ISIL Claims Responsibility for UK Parliament Attack

Rasa - ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack outside the UK parliament on Wednesday which left four people dead.

News ID: 428396

Date: 24 March 2017 - 21:38

RNA - The terror group’s news agency Amaq claimed in a statement that “a soldier of ISIL carried out the attack, responding to a call for attacking citizens of coalition states", Al Manar reported.

According to British authorities the attacker was “British born” and had earlier been investigated by MI5 for links to terror groups.

They added that police believe the man acted alone and there is no reason to believe “imminent further attacks” are planned.

In a shocking display of carnage in the heart of the country’s capital, a man drove through a crowd of civilians in Westminster before stabbing a policeman to death.

The perpetrator has been identified as Khalid Masood, 52, originally from Kent but recently resided in the West Midlands.

Scotland Yard said Masood had previous convictions for assaults, including GBH, possession of offensive weapons and public order offenses.

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