Investigators have revealed details about the man behind Tuesday’s car crash that targeted the British Parliament, saying he in being questioned on suspicion of terrorism.
Investigators said Wednesday that Salih Khater, 29, had reportedly driven from his home in Birmingham late on Monday and arrived in the capital London just after midnight.
While crashing his car into the entrance gate of the Palace of Westminster on Tuesday, Khater hit a group of cyclists and pedestrians waiting for traffic lights to change, wounding three people.
Authorities are still attempting to find the motive behind the incident, which the British Home Secretary Sajid Javid said was being treated as a “terrorist attack”.
Police began searching several properties in Birmingham and Nottingham which are suspected to have links to the suspect.
It has been revealed to Press TV that people living in Birmingham who knew Khater have said that they did not consider the…