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Minute silence to remember Westminster terror attack carried out by by Dartford-born Khalid Masood

A minute's silence will be held today to remember 14 people killed in four terror attacks, one year after the Westminster attack, carried out by Dartford born Khalid Masood.

Muslim convert Masood, then 52, killed five people on March 22 by driving a rental car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge.

He then stabbed PC Keith Palmer in the chest who was guarding an entrance to the House of Parliament.

Masood - Kent Police (1259887)
Masood - Kent Police (1259887)

A fifth victim Andreea Cristea was thrown into the river Thames and died of her injuries two weeks later.

Masood was shot dead by police at the scene.

An inquest into the deaths of the victims last year revealed Masood had taken steroids days and hours leading up to the attacks.

The Westminster attack was the deadliest in Britain since 2005, when 52 people were killed by Islamist suicide bombers on London’s public transport system.

Police said Masood was born in the county of Kent in southeast England and was most recently living in the West Midlands region of central England.

Speaker John Bercow confirmed the act of commemoration will take place at around 9.33am before the Commons starts its business for the day.

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