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'''Khalid Masood''' (born '''Adrian Russell Elms'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=LXg%2FoR%2Bo0xvY6WYXjXHlhQ&scan=1| title= Name: Elms Adrian R, Mother's maiden name: Elms, Registration district: Dartford, Volume/page nbr.: 5B/795|accessdate=25 March 2017|work="FreeBMD" transcription of England and Wales registrations of births and deaths index 1837-1983|publisher=ONS}}</ref> 25 December 1964 – 22 March 2017) was the Briton<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.hindustantimes.com/world-news/a-nice-guy-turned-extremist-who-is-british-parliament-attacker-khalid-masood/story-dQ12Hn5gnmgFcH6BxMqrrI.html|title=A 'nice guy' turned extremist: Who is British parliament attacker Khalid Masood|work=The Hindustan Times|date=24 March 2017|accessdate=24 March 2017}}</ref> who was identified by police as the perpetrator of the [[2017 Westminster attack]],<ref>{{cite news|author1=CNNWire|title=London attack: 8 arrests as police probe attacker’s links|url=http://wgno.com/2017/03/23/london-attack-8-arrests-as-police-probe-attackers-links/|accessdate=23 March 2017|agency=wgno.com|publisher=ABC|date=23 March 2017}}</ref> which was the largest attack in [[7/7 bombings|London since 2005]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jamieson|first1=Alistair|last2=Smith|first2=Alexander|last3=Saravia|first3=Laura|last4=Neubert|first4=Michelle|last5=Silva|first5=Daniella|title=Khalid Masood Identified as London Parliament Attacker|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/london-parliament-attack/khalid-masood-identified-london-parliament-attacker-n737511|accessdate=23 March 2017|publisher=NBCnews.com}}</ref>
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'''Khalid Masood''' (born '''Adrian Russell Elms'''<ref>http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=LXg%2FoR%2Bo0xvY6WYXjXHlhQ&scan=1</ref>) was the Briton<ref>http://m.hindustantimes.com/world-news/a-nice-guy-turned-extremist-who-is-british-parliament-attacker-khalid-masood/story-dQ12Hn5gnmgFcH6BxMqrrI.html</ref> named by police as the perpetrator of the [[2017 Westminster attack]].<ref>http://wgno.com/2017/03/23/london-attack-8-arrests-as-police-probe-attackers-links/</ref>
  
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==Murder in Westminster==
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==Official Narrative==
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Khalid Masood drove his rented SUV across the crowded Westminster Bridge on Wednesday 22 March 2017, striking a number of pedestrians. Then he jumped out and attacked police officer [[Keith Palmer]], who was guarding Parliament, fatally stabbing him before being shot dead by police.
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Khalid Masood drove a rented SUV across the crowded Westminster Bridge on Wednesday 22 March 2017, striking a number of pedestrians. Then he jumped out and attacked police officer [[Keith Palmer]], who was outside Parliament, fatally stabbing him before being shot dead by police. In all, he killed four people in 83 seconds, and left more than two dozen hospitalised, including some with what have been described as catastrophic injuries. [[ISIS]] claimed responsibility for the attack, referring to him as "a soldier", but did not name him or provide evidence of a link.<ref name=cnn/>
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In all, he killed four people and left more than two dozen hospitalised, including some with what have been described as catastrophic injuries. [[ISIS]] claimed responsibility for the attack.
 
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In a ''Veterans Today'' article, [[Kevin Barrett]] suggested that the Westminster attack, coming exactly one year after the [[Mass murder in Brussels]], might have been an [[Operation Gladio/B]] operation. Barrett questioned why when wielding only a knife, the perpetrator was shot dead, observing that this would avoid the need of a trial:
 
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:"Was alleged London attacker Khalid Masood 'on the radar' of [[MI5]] (like almost all false flag [[patsies]]) because he was an intelligence asset?"<ref>''[http://www.veteranstoday.com/2017/03/22/london-ff/ "Another London false flag?"]''</ref>
 
  
 
==Previous==
 
==Previous==
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The prepetrator was named as Khalid Masood, whom [[Theresa May]] claimed “was British born and ... some years ago he was once investigated by MI5 in relation to concerns about violent [[extremism]],”  News reports indicate that he was known to have a number of aliases, including Khalid Choudry, and was considered a "peripheral figure" by MI5<ref name=comau>{{cite web|last1=Craw|first1=Victoria|title=Khalid Masood named by London police as man behind terror attack|url=http://www.news.com.au/world/europe/khalid-masood-named-by-london-police-as-man-behind-terror-attack/news-story/6b6c2f278acb705d3f427f07dba17b8b|website=news.com.au|accessdate=23 March 2017}}</ref> and that he was a known associate of radical individuals in Birmingham.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Sam|last2=Wright|first2=Robert|title=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/c20027e8-0ff3-11e7-a88c-50ba212dce4d|accessdate=24 March 2017|work=Financial Times|date=23 March 2017}}</ref>  
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[[Theresa May]] claimed “was British born and ... some years ago he was once investigated by MI5 in relation to concerns about violent [[extremism]],”  News reports indicate that he was known to have a number of aliases, including Khalid Choudry, and was considered a "peripheral figure" by MI5<ref name=comau>http://www.news.com.au/world/europe/khalid-masood-named-by-london-police-as-man-behind-terror-attack/news-story/6b6c2f278acb705d3f427f07dba17b8b</ref> and that he was a known associate of radical individuals in Birmingham.<ref>https://www.ft.com/content/c20027e8-0ff3-11e7-a88c-50ba212dce4d</ref>  
  
