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Thursday, March 23, 2017 6:24am ET by  

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James Corden's emotional tribute to London after terror attacks

James Corden has spoken out in an emotional speech to the people of London on ‘The Late Late Show’ in the US, paying tribute to the victims of yesterday’s (March 23) terror attack.

Five people lost their lives and 40 more were injured during the attack outside Westminster in the UK capital, where the attacker ended up fatally stabbing police officer Keith Palmer before being shot dead by guards.

During his popular US chat show, Corden paid homage to the people of London, saying:

“There was a terror attack today in my hometown, the city of London in Westminster.

“While we’re filming this, it’s still unknown what the motives were. What we do know at this point is that people have lost their lives and many, many more have been injured.

“I know a lot of people in England watch this show, as there’s a lot of people from Britain who work on this show, and of course, our thoughts go out to everyone who’s been affected by this. Watching the news today, I felt a really long, long way from home. And it’s funny when something like that happens in your hometown, you don’t have a feeling of being glad that you’re so far away. What you feel is that you wish you could be there with loved ones to stand alongside them.

“London is a diverse and proud and brilliant city, and one thing is for sure: if this act of terrorism was supposed to divide the people of London, I know for a fact that all something like this does is bring them closer together as one. Tonight we send our heartfelt thoughts to everybody in Britain. Stay safe everybody, please.”

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