Police seek more information on London attacker

The British police have sought more information on the man who on Wednesday plowed a car into pedestrians and stabbed a police officer outside the Parliament in London, killing and injuring several people, an incident that has been declared a terrorist incident.

On Friday, the Metropolitan Police revealed that the London attacker Khalid Masood’s original birth name was Adrian Russell Ajao, who was born on Christmas Day 1964.

British police said two further arrests have been made in connection with the deadly attack outside parliament in London and police are trying to establish if he acted on his own or others had directed him to do so. Nine people have been reported to be in custody.  

His name is believed to have changed to Adrian Elms during childhood before his conversion to Islam when he became known as Khalid Chowdhury and later Khalid Masood.

The Metropolitan police added that the 52-year-old’s first conviction was in November 1983 for…

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