 
===Prior convictions===
 
===Prior convictions===
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Masood had a number of prior criminal convictions, the earliest for criminal damage in 1983, when he was 19.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/23/london-attack-everything-know-khalid-masood|title=Everything we know about Khalid Masood, the London attacker|last=Mendick|first=Robert|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=23 March 2017|last2=Allen|first2=Emily}}</ref> He also had convictions relating to assaults, which included grievous bodily harm, and other public order offences.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Griffin|first1=Andrew|title=Khalid Masood: London attacker was known to MI5 but had no terror convictions|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/khalid-masood-terrorist-westminster-london-attack-who-is-he-profile-a7646336.html|accessdate=23 March 2017|work=The Independent}}</ref> In 2000, when Masood was 35, he was imprisoned for 2 years for slashing the face of a local business owner, following an argument in a pub in Northiam.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/6788998.Knife_attacker_jailed/|title=Knife attacker jailed|date=1 November 2000|work=The Argus|accessdate=24 March 2017}}</ref> The victim required 20 stitches. Three years after that incident, in 2003, he was accused of stabbing a man in the nose, and sentenced to six months for possession of a knife.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dearden|first1=Lizzie|title=Khalid Masood: Met Police release new picture of London attacker|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/khalid-masood-new-picture-met-police-london-terror-attack-adrian-russell-ajao-elms-westminster-a7648351.html|accessdate=24 March 2017|work=The Independent|date=24 March 2017}}</ref> He served prison sentences in Lewes Prison in East Sussex, Wayland Prison in Norfolk and Ford Open Prison in West Sussex.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/khalid-masood-london-terror-attacker-adrian-russell-aja-criminal-past-westminster-bridge-a7647256.html|title=All the aliases used by the Westminster attacker|last=Hardy|first=Jack|date=24 March 2017|work=The Independent|access-date=24 March 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-GB}}</ref>
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Masood reportedly had a number of prior criminal convictions, the earliest for criminal damage in 1983, when he was 19.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/23/london-attack-everything-know-khalid-masood</ref> He also had convictions relating to assaults, which included grievous bodily harm, and other public order offences.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/khalid-masood-terrorist-westminster-london-attack-who-is-he-profile-a7646336.html</ref> In 2000, when Masood was 35, he was imprisoned for 2 years for slashing the face of a local business owner, following an argument in a pub in Northiam.<ref>http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/6788998.Knife_attacker_jailed/</ref> The victim required 20 stitches. Three years after that incident, in 2003, he was accused of stabbing a man in the nose, and sentenced to six months for possession of a knife.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/khalid-masood-new-picture-met-police-london-terror-attack-adrian-russell-ajao-elms-westminster-a7648351.html</ref> He served prison sentences in Lewes Prison in East Sussex, Wayland Prison in Norfolk and Ford Open Prison in West Sussex.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/khalid-masood-london-terror-attacker-adrian-russell-aja-criminal-past-westminster-bridge-a7647256.html</ref>
  
 
==Connected arrests==
 
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Although May stated that police believed Masood had acted alone, "Armed police stormed an address in Birmingham in an early morning raid in connection to the London attack. Other raids were also conducted in London. Seven people were arrested in connection to the terror attack."<ref name=comau/>
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Many sources report that [[UK police]] believe that Masood had acted alone.<ref name=cnn>http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/23/europe/london-attack</ref> However, News.com.au notes that "armed police stormed an address in Birmingham in an early morning raid in connection to the London attack. Other raids were also conducted in London. Seven people were arrested in connection to the terror attack."<ref name=comau/>
  
 
==Teaching in Saudi Arabia==
 
==Teaching in Saudi Arabia==
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A Saudi Embassy statement released late on Friday 24 March said that Khalid Masood taught English in [[Saudi Arabia]] from November 2005 to November 2006 and again from April 2008 to April 2009.
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A Saudi Embassy statement released late on Friday 24 March said that Khalid Masood taught English in [[Saudi Arabia]] from November 2005 to November 2006 and again from April 2008 to April 2009. The embassy said that he had a work visa. It said he returned for six days in March 2015 on a trip booked through an approved travel agent and that he wasn’t tracked by the country’s security services and had no criminal record there.<ref>''[http://english.almanar.com.lb/221091 "Saudi Embassy Confirms UK Attacker had been in Saudi Arabia"]''</ref>
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The embassy said that he had a work visa. It said he returned for six days in March 2015 on a trip booked through an approved travel agent.
 
