LONDON TERROR ATTACK: 5 IN CRITICAL STATE

WESTMINSTER, London, United Kingdom – The London Metropolitan Police has said that five people are currently in critical condition while two of the five are presently with life-threatening injuries.

The Met Police made the revelation in an update to the Wednesday attack in Wesminster during which three people were killed and about 50 people injured.

“Detectives investigating the terrorist attack in Westminster on Wednesday, 22 March, can confirm that although formal identification awaits, the man who died can be named as Kurt Cochran. Mr Cochran, aged 54, is from Utah, USA.

“Family liaison officers are supporting his family and the family of a woman, aged in her 40s, who died. At the request of her family we will not be releasing her name. Five people remain in a critical condition and two have life threatening injuries”, the statement said.

Police said detectives are continuing to search a number of addresses linked to the investigation: One in Carmarthenshire, three in Birmingham and one in east London. It added that searches at addresses in Brighton and south east London have concluded and that a 39-year-old woman was arrested at an address in east London on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts.

“A 21-year-old woman [B] and a 23-year-old man [C] were arrested at an address in Birmingham. A 26-year-old woman [D] and three men aged 28, 27 and 26 years old [E; F; G], were arrested at a separate address in Birmingham. All six [B-G] were arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts. All seven arrests [A-G] were made overnight.
“A 58-year-old man [H] was also arrested this morning at a separate address in Birmingham on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts.[A] is being detained under PACE and [B-H] are being detained under TACT”, the police said.




It added that after the fatal shooting of Khalid Masood by a police firearms officer, as is required, a referral was made to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

“The Metropolitan Police Service and the IPCC have agreed working arrangements relating to terrorist incidents and those were put in place. The investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command into the terrorist attack on Wednesday continues to develop at a fast pace and involves hundreds of detectives”, the statement said.