The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s terror attack in London that killed five and injured dozens of others, multiple media outlets are reporting.
In a statement posted on Amaq, the terror group’s news agency, the attacker was referred to as a “soldier of Islamic State” although his identity was not revealed and the statement was scarce on details.
15/ BREAKING: ISIS claims responsibility for #London terror attack in statement published by Amaq. @akhbar pic.twitter.com/09b26w5jLz
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) March 23, 2017
16/ Break: ISIS statement calls #London attacker "soldier of Islamic State". This is standard format regularly used by ISIS to claim attacks pic.twitter.com/fmZkX9LIGO
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) March 23, 2017
17/ The ISIS statement does not provide name of the #London attacker. ISIS claims responsibility for attack without giving details. @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) March 23, 2017
This post will be updated as additional information becomes available.
Update: The full statement reads: "The attacker yesterday in front of the British parliament in London was a soldier of the Islamic State, executing the operation in response to calls to target citizens of coalition nations."
18/ As usual, ISIS is now publishing their claim of responsibility for #London attack in various languages. Here in English &French. @akhbar pic.twitter.com/SHq61LqQ9h
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) March 23, 2017