7 Things You Need To Know About London Terrorist Khalid Masood
On Thursday, London’s Metropolitan Police identified 52-year-old Khalid Masood as the Muslim man behind Wednesday’s deadly terror attack in Westminster. According to British authorities, Masood rammed his SUV into dozens of pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before exiting his vehicle and stabbing a police officer outside of the gates of Parliament.
1. Masood was a native of England.
2. Masood had a long criminal record.
3. Masood claimed that he was an English teacher in order to rent the vehicle that would ultimately be used in the fatal attack on Westminster.
4. Police believe that Masood “acted alone,” however, he “was inspired by international terrorism.”
5. Masood was known to British intelligence as a “peripheral figure” when it came to “violent extremism.”
6. Seven people have been arrested in relation to Wednesday’s attack.
7. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack, calling Masood “an Islamic State soldier.”