Sombre-looking lawmakers in a packed House of Commons chamber bowed their heads and police officers also marked the silence standing outside the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police nearby.
/ AFP PHOTO / Joel Ford
To discuss the London attack and the global fight against ISIL:
Sean O’Grady is deputy managing editor of The Independent.
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross is a senior fellow with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Haroon Siddiqui is editorial page editor emeritus at the Toronto Star.
Raza Rumi is a scholar-in-residence at Ithaca College.
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