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UK Arrests 11 Other Muslims over London Attack
Eleven Muslims now arrested but bite your tongue if you even think of tying this to Islam, you greasy islamophobe.
Dramatic moment gun-toting police raided the ‘home of a Saudi Arabian’ and arrested terror suspect ‘who LAUGHED as he was led away’ as total arrested hits 11
Raids have taken place across the country after attack killed four on Wednesday
More than 20 properties have been raided and 11 people have been arrested
Police are trying to work out whether Khalid Masood had accomplices
Scotland Yard anti-terror chief urges anyone who knew him to contact them
See more of the latest news on the London terror attack investigationBy Richard Spillett and Keiligh Baker and Thomas Burrows for MailOnline, 25 March 2017:
This is the moment an armed police officer trains an assault rifle on the window of a suspect arrested in connection with the Westminster terror attack.
The officer, wearing a balaclava and helmet, is seen in the back garden of a suburban house during a raid in Birmingham yesterday.
The raid was one of a series carried out around the country by anti-terror police after Khalid Masood killed four and injured more than 50 in London on Wednesday.
Police trained their guns on a house in Birmingham yesterday in a raid thought to be linked to the Westminster terror attackA total of 11 have been arrested as part of the inquiry but Scotland Yard said only four remain in custody – two men aged 27 and 58 who were arrested in Birmingham on Thursday and a 32-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man who were arrested in Manchester on Friday.
All are being held on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts.
Six of those arrested have now been released from police custody and face no further action – two women aged 21 and 26 and four men aged 23, 26, 27 and 28 who were all arrested at addresses in Birmingham.
One of the arrested was Masood’s partner Rohey Hydara, 39, who lives at a property in east London’s Olympic park.
She has been released on bail until late March.
Neighbours say armed police were at the scene for more than an hour yesterday morning
Neighbours say a man who lives in the area was arrested and a BMW car seized
A neighbour who took the pictures of the armed officer during the raid in Birmingham said: ‘I went to my window and there three cops with guns running up to the back window.
‘There was shouting and screaming for ages, I couldn’t hear what they were saying but it was proper loud. It sounded like there were loads of people in there.’
The neighbour added: ‘They just stood there for like an hour or 45 minutes. I think they were making sure that no one was going to try and escape round the back or anything like that.
‘I had no idea what the hell was going on and now people are saying it’s something to do with the attack in London.’
A number of local residents said they believe a man from Saudi Arabia lived at the house in the Winson Green area with his wife and children.
Local resident Shekila Sahota, said a man, thought to be in his 40s or 50s, had lived at the address for about a year.
She added: ‘The man they led away was put in the van straight away and he had a big smirk on his face when they took him away.’
The raid came ahead of the arrest of two more ‘significant’ suspects this morning as police try to find out whether terrorist killer Khalid Masood was aided by others.
Two people, a man and a woman, were arrested in Greater Manchester in the early hours of this morning and another man, aged 27, was arrested in Birmingham.
Police confirmed a 34-year-old man was arrested in a mews road in the affluent West Didsbury suburb of Manchester in the early hours of this morning.
Residents who live close to the affluent gated community, where properties are believed to sell for up to £500,000, said a car had been towed from the area.
The Met’s top anti-terror officer Mark Rowley said police have searched 21 properties around the country, with five searches ongoing this morning, and seized 2,700 items including numerous computers.
Raids have been carried out across the country as police investigate Muslim convert Masood
+Police are trying to work out whether Westminster terrorist Khalid Masood was aided in his murderous plot. They have now arrested 11 people, with one woman released on bail
Police outside a property which was raided in Winson Green, Birmingham yesterdayAn arrest was also made in West Didsbury, Greater Manchester overnight following a raidMasood, 52, killed 75-year-old Londoner Leslie Rhodes, US tourist Kurt Cochran, 54, and mother-of-two Aysha Frade, 43, as he ploughed into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge. He then stabbed PC Keith Palmer, 48, to death inside the grounds of Parliament.
THE 11 ARRESTS MADE SINCE THE ATTACKA 39-year-old woman was arrested at an address in east London. She has since been put on bail until late March.
A 21-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man were arrested at an address in Birmingham but have been released without charge.
A 26-year-old woman and three men aged 28, 27 and 26 years old were arrested at a separate address in Birmingham.
Further, a 58-year-old man was arrested on Thursday morning at a separate address in Birmingham and remains in custody.
Another 27-year-old man was arrested in Birmingham late on Thursday and remains in custody.
Two more people, a 32-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man in Greater Manchester, were arrested early Friday morning. The woman has been bailed pending further inquiries.
All of the arrests have been made on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts.
Searches were also carried out in Carmathanshire, Wales, and Brighton, Sussex.
Scotland Yard have also urged anyone who knew Masood or has any information about him to come forward.Asked about where the Muslim convert had been radicalised, Mr Rowley said: ‘As I have said, our investigation focuses on understanding his motivation, preparation and associates.
‘Whilst there is no evidence of further threats, you will understand our determination to find out if he either acted totally alone, inspired by terrorist propaganda; or, if others have encouraged, supported or directed him.
‘To that end in our continuing investigation and ongoing covert activity we have made further significant arrests overnight – in the West Midlands and North West.’
Mr Rowley said officers had spoken to around 3,500 witnesses – including 1,000 who were on Westminster Bridge and around 2,500 who were in Parliament.
He added: ‘We remain keen to hear from anyone who knew Khalid Masood well, understands who his associates were and can provide us with information about places he has recently visited.
