UK police, Muslim youths link hands to mark London attack
LONDON — Police officers, Muslim youths and hundreds of others linked hands Wednesday on Westminster Bridge to honour the four people who died in an attack that started on the span a week earlier.
The bridge fell silent at 2:40 p.m. to mark the moment when Khalid Masood began mowing down pedestrians, killing three. Masood then fatally stabbed a policeman in a courtyard on the grounds of Parliament.
Police say Masood, a native Briton, was inspired by extremist ideology, but that there’s no evidence he had direct links to the Islamic State group or al-Qaida. One 30-year-old man remains in custody; a second man was released without charge Wednesday.
Nurses and doctors from St Thomas’ hospital, where many of the injured were treated, joined the vigil on the bridge, which was closed for the event.