Two men can be seen in a video holding the attacker back using a whale tusk, seized from a wall mount, and a fire extinguisher spray, before others stepped in to pin him down. In a second video a man is seen walking away holding a large knife they had retrieved. British Transport Police said later he was a plain clothes officer. The Metropolitan Police said its armed officers arrived on the scene within five minutes of the initial call.
The people holding Khan down were moved away by the armed police officers after they thought he was wearing a suicide vest under his jacket. The Met's assistant commissioner said the explosive vest which turned out to be a hoax looked "very convincing". Mr Basu said Khan was released from jail in December He had been convicted in after plotting with a group from Stoke-on-Trent, London and Cardiff.
They discussed attacking the London Stock Exchange and pubs in Stoke, and setting up a jihadist training camp in Pakistan. One of the conditions of his release was that he should wear an electronic tag.
He also had to take part in the government's desistance and disengagement programme, the purpose of which is the rehabilitation of people who have been involved in terrorism. The Parole Board said it had no involvement in his release from jail.
Usman Khan had spent years preaching in Stoke and had links to the banned organisation al-Muhajiroun. An urgent review of the licence conditions of people jailed for terror offences has been launched by the Ministry of Justice MoJ.
It confirmed the number of offenders convicted of terrorism offences who are currently under supervision in the community is In a Twitter response to Brendan Cox, whose MP wife Jo Cox was murdered, Jack Merritt's father said: "I obviously don't have full facts about the process that led to the attacker being released but what I can say with certainty is that no one at the event had the slightest inkling that he could or would do something like this.
Officers have been carrying out two searches; in Stafford where Khan is believed to have lived, and in Stoke-on-Trent. Mr Basu said police were going through at least images and videos sent to them.
Police patrols across London have been increased as a result of the attack. Police said they were treating the crash as a terrorist incident, and noted that the investigation was being led by their counter-terrorism division.
He was arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences," the Metropolitan Police, also known as the Met and Scotland Yard, said in a statement, adding that there was nobody else in the vehicle at the time of the crash and that no weapons were found.
Streets in the area surrounding the British legislature were cordoned off and closed to traffic during peak morning rush hour and there was a heavy police presence.
London's ambulance service said it treated two people at the scene that they were taken to an area hospital for further evaluation, but their injuries were not believed to be serious. Witnesses told British television networks that they saw the car driving toward Parliament at high speed.
Video captured by a security camera with a high vantage point, aired by BBC News, shows the small car abruptly turning across several lanes of slow-moving rush hour traffic and entering the security channel outside parliament, appearing to accelerate before slamming into the barrier. While we are keeping an open mind, the Met's Counter-Terrorism Command is leading the investigation into the Westminster incident.
Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, head of Scotland Yard's Counter-Terror Command, told reporters later Tuesday morning that only one of the three pedestrians injured in the incident remained in hospital, with non-life-threatening injuries. Basu said that it was being treated as a "terrorist incident" as it "appears to be a deliberate act" at an iconic site, but he added that, "no other suspects have been identified or reported to police" and that there was not believed to be any further danger to the public in connection with the incident.
He said the priority for investigators was to identify the suspect and his motives, but that he was "not fully cooperating" with police. Two vehicles, which appear to be police vans with their lights flashing, can be seen behind the car shortly before the crash in the video of the incident aired by the BBC. Basu said the suspect's car was not being followed just before the incident. I heard some noise and someone screamed.
I turned around and I saw a silver car driving very fast close to the railings, maybe even on the pavement," she said. How attacks impact elections. Spanish skateboard hero missing. BBC reporter witnesses van hit crowd. Metropolitan Police. Van driven at pedestrians. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Stabbings begin. Image source, Met Police.
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