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The Saudi Embassy said that he wasn’t tracked by the country’s security services and didn’t have a criminal record there.<ref>''[http://english.almanar.com.lb/221091 "Saudi Embassy Confirms UK Attacker had been in Saudi Arabia"]''</ref>
 
 
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Latest revision as of 06:28, 9 August 2021

"“Lone nut”"
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BornAdrian Russell Elms
25 December 1964
Dartford, Kent, UK
Died22 March 2017 (Age 52)
Westminster, London, UK
NationalityBritish
Criminal convictions
 • Criminal damage
• knife possession
• assaults
• grievous bodily harm
• public order offences
Supposed perpetrator of2017 Westminster attack
Named by UK police as the perpetrator of the 2017 Westminster attack

Khalid Masood (born Adrian Russell Elms[1]) was the Briton[2] named by police as the perpetrator of the 2017 Westminster attack.[3]

Official Narrative

Khalid Masood drove a rented SUV across the crowded Westminster Bridge on Wednesday 22 March 2017, striking a number of pedestrians. Then he jumped out and attacked police officer Keith Palmer, who was outside Parliament, fatally stabbing him before being shot dead by police. In all, he killed four people in 83 seconds, and left more than two dozen hospitalised, including some with what have been described as catastrophic injuries. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, referring to him as "a soldier", but did not name him or provide evidence of a link.[4]

Previous

Theresa May claimed “was British born and ... some years ago he was once investigated by MI5 in relation to concerns about violent extremism,” News reports indicate that he was known to have a number of aliases, including Khalid Choudry, and was considered a "peripheral figure" by MI5[5] and that he was a known associate of radical individuals in Birmingham.[6]

Prior convictions

Masood reportedly had a number of prior criminal convictions, the earliest for criminal damage in 1983, when he was 19.[7] He also had convictions relating to assaults, which included grievous bodily harm, and other public order offences.[8] In 2000, when Masood was 35, he was imprisoned for 2 years for slashing the face of a local business owner, following an argument in a pub in Northiam.[9] The victim required 20 stitches. Three years after that incident, in 2003, he was accused of stabbing a man in the nose, and sentenced to six months for possession of a knife.[10] He served prison sentences in Lewes Prison in East Sussex, Wayland Prison in Norfolk and Ford Open Prison in West Sussex.[11]

Connected arrests

Many sources report that UK police believe that Masood had acted alone.[4] However, News.com.au notes that "armed police stormed an address in Birmingham in an early morning raid in connection to the London attack. Other raids were also conducted in London. Seven people were arrested in connection to the terror attack."[5]

Teaching in Saudi Arabia

A Saudi Embassy statement released late on Friday 24 March said that Khalid Masood taught English in Saudi Arabia from November 2005 to November 2006 and again from April 2008 to April 2009. The embassy said that he had a work visa. It said he returned for six days in March 2015 on a trip booked through an approved travel agent and that he wasn’t tracked by the country’s security services and had no criminal record there.[12]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=LXg%2FoR%2Bo0xvY6WYXjXHlhQ&scan=1
  2. ↑ http://m.hindustantimes.com/world-news/a-nice-guy-turned-extremist-who-is-british-parliament-attacker-khalid-masood/story-dQ12Hn5gnmgFcH6BxMqrrI.html
  3. ↑ http://wgno.com/2017/03/23/london-attack-8-arrests-as-police-probe-attackers-links/
  4. ↑ a b http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/23/europe/london-attack
  5. ↑ a b http://www.news.com.au/world/europe/khalid-masood-named-by-london-police-as-man-behind-terror-attack/news-story/6b6c2f278acb705d3f427f07dba17b8b
  6. ↑ https://www.ft.com/content/c20027e8-0ff3-11e7-a88c-50ba212dce4d
  7. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/23/london-attack-everything-know-khalid-masood
  8. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/khalid-masood-terrorist-westminster-london-attack-who-is-he-profile-a7646336.html
  9. ↑ http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/6788998.Knife_attacker_jailed/
  10. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/khalid-masood-new-picture-met-police-london-terror-attack-adrian-russell-ajao-elms-westminster-a7648351.html
  11. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/khalid-masood-london-terror-attacker-adrian-russell-aja-criminal-past-westminster-bridge-a7647256.html
  12. ↑ "Saudi Embassy Confirms UK Attacker had been in Saudi Arabia"
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