LONDON – Britain has been targeted anew by what authorities are calling a terrorist incident. A look at other attacks on the country in recent years:
MARCH 22, 2017
An attacker stabbed a police officer at Britain’s Parliament before being shot by police, while a vehicle ran over pedestrians on nearby Westminster Bridge at around the same time. At least four people were killed, and others injured.
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Witness video captures sound of gunshots outside of Parliament buildings in London -
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Scotland Yard declares Westminster bridge incident a terrorist act -
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Armed officers seen approaching Houses of Parliament in London following attack -
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U.K. minister confirms alleged assailant shot by police -
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Witness to Westminster Bridge incident in London shares his story -
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Injured man wheeled to ambulance following incident outside British parliament -
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Air ambulance arrives at Parliament Square after incident that injures several people -
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Aerial footage shows massive numbers of first responders outside UK parliament buildings -
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People receive attention on Westminster Bridge after being hit by car allegedly involved in incident at Parliament -
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Aerial footage shows Westminster Bridge following ‘firearms incident’ -
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Police, paramedics surround car after ‘firearms incident’ outside UK parliament
DEC. 5, 2015
An Islamic State-inspired taxi driver tried to behead a passenger in the east London Underground station of Leytonstone. Somali-born Muhiddin Mire was sent to a high-security mental hospital to serve a life sentence. The judge ruled that Mire had been motivated by events in Syria. The incident came days after Parliament approved British airstrikes on Islamic State group targets in Syria.
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MAY 22, 2013
Two British-born, al-Qaida-inspired extremists stabbed off-duty soldier Lee Rigby to death on a busy south London street. The men ran Rigby down with their vehicle and then used a cleaver to hack him to death. Images of attacker Michael Adebolajo holding a butcher knife and cleaver with bloodied hands in the moments after the killing shocked people around the world and sparked fears of Islamist extremism in Britain. Adebolajo and his accomplice were sentenced to life in prison.
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JULY 7, 2005
In the worst peacetime attack on Britain this century, four Al-Qaida-inspired bombers blew themselves up on three subway trains and a bus in London, killing 52. Three of the bombers were British-born, all of Pakistani descent; the other emigrated from Jamaica.
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