Diane Abbott response to terrorist attack in Parsons Green

Diane Abbott MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, responding to today’s terrorist attack in Parsons Green, said:

“We are all horrified by the terrorist attack in Parsons Green today. Our hearts are with those affected and their families and we are thankful that there are no fatalities.

“In what has been a difficult year, we have seen just how much we owe our emergency services including the police, NHS, Ambulance and fire service. And today we applaud the swift response of the British Transport Police and Transport for London staff who were first on the scene.

“Setting out to harm people on their daily commute is an attack on our very way of life. In times like this our great city has always pulled together with resilience and in defiance of any threat. Londoners will never be beaten by terror.”