Five South Koreans injured in UK parliament attack: Government

Three, including a police officer, were killed in the attack by the assailant who was subsequently shot dead by armed police.
An Air Ambulance comes in to land as emergency services attend to injured persons outside the Houses of Parliament, London, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. | AP
An Air Ambulance comes in to land as emergency services attend to injured persons outside the Houses of Parliament, London, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. | AP

SEOUL: Five South Korean tourists were injured in a terror attack outside Britain's parliament, Seoul's foreign ministry said today. The tourists -- four women and a man in their 50s or 60s -- were knocked to the ground by people trying to flee as an assailant mowed down pedestrians in a car, the ministry said.

While four of them suffered relatively light injuries including a fracture, one -- a woman in her late 60s -- suffered a head injury and was going through surgery, it said. They were being treated in two local hospitals, it added.

The assault began when a car was driven over Westminster Bridge next to London's parliament building -- a major tourist attraction -- hitting and injuring several members of the public. Three, including a police officer, were killed in the attack by the assailant who was subsequently shot dead by armed police.

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