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2017 Westminster attack

On 22 March 2017, a terrorist attack took place outside the Palace of Westminster in London, seat of the British Parliament. Khalid Masood, a 52-year-old Briton, drove a car into pedestrians on the pavement along the south side of Westminster Bridge and Bridge Street, injuring more than 50 people, four of them fatally. He then crashed the car into the…

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Assailant
Khalid Masood
Attack type
Vehicle-ramming attack · Stabbing
Date
22 March 2017; 9 years ago (2017-03-22) 14:40 (GMT (UTC))
Deaths
6 (including the perpetrator)
Injured
48
Motive
Islamic terrorism

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2017 Westminster attack

Nodes163
Edges162
Triples10
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.01227
Components1

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2017 Westminster attack

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Attack type · 2
2017 Westminster attack → Stabbing, Vehicle-ramming attack
Weapons · 2
2017 Westminster attack → Hyundai Tucson, Knife
Assailant · 1
2017 Westminster attack → Khalid Masood
Date · 1
2017 Westminster attack → 22 March 2017; 9 years ago (2017-03-22) 14:40 (GMT (UTC))
Deaths · 1
2017 Westminster attack → 6 (including the perpetrator)
Injured · 1
2017 Westminster attack → 48
Location · 1
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Motive · 1
2017 Westminster attack → Islamic terrorism

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2017 Westminster attackAttack typeVehicle-ramming attack1.00infobox
2017 Westminster attackAttack typeStabbing1.00infobox
2017 Westminster attackDate22 March 2017; 9 years ago (2017-03-22) 14:40 (GMT (UTC))1.00infobox
2017 Westminster attackDeaths6 (including the perpetrator)1.00infobox
2017 Westminster attackInjured481.00infobox
2017 Westminster attackLocation.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
2017 Westminster attackMotiveIslamic terrorism1.00infobox
2017 Westminster attackWeaponsHyundai Tucson1.00infobox
2017 Westminster attackWeaponsKnife1.00infobox

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