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| London attack: police confirm seven people arrested | ||
| 2017-03-23 | ||
| [Guardian] Here is the full interview from defence secretary Michael Fallon this morning. Fallon says the belief is that the man was motivated by international terrorism Their working assumption this is linked to Islamic terrorism but they don’t yet know and the investigation - and it is a very large investigation - has been underway since it happened. Fallon said attacks are not part of normal life but London was clearly a target police were preparing for The current warning is at severe - that an attack - and that has been the case for sometime, is likely but not imminent. There is no specific information about other attacks and let me emphasise today although there is intense security around palace of Westminster, London is going to work this morning, I passed school children going to school, there are school trips going ahead, parliament itself will resume at the normal time at half past nine.
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| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 More: 16:22 A Scotland Yard spokesman said research into other names the attacker used was ongoing, adding: “Khalid Masood is not at this early stage believed to be his birth name.” 3h ago 14:00 Eight arrests after raids Counter terrorism detectives are investigating the possibility of a wider conspiracy that assisted the attack and made eight arrests after raids in Birmingham, and east London. Seven people in Birmingham and one in London were arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts. Police still believe the attack was carried out by one person, and are examining what role if any, those arrested played. Searches were also carried out in Carmathanshire, Wales, and Brighton, Sussex. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-03-23 17:36 |
| #2 Update from The Guardian. The current headline and key bullet points: London terror attack: Khalid Masood named by police as responsible for Westminster attack o Police name 52-year-old born in Kent as man responsible for attack in which three victims have died and seven more are critically injured o Full report: Attacker was ‘peripheral figure’ who had fallen off intelligence radar Scrolling down the live feed, one finds: 1h ago 11:33 Khalid Masood was known to police but not subject of surveillance 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, police said in a statement. Scotland Yard said Masood was not the subject of any current investigations and there was no prior intelligence about his intent to mount a terrorist attack. However, he was known to police and had a range of previous convictions for assaults, including GBH, possession of offensive weapons and public order offences. 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 not been convicted for any terrorism offences. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-03-23 13:09 |
| #1 Sweet, sweet diversity. |
| Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-03-23 08:23 |