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| London parliament attacker named as 52-year-old Khalid Masood | |
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| The London terrorist attacker has been named by police as Khalid Masood. | The London terrorist attacker has been named by police as Khalid Masood. |
| Masood, 52, was born in Kent and detectives believe he was most recently living in the West Midlands. Masood was also known by a number of aliases, Scotland Yard says. | Masood, 52, was born in Kent and detectives believe he was most recently living in the West Midlands. Masood was also known by a number of aliases, Scotland Yard says. |
| Masood was not the subject of any current investigations and there was no prior intelligence about his intent to mount a terrorist attack. | Masood was not the subject of any current investigations and there was no prior intelligence about his intent to mount a terrorist attack. |
| He was known to police, however, and had a range of previous convictions for assaults, including GBH, possession of offensive weapons and public order offenses. | He was known to police, however, and had a range of previous convictions for assaults, including GBH, possession of offensive weapons and public order offenses. |
| His first conviction was in November 1983 for criminal damage and his last conviction was in December 2003 for possession of a knife. | His first conviction was in November 1983 for criminal damage and his last conviction was in December 2003 for possession of a knife. |
| He had never been convicted for any terrorism offences, police say. | He had never been convicted for any terrorism offences, police say. |
| According to Sky News, Masood was an English teacher and religious convert. He was a married father of three, who was into bodybuilding. | According to Sky News, Masood was an English teacher and religious convert. He was a married father of three, who was into bodybuilding. |
| Masood killed three and injured 29 people in a terrorist attack in Westminster on Wednesday. He rammed pedestrians while speeding across Westminster Bridge in a car, then ran towards Parliament and stabbed a police officer dead. | Masood killed three and injured 29 people in a terrorist attack in Westminster on Wednesday. He rammed pedestrians while speeding across Westminster Bridge in a car, then ran towards Parliament and stabbed a police officer dead. |
| Masood was shot dead by an armed police officer outside Parliament. | Masood was shot dead by an armed police officer outside Parliament. |
| Giving details of the attacker’s background in Parliament today, May said the assailant was known to police and MI5 – the UK’s domestic intelligence agency. | Giving details of the attacker’s background in Parliament today, May said the assailant was known to police and MI5 – the UK’s domestic intelligence agency. |
| “What I can confirm is that the man was British-born and that – some years ago – he was once investigated in relation to concerns about violent extremism. He was a peripheral figure. | “What I can confirm is that the man was British-born and that – some years ago – he was once investigated in relation to concerns about violent extremism. He was a peripheral figure. |
| “The case is historic – he was not part of the current intelligence picture. There was no prior intelligence of his intent – or of the plot. Intensive investigations continue.” | “The case is historic – he was not part of the current intelligence picture. There was no prior intelligence of his intent – or of the plot. Intensive investigations continue.” |
| In Birmingham, searches are continuing at a flat raided by armed police. | |
| Neighbors said heavily-armed officers stormed a second-floor flat in Hagley Road overnight. | |
| “The man from London lived here. They came and arrested three men,” a witness who works in a shop nearby told the Press Association. | “The man from London lived here. They came and arrested three men,” a witness who works in a shop nearby told the Press Association. |
| A total of eight suspects have been arrested in raids at six different locations. | A total of eight suspects have been arrested in raids at six different locations. |
| The attacker is believed to have acted alone. | |
| Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) has claimed responsibility for the attack outside the UK parliament, according to the terror group’s new agency Amaq. | |
| The agency said “A soldier of the Islamic State carried out the attack, responding to a call for attacking citizens of coalition states." | |
| The claim cannot be verified at this stage. |