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Injured people are assisted after an incident on Westminster Bridge in London. (Reuters)

Terrorists Will Not Stop the People from Living

by Salman Al-dossary | Apr 30, 2017 | Opinion

At the heart of the city of London, a wave of dead-end traffic once again clogged city veins as police forces enforced a security lockdown after a bearded man was arrested with a knife near Westminster offices, which were attacked last month. I asked the cab driver,...

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A man is held by police in Westminster after an arrest was made on Whitehall in central London, Britain, April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Kylie MacLellan

UK Police Arrest Bearded Man in Westminster

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 27, 2017 | World

British police were holding a bearded man carrying a backpack near the scene of an incident close to Britain’s finance ministry and Prime Minister Theresa May’s official residence, Reuters witnesses said. Police said no one had been injured in the incident...

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Cressida Dick is the first woman to hold the role of Metropolitan police commissioner. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

Scotland Yard’s New Met Commissioner Vows to Protect London from Terrorists

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 19, 2017 | World

London – An unarmed policeman who died during an attack on Britain’s parliament last month might not have been able to protect himself even if he had been armed, London’s new police chief Cressida Dick said on Tuesday. Dick vowed to provide even more...

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Flower at the attack scene in Westminster Bridge on March 23, 2017. (AFP)

Westminster Attacker’s Wife Condemns his Killing Spree

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 29, 2017 | World

London – The wife of Westminster terrorist Khalid Masood said she “totally condemns” his killing spree and was left “saddened and shocked” by the atrocity. Masood’s mother, Janet Ajao, said she had “shed many tears” for her son’s victims. “I am so...

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Khalid Masood CREDIT: METROPOLITAN POLICE

Saudi Arabia: UK Parliament Terror Attacker Not on Security Radar There

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 25, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

The man responsible for the death of four people near Britain’s Houses of Parliament on Wednesday had spent time working in Saudi Arabia but did not have a criminal record there or attract the attention of the security services, the Saudi embassy in London said...