Expressing identity of the arrested driver in Westminster
UK police has revealed the identity of the driver arrested in the Westminster landmark
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on the carriage of pedestrians outside the British Parliament. The driver's name was Sali Khat. Age 29 He is a Sudanese British citizen On Tuesday night, police conducted an operation in Birmingham and some of Nottingham's locations to investigate whether there was any connection with terrorism to the incident.
Three local people were injured when the vehicle was lifted on pedestrians outside the parliament at 7:30 am local time on Tuesday. The silver-colored Ford Fiesta car crashed into the security of parliament. On the spot, Sali was arrested from the car. He was alone in the car. No arms or explosives were found in the car.
The head of counter-terrorism unit of the United Kingdom Police (Head of Counter Terrorism) Neil Basu said that due to the importance of the incident and the incident is deliberate, it is initially considered to be a terrorist act.
According to the BBC, the suspect is not familiar with the detective agency MI5 or anti-terrorism police. But it was known to local police. The UK police's headquarters said the killer driver did not cooperate with the police after the arrest.
According to the police, the car came to London from Birmingham the previous night. After reaching London on Monday midnight, the car was in the Tottenham Court Road area for about five hours. About 90 minutes before the crash, it entered the Westminster area. The police were able to identify the movement of the car after verifying the footage of the 'Number Plate Recognition' on the street.
The suspect was supposed to live on an internet café in the Sparkbrook area of Ballyingham in the area. About four months ago, he started living in Highgate area in London. From September 2007 to May this year, he attended Coventry University.