London - Women gathered on Westminster Bridge on Sunday to show solidarity with the victims of the London terror attack. The group held hands in a line for five minutes when Big Ben chimed at 16:00 BST. Many of the women wore head scarves at the tribute and said they were wearing blue to represent hope. Khalid Masood, 52, killed four people when he drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a police officer on Wednesday. Fariha Khan, a GP from Surbiton was at Sunday's event and said: "The feeling of what happened here on Wednesday was really strong. "We thought of the ordinary people who were here and were mown down, standing here like this, it was very overwhelming." The event was organised by Women's March On London group which took part in an international campaign to highlight women's rights on the first full day of Donald Trump's US presidency. Another woman who was there, Sarah Waseem, said the Islam faith "totally condemns violence of any sort". She said: "When an attack happens in London, it is an attack on me. It is an attack on all of us. "This is abhorrent to us." Londoner Mary Bennett, who is a retired healthcare worker, said she was there to make a "small gesture". She said: "I am here to show that in a quiet way we continue to go where we like and do what we like in London. "This is my city. It's a very small gesture but life is made up of small gestures." (FA)
