{"id":25064,"date":"2017-03-24T10:57:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T10:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=25064"},"modified":"2017-03-24T10:57:26","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T10:57:26","slug":"london-terror-attacker-khalid-masood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/london-terror-attacker-khalid-masood.html","title":{"rendered":"Who was London terror attacker Khalid Masood"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWho was London terror attacker Khalid Masood<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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\n\tWho was London terror attacker Khalid Masood:- London police named Khalid Masood, 52, a British man with several aliases, as the assailant responsible for Wednesday's terrorist attacks in central London that killed four people: a policeman, an American tourist, a Spanish teacher and a 75-year-old man. Fifty were wounded in the rampage before he was fatally shot by police.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMetropolitan Police said Masood was not the subject of current investigations and there was no prior intelligence about his intent to carry out a terrorist attack. He was born in Kent, in southeast England, and had been living in the West Midlands. He was born Adrian Russell Ajao.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMasood was known to police for convictions that included assault, possession of weapons, grievous bodily harm — a term used in British law to refer to "wounding with intent" — and disorderly conduct. His most recent conviction was in 2003 for possessing a knife.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tNine people were arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts, and police said the investigation was continuing.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Islamic State claimed responsibility Thursday for the attacks near Britain's Parliament, calling Masood a "solider of the Caliphate." That claim could not be verified. Masood slammed a car into pedestrians on a busy bridge in central London and then fatally stabbed a police officer.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBritish media, including the BBC, reported that Masood rented the car in Birmingham, in central England, and identified his profession as a teacher.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tLocal media in Birmingham said Masood was a Muslim convert, the father of three children and was interested in body-building. Neighbors described him as a "very quiet man" who could often be seen washing his car and mowing the lawn outside his apartment.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBritish Prime Minister Theresa May told Parliament that Masood was a "peripheral figure" who had likely been radicalized by Islamist ideology.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tKilled in the assault were:<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t— Kurt Cochran, a tourist, 54, from Utah who was celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary in London with his wife, Melissa, who was seriously injured in the attack.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t— Keith Palmer, 48, the police officer who was stabbed while on patrol near Parliament.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t— Aysha Frade, 43, a Spanish teacher and mother of two.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t— Leslie Rhodes, a 75-year-old man from south London.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSource:- http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/2017\/03\/23\/british-police-name-london-attacker-khalid-masood\/99533466\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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