Islamic State claims responsibility for London attack

The Islamic State group says the attack outside the British parliament in London was carried out by one of its “soldiers.”

The IS-linked Aamaq news agency says that the person who carried out the “attack in front of the British parliament in London was a soldier of the Islamic State.”

It adds that the person “carried out the operation in response to calls for targeting citizens of the coalition.”

A man is treated by emergency services outside the British Parliament in London on Wednesday March 22, 2017. Reports claim this man to be responsible for the attack that killed three. (Screen capture/YouTube)

IS has called on its supporters to carry out attacks against citizens of the US-led coalition that has been targeting the group since 2014.

IS, which has been responsible for numerous bloody attacks around the globe, has also previously claimed certain attacks in a show of opportunism. Britain’s government has not identified the suspect.

— AP