Westminster attacker was British-born jihadist

The terrorist who killed three and injured at least 29 in yesterday’s Westminster attack was British born and had previously been investigated by MI5.   

The ‘lone wolf’ jihadist, described by witnesses as ‘Asian and in his forties’, has not been named by police while investigations continue into any possible associates.   

Mrs May’s statement came after armed police arrested eight people and raided six properties in London and Birmingham, where three people were detained in a flat thought to have been lived in by the killer.Making a statement in the Commons today, Prime Minister Theresa May said the man was a British citizen who was known to the police and security services and had been investigated some years ago over violent extremism. Mrs May’s statement came after armed police arrested eight people and raided six properties in London and Birmingham, where three people were detained in a flat thought to have been lived in by the killer. Dozens of officers wearing body armour ran into the address on Hagley Road, Birmingham late yesterday evening. 

Meanwhile Reuters seperately reported police identified the  man who mowed down pedestrians and stabbed a policeman in an assault on  the heart of British democracy was 52-year-old Khalid Masood, who was  born in Kent in southeast England. They said Masood was  known by “a number of aliases”.
- (Daily Mail, London), 23 March 2017