Westminster attack: Khalid Masood identified as potential extremist in 2010
by Hannah Summers, Ewen MacAskill and Vikram Dodd from World news | The Guardian on (#2H57C)
Pressure grows to explain how Masood fell off intelligence radar as a fresh arrest follows raids in Birmingham
The Kent-born terrorist who killed four people and injured more than 50 in an attack on Westminster Bridge was known as a potential extremist in 2010, it has emerged as police made a new arrest in connection with the investigation on Sunday night.
Khalid Masood first came to the attention of MI5 six years ago after returning to the UK from Saudi Arabia where he had been teaching English, the Guardian can confirm, but he dropped off the radar of intelligence officials some time before the fatal attack in London on Wednesday.
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