[ti:Islamic State Claims Responsibility for London Attack+++伊斯兰国宣称对伦敦恐怖袭击负责]
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[00:00.00]Prime Minister Theresa May said the attacker
[00:03.42]who killed three people near the British Parliament was born in Britain.
[00:08.85]And he was investigated by the country's intelligence agency MI-5
[00:15.17]"in relation to concerns about violent extremism."
[00:20.16]May added that there was no earlier information on the suspect's plan
[00:26.40]or his reason for carrying out the attack.
[00:30.61]Investigators believe that the attacker was influenced by "Islamist ideology."
[00:38.50]Shortly after May spoke with members of the parliament,
[00:42.91]the Islamic State terrorist group claimed responsibility
[00:46.41]saying the attacker was a "soldier of Islamic State."
[00:51.98]On Wednesday, the attacker crashed an SUV into pedestrians near the Parliament building.
[01:00.29]The large vehicle killed two persons and injured many others.
[01:06.69]The attacker then stabbed a police officer to death
[01:10.53]before being fatally shot by another officer.
[01:14.81]The attack injured about 40 people, including visitors from South Korea,
[01:21.05]China, Germany, France, Romania, Greece, Ireland, Italy and the United States.
[01:29.91]Twenty-nine people have been hospitalized.
[01:33.51]Seven are in critical, or extremely serious, condition.
[01:39.44]British police have arrested eight people in connection with the attack.
[01:45.29]The arrests were carried out in London, Birmingham and other parts of the country.
[01:52.69]Mark Rowley is deputy commissioner for London's Metropolitan Police Service.
[02:00.11]Rowley did not say how those arrested were linked to Wednesday's attack. 
[02:06.45]He said the "attacker acted alone and was inspired by international terrorism."
[02:13.64]As the British Parliament reopened for its normal meetings Thursday,
[02:19.41]May told lawmakers that it "was an attack on free people everywhere."
[02:25.55]"Yesterday an act of terrorism tried to silence our democracy,
[02:31.92]but today we meet as normal, as generations have done before us
[02:36.68]and as future generations will continue to do, to deliver a simple message:
[02:42.53]We are not afraid and our resolve will never waver in the face of terrorism," she said.
[02:48.93]In Washington, the White House said President Donald Trump
[02:55.36]spoke with Prime Minister May and was briefed on the attack.
[03:00.00]Just days earlier, the United States and Great Britain banned larger electronic devices
[03:08.02]on direct flights from several nations in the Middle East and North Africa.
[03:14.01]Officials said that unspecified threats were the reason.
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