London attack: ISIS claims follower was behind rampage
March 23, 2017 09:19 pm
UK Police investigating the deadliest London terror attack in 12 years have named the perpetrator as a 52-year-old British man, Khalid Masood.
“Masood was not the subject of any current investigations and there was no prior intelligence about his intent to mount a terrorist attack,” a police statement said.
Masood, who was born in Kent and is thought to have been living in the West Midlands, had previous convictions for violence.
Police earlier arrested eight people in raids around Britain, as an ISIS-affiliated news agency claimed that the extremist group was behind the outrage.
Prime Minister Theresa May revealed the perpetrator was British born and once linked to violent extremism, in a statement to Parliament a day after it was locked down when the assailant breached its perimeter.
Three people died in the attack -- an American citizen, a woman of Spanish origin and a police officer stabbed as he defended Parliament -- and another 40, many of them from other countries, were injured. Of those, 29 required hospital treatment and seven are critical, police said.
-CNN
-Agencies
