Hundreds gather at vigil for victims of London attack

LONDON: Hundreds of people gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square on Thursday evening in a vigil to remember the victims of this week’s attack near parliament in which four people died and some 40 were injured.

With traffic diverted, the landmark square was eerily quiet as dusk fell and volunteers handed out candles.

The attacker, who was among the dead, has been named as British-born Khalid Masood, 52, who was once investigated by intelligence officers over concerns about violent extremism.

In all, people of 11 nationalities were caught up in the violence as Masood ploughed into pedestrians before running through the gates of the parliament building and fatally stabbing unarmed policeman Keith Palmer.

A group of Muslim men held up a sign saying “love for all, hatred for none.”