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London attacker Khalid Masood killed by single gunshot wound to the chest

In this March 22, 2017 file photo, the attacker Khalid Masood is treated by emergency services outside the Houses of Parliament London. British Police named on Thursday March 23, 2017, Khalid Masood as The Houses of Parliament attacker. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP, File).
In this March 22, 2017 file photo, the attacker Khalid Masood is treated by emergency services outside the Houses of Parliament London. British Police named on Thursday March 23, 2017, Khalid Masood as The Houses of Parliament attacker. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP, File).

A British coroner’s officer says that the man who attacked Parliament last week before being killed by police officer died from a single gunshot wound to the chest.

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A senior police officer who also spoke at the start of Khalid Masood’s inquest Thursday at Westminster Coroner’s Court says that the attacker’s rented SUV mounted a sidewalk twice as he drove across Westminster Bridge before crashing into Parliament’s gates.

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Masood then ran into Parliament’s grounds wielding knives and fatally stabbed a police officer before he was shot dead by police.

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Four victims were killed in the attack. One person remains hospitalized in a coma. More than 35 people were injured.

One man is in custody being question for a possible connection to the crime. The coroner adjourned the proceedings until May

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