Police officers by the barrier outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London the day after a suspected terror attack where a silver Ford Fiesta crashed into it. Stefan Rousseau/ Press Association. All rights reserved.
In London, police are questioning a 29-year-old UK citizen of Sudanese origin, Salih Khater, following an incident on 14 August outside the Houses of Parliament when a car hit cyclists and pedestrians, injuring three, before crashing into a barrier. The authorities describe it as a “terror-related” incident. In Washington, a report finds that Trump's White House is sanctioning the expanded use of armed-drones in the campaign against Islamist paramilitaries across much of Africa and western Asia.
The two events may seem unconnected, but a closer look shows otherwise. This week’s incident is the sixth in eighteen months, following Westminster bridge, London bridge, Manchester Arena, Finsbury Park mosque, and Parsons Green underground station. Counter-terrorist police report that seventeen more attacks have been thwarted over that period: thirteen Islamist and four from the extreme right.
