Ilford pensioner travels to Finsbury Park to apologise
March 22 – Westminster Bridge attack
Lone terrorist Khalid Masood, 52, sped along Westminster Bridge, killing four pedestrians before stabbing PC Keith Palmer, 48, to death outside the Houses of Parliament. Masood died in hospital after being shot by armed police.
Khalid Masood, 52 (left) murdered five people on a crazed rampage along Westminster Bridge. He was shot by police (right)
May 22 – Manchester Arena bombing
Suicide bomber Salman Abedi, 22, detonated a nail bomb, killing 22, including children as young as eight, and injuring 120 music fans leaving an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester.
Salman Abedi, 22 (left) detonated a nail bomb, killing 22, including children as young as eight, and injuring 120 music fans leaving an Ariana Grande concert in Mancheste
April 27 – Man arrested with bag of knives in Westminster
Just five weeks after the Westminster Bridge terror attack, a suspect was detained with a ‘rucksack full of knives’ near Parliament Square after being tracked on an intricate web of CCTV cameras by police and MI5.
On May 9, Khalid Mohammed Omar Ali, 27, from north London, was charged with three crimes in relation to incidents in England and Afghanistan and dating back as far as 2012.
Ali faces one count of preparation of terrorists acts, with the intention of committing acts of terrorism. He has also been charged with two offences under the Explosive Substance Act 1883, relating to activity in Afghanistan in 2012.
Khalid Mohammed Omar Ali was charged with one count of preparation of terrorists acts, and two offences under the Explosive Substance Act 1883 following the incident in Westminster
June 3 – London Bridge and Borough Market attacks
Terrorists Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba hired a van and ploughed into pedestrians on London Bridge before going on a knife rampage attacking people enjoying meals and drinks in Borough Market, killing eight people and leaving 21 in a critical condition.
From left, London Bridge and Borough Market attackers: Khuram Shazad Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba
June 14 – Grenfell Tower inferno
In the early hours of June 14, an inferno ripped through the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, London.
Met Police revealed that the official number of people either dead or missing – currently 79 – is still expected to rise following searches of the wreckage.
In the early hours of June 14, an inferno ripped through the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, London
June 18 – Finsbury Park mosque attack
Darren Osborne, 47, was arrested after using a white hire van to plough into worshippers outside the Muslim Welfare House, near Finsbury Park Mosque, shortly after they finished Ramadan evening prayers.
At least one person was confirmed dead at the scene, with a further ten injured in the attack.
A 47-year-old man was arrested after using a white hire van to plough into worshippers outside the Muslim Welfare House, near Finsbury Park Mosque
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