THERESA May has visited the victims of the Westminster terror attack in hospital, No 10 has revealed.
The Prime Minister spent 40 minutes at the unnamed hospital in London and not only spoke to victims but also to clinical staff, who are caring for them. Downing Street declined to give any further details.
The victims currently being treated in hospital include a German, a Pole, a Chinese national, four South Koreans, three French children, the two Romanian tourists, an Irish citizen, an Italian and a Greek couple.
Mrs May has also signed a book of condolence opened at Westminster for Keith Palmer, the police officer who was stabbed to death by the terrorist.
He has been named as Khalid Masood, a 52-year-old born in Kent but who was most recently living in the West Midlands.
Masood was also known by a number of aliases, police said in a statement.
Scotland Yard explained how the terrorist was not the subject of any current investigations and there was no prior intelligence about his intent to mount a terror attack.
However, he was known to police and had a range of previous convictions for assaults, including one for GBH, possession of offensive weapons and public order offences.
His first conviction was in November 1983 for criminal damage and his last conviction was in December 2003 for possession of a knife.
His name was released as two of his victims were identified.
One is Aysha Frade, a 43-year-old mother-of-two, who was killed on Westminster Bridge. She taught Spanish at the DLD College in London, just a few hundred yards from the bridge.
She was described as a “a highly regarded and loved” member of staff. Born in Britain and a former resident of Notting Hill in west London, she also had close family living in Spain.
The second is Kurt Cochran was reportedly on holiday in London with his wife, who suffered a serious injury in the terrorist attack and is recovering in hospital.
Mr Cochran is believed to have fallen to his death from the south end of Westminster Bridge as the car used in the terror attack sped down it, mowing down pedestrians.
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