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A police officer wears a sticker following the recent attack in Westminster, London, Britain March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

Westminster Terrorist Khalid Masood had Key Role at Radical Mosque

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 10, 2017 | World

London – British Newspaper “Sunday Times” said on Sunday that Westminster terrorist Khalid Masood had a key role at a mosque that urges Muslims to take up arms against “the Jews and the rest of the enemies of Islam.” Masood was a public contact for a website...

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A Whatsapp App logo is seen behind a Samsung Galaxy S4 phone that is logged on to Facebook in the central Bosnian town of Zenica, February 20, 2014. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

Last ‘WhatsApp’ Message

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Mar 31, 2017 | Opinion

Terrorist Khalid Masood who has attacked the Houses of Parliament in London had sent an important message that the British security failed to decode on WhatsApp. The terrorist is a prior suspect and was under surveillance – has the security bodies comprehended the...

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Flower at the attack scene in Westminster Bridge on March 23, 2017. (AFP)

Westminster Attacker’s Wife Condemns his Killing Spree

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 29, 2017 | World

London – The wife of Westminster terrorist Khalid Masood said she “totally condemns” his killing spree and was left “saddened and shocked” by the atrocity. Masood’s mother, Janet Ajao, said she had “shed many tears” for her son’s victims. “I am so...

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Faith leaders including Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the chief rabbi and the chief imam of London’s central mosque gathered to remember the victims together © AFP / CHRIS J RATCLIFFE

Scotland Yard Looks into London Attacker Motives

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 26, 2017 | World

London – London Metropolitan police said on Saturday that one man, a 58-year-old arrested in Birmingham the morning after Wednesday’s terror attack, was still being held while further enquiries were being carried out. A total of 11 people were originally...

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Khalid Masood CREDIT: METROPOLITAN POLICE

Saudi Arabia: UK Parliament Terror Attacker Not on Security Radar There

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 25, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

The man responsible for the death of four people near Britain’s Houses of Parliament on Wednesday had spent time working in Saudi Arabia but did not have a criminal record there or attract the attention of the security services, the Saudi embassy in London said...