Prime Minister Theresa May: Westminster terror attack "sick and depraved"
Prime Minister Theresa May tonight called the terror attack which saw four people - including one police officer and the perpetrator - die in Westminster a "sick and depraved" act.
Speaking outside 10 Downing Street after chairing a meeting of the Government's Cobra emergencies committee, Mrs May paid tribute to the "exceptional men and women" of the police force who responded to the attack.
She confirmed that a single attacker drove a car into pedestrians walking on Westminster Bridge, before running with a knife through the front gates of the Palace of Westminster, where he killed a police officer before being shot dead.
She vowed that "the forces of evil" would never be allowed "to drive us apart".
Mrs May said that any attempt to defeat the values that Parliament stands for was "doomed to failure".
And she vowed: "We will all move forward together, never giving in to terror and never allowing the voices of hate and evil to drive us apart."
The UK's terror threat level would remain at "severe", Mrs May said.
She praised the bravery of the police officers "who keep us and our democratic institutions safe".
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to all who have been affected, to the victims themselves and to their families and friends, who waved their loved ones off but will not now be welcoming them home."
