Chinese tourist wounded in London terror attack
Young Chinese woman hit by assailant’s car but injuries not life-threatening
A young Chinese woman was one of the more than 40 people wounded in the deadly terrorist attack in London, on Wednesday, Europe-based Chinese language news outlet Nouvelles d’Europe reported on Thursday.
The Chinese tourist was in London on holiday, the report said. She was hit by the assailant’s car and suffered a bone fracture near her shoulder and bruising, it said, adding that her injuries were not life-threatening and that she had been hospitalised.
The Chinese embassy in London reminded all Chinese nationals to pay close attention to security conditions, to heighten their vigilance of risks and avoid visiting crowded areas in the city.
Mainland travel agencies said no tourists had applied to cancel travel plans to Britain.
“The national travel administration has not issued a travel alert for Britain and we have not received any notice from the Shanghai municipal travel authority regarding tours to the country, so we haven’t changed or withdrawn any Britain-related travel products,” a customer service representative at the Shanghai-based Jinjiang Travel Agency said.
In 2015, 270,000 mainland Chinese visited Britain.
Chen Kangling from Chongqing, who is studying in London, said he arrived at Westminster shortly after a policeman had been stabbed.
“I thought it was a film scene being shot,” Chen said, after he saw people lying on the ground, with some taking cover under double-decker buses.
It was not until dozens of police cars arrived that the 22-year-old realised the attack was real.
Taiwan’s tourism authority said 177 people on tours to Britain organised by six local tour agencies were all safe, the island’s Central News Agency reported.
Joseph Tung Yao-chung, executive director at the Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong, said he had not received any reports of travel agencies here being affected by the attack.
Directors from Hong Thai Travel and EGL Tours said their scheduled European tours would set off from Hong Kong next week as planned.
At the British Consulate General in Hong Kong, a book of condolence was opened to the public on Thursday, and the Union Jack was lowered to half-mast.
