UPDATE London attack: Three people died and about 40 were injured

Two Romanian citizens are among the people injured in the attack, one in critical condition.

Elena Enache, 23.03.2017, 08:06

Three people were killed and about 40 injured in London on Wednesday after an attacker drove his car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing two people, before crashing it outside parliament and trying to enter the building, armed with a knife. The attacker stabbed an unarmed police officer who later died from the injuries, before being shot by armed police. Investigators say they believe they know the identity of the attacker, and that he is thought to have acted alone but was “inspired by international terrorism”.

According to the Romanian Foreign Ministry, two Romanian citizens, a man and a woman, are among the people injured in the attack. Romania’s Ambassador to London, Dan Mihalache, has said that the young Romanian tourists were on the Westminster Bridge when the assailant drove his car into the crowd. The woman was thrown into the Thames from the bridge. She was rescued from the water but had sustained injuries and is now in critical condition in hospital. Her partner only had small injuries and has been released from hospital.