'THEY TOOK A DIRECT HIT'

London attack: Mum of French schoolboy caught up in Westminster carnage reveals how three of his classmates were mowed down

THE three French teenagers knocked over by the terrorist’s car on Westminster Bridge have been identified locally as Victor, Yann and Thomas.

All were in the "exact line that the car took" during Wednesday's attack, said a source at St Joseph’s high school in Concarneau, north west France, where all the boys attend.

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Paramedics rush to rescue one of the dozens injured on Westminster bridgeCredit: Getty Images
A car driven by the terror attacker ploughed through crowds on Westminster BridgeCredit: Fame Flynet
The French teenagers are among several receiving treatment at St Thomas' hospitalCredit: Getty Images

"Two of them are in a particularly bad way, and are being treated at St Thomas’ hospital in London.

"Members of their families, including parents, are now with them," added the source.

A forensic tent sits near the scene where a group of French teens were run over during the Westminster terror attackCredit: Getty Images
Police have cordoned off the area while doctors treat the injured, including three French schoolboysCredit: Getty Images
Pupils arrive at the Saint-Joseph school in Concarneau, France, whose pupils were injured in the Wesminster attackCredit: Getty Images

It has emerged today that the school had lost an ex-pupil during the Paris attacks last year.

The French government put on a military plane on Wednesday night, which flew families from Brittany to London.

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Isabell Calveze, whose son Kilian was in the St Joseph’s party of around 90, said she soon established that he was unharmed physically, but in a very bad way psychologically.

Ms Calveze said: "My son saw everything, I knew quickly that he was fine, but he saw his comrades hit by the car and I imagine that psychologically it must be a shock, and that he won’t be well after this.

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"My son wrote to me that within twenty seconds he could have been hurt by the vehicle too.

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"But the pupils were taken care of very quickly and very well, they were greeted on a boat on the Thames and the British authorities debriefed them."

The families of pupils caught up in Wednesday's horror have been flown to London to be with their loved onesCredit: Getty Images
Three pupils from the school are among the over 40 people left injured in the Westminster horrorCredit: Getty Images
Police keep guard as Westminster bridge remains closed on Thursday morningCredit: PA:Press Association
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Roses are laid out near the scene of Wednesdays horror, which left three people dead and over forty injuredCredit: Getty Images

Ms Calveze said that her daughter in France first told her about the terrorist incident.

"It was my daughter who alerted me, I did not have time to be afraid, I looked at the news channels and I got in touch with my son."

Parents and other relatives of the children were today gathering around St Joseph’s, along with other concerned locals.

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It comes as the Eiffel Tower in Paris last night turned off its lights in tribute to the victims of the Westminster horror attack.



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