Utah man among British terror victims; ISIS claims responsibility
Source: USA Today
LONDON — A Utah man was among the victims of the assailant who killed three people and injured dozens more in an attack near Parliament, his family said Thursday.
Kurt Cochran and his wife Melissa, who was hospitalized with serious injuries after the attack, had traveled to London to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary, the family said. Police say a man drove a car into a crowd on a bridge Wednesday, then fatally stabbed a police officer outside Parliament.
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack through its Aamaq News Agency and called the assailant, who was shot dead by police, a "soldier of the Islamic State." The claim couldn't immediately be verified.
Prime Minister Theresa May said Thursday.was British-born and known to security officers. She said the man had been investigated by MI5, the domestic security agency, "some years ago" regarding concerns about violent extremism. "He was a peripheral figure. The case is historic — he was not part of the current intelligence picture," she said, adding that there was "no prior intelligence of his intent or of the plot."
Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/03/23/london-terror-attack/99524382/
Sadly, a perfect distraction op for tRump to pivot to, as predicted by his tweet earlier suggesting that everyone's paying more attention to London. Now he can puff up his self-righteous Commander in Chief attitude.
How sad for the victim Kurt Cochran's family... 25th wedding anniversary celebration...
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