Westminster staff and MPs to be offered counselling after attack

March 25, 2017 21:23

Members of parliament and staff in the Houses of Commons and Lords are to be offered counselling in the wake of the terrorist attack in Westminster.

Khalid Masood, 52, killed four people and injured more than 50 when he drove into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge then attacked two police officers as he tried to enter parliament. He was shot dead by an armed officer.

MPs, staff and journalists were kept in lockdown in parliament on Wednesday as the attack unfolded metres away in one of the UKs busiest tourist spots. Tensions were heightened by conflicting reports of what had taken place and graphic images of victims being uploaded on to social media.

A Commons spokeswoman said the House Service recognised that members of both houses, their staff, house staff and visitors to parliament may want professional support.

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