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Vigil held in Westminster Hall for terror attack victims

The Archbishop of Canterbury said darkness struck a year ago.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury gives the blessing during a commemoration for the victims of the Westminster terror attack (Alastair Grant/AP Pool/PA)

Victims of the Westminster terror attack have been remembered at a special vigil.

The ceremony in Westminster Hall was held to mark the first anniversary of the attack and was attended by politicians, senior police officers and people involved in the incident.

Five people were killed, including Pc Keith Palmer, and dozens of others were injured when 52-year-old Khalid Masood launched a car and knife attack on Westminster Bridge and the Palace of Westminster before he was shot dead.

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John Bercow reads a poem during the memorial event (Alastair Grant/PA)

“It spread across the bridge like a snake, driving to left and right, killing and harming.”

Rev Hudson-Wilkin praised Pc Palmer, saying he “ran towards the danger in order that we might be safe”.

The vigil included a two-minute silence for the victims of the attack.

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Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick speaks to colleagues (Alastair Grant/PA)

Prime Minister Theresa May was not at the Westminster Hall service because she was attending an EU summit in Brussels.

But Downing Street said she had attended an earlier private service in the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft in the Palace of Westminster.

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