‘There might be people out there who did have concerns about Masood but did not feel comfortable for whatever reason in passing those concerns to us.’
Asked whether Masood had travelled overseas, Mr Rowley said ‘we are looking at his history’.
Separately from the arrests in the Midlands and North West, police were last night searching a flat in east London which previously housed teams during the 2012 Olympic Games.
It is believed the property was home to a Rohey Hydara, who is believed to have lived with Masood in at least three separate addresses.
Last night, the Met said Masood’s partner Hydara, 39, was released on bail pending further inquiries. She was arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.
Masood is also thought to have lived in London and there was a police presence outside Lucia Heights block of flats, in East London (close to the London Stadium) last night
This property in east London is one of 21 which have been searched by police this week
The flat is in the Olympic Village and previously housed athletes during the 2012 GamesPolice have also raided the home of Masood’s mother, Janet, in rural Wales. They remained at the scene today
The movements of Khalid Masood1964 – Born Adrian Elms on Christmas Day in Dartford, Kent and takes the name Adrian Russell Ajao.
1966 – His mother, Janet Elms, marries in Crawley, West Sussex and they later move to Tunbridge Wells, Kent and Rye, East Sussex.
1983 – In November that year, he picks up his first conviction, for criminal damage.
2000 – Jailed for two years for grievous bodily harm. When he is released, he moves to the East Sussex village of Northiam.
2003 – Aged 39 and running an aerial installation firm, he is jailed for six months for possession of a knife in Eastbourne, East Sussex.
2004 – After being freed from prison, he marries Muslim Farzana Malik in Medway, Kent. It is unclear for how long they were married but they are now believed to be divorced.
2005 – Believed to have taught in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.
2006 – Said to have lived in Crawley and to received visits from police.
2008-2009 – According to his CV, he returned to teach in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
2009-2012 – He is believed to have lived in Luton having changed his name to Khalid Masood. His CV claims he worked at a language school.
2012 – Set up his own teaching firm in Birmingham.
Officers could be seen rifling through rooms on the first floor flat, although curtains in most of the windows were drawn.
Residents of the nine-storey block near to the Eurostar Stratford International Station said police had been in the building all day.
Neighbours said they saw Masood at the apartment several weeks ago.
Local resident Vera Amade, 21, said: ‘My brother saw him a few times quite recently in the last few weeks.
‘It was definitely him, the woman has two kids, one of the daughters has just had a baby. They all live in the same flat.
‘She was quite polite, there was nothing bad to say about her. He was really nice and polite as well, he was very pleasant.
‘I’m very shocked. We were watching it on TV last night and trying to figure out if it was definitely him and it is.
‘He was always dressed in a suit, I don’t know what he did for a living. He used to come back from work at about five or six.’
Masood was registered to two addresses in Luton in 2010 and 2011 and was recorded as living in Forest Gate, east London, last year.
Hydara was also registered as having lived at those three places.
A neighbour said three children lived in the home in Forest Gate with their mother, aged between eight and 15.
He said they later moved out to the Olympic Village.
The man, who did not want to give his name, said: ‘There was a family who lived here and then they moved out.
‘They were there about five, six years. I only saw the kids and the mother.
‘We saw the family there, we saw the ladies there but I never saw a man living there. I think he was clean shaven when I did see him last year.
‘He was darker, seemed a bit plump. But he was cleanly shaven. I occasionally saw him, I just assumed he was working all day.’
A number of addresses in Birmingham have been searched, including a flat above a takeaway
A police van remained outside a flat above a takeaway, in Hagley Road, Birmingham yesterdayA neighbour in London, who asked not to be named, told the Press Association: ‘This guy is a local guy. I’ve been living in the area for 20 years.
‘I don’t know him personally but I believe he belongs to a mosque on Leyton High Road.
‘I’ve seen his face many times. I saw him on the news at around 7pm last night and thought ‘this is the guy I know from the mosque.’
Terror hotline numberAnyone with any information about Masood can call the Anti-Terrorist Hotline 0800 789 321.
‘He had a beard and big eyes.’Worshippers at the Al-Tawhid mosque in Leyton were surprised to learn of Masood’s alleged links with the mosque.
One, Abdul Abdul, told the Telegraph: ‘We condemn this attack. A true Muslim would never do this. He’s not one of us, he’s not a representative of us’.
Masood, 52, who was born as Adrian Elms in Kent, is believed to have most recently lived in the West Midlands.
Police yesterday searched a three-storey townhouse in the Winson Green area of Birmingham and neighbours said Masood had been seen there last year.
At the time of the attack, Masood is thought to have returned to Birmingham and is believed to have stayed in a dingy bedsit above a shop in the Edgbaston area.
A photo taken in Birmingham on Wednesday night appears to show one of the three suspects arrested at the scene sitting in the back of a police van in Hagley Road
Armed police stormed a flat on Hagley Road, Birmingham on Wednesday night as part of a series of raids across the country following the Westminster attack.
Masood rented the Hyundai from Enterprise car hire on Spring Hill passage in Birmingham
Iwona Romek, speaking in Winson Green, Birmingham said she could not believe it when she realised the man who had lived near her was the same person responsible for the attack.
She said: ‘I am very surprised, I cannot believe it. Because when I saw him, I couldn’t even see that he could do something like this.
‘Now I’m scared that someone like that was living close to me.’
She added: ‘I see pictures of him lying injured and from that picture I can see it’s him.
‘And my partner as well he has seen the picture, he is at work, and when I showed it him he said ‘oh my God’ it’s him.’
Ms Romek said she had seen him with a child, aged between five and six years old, and a partner but that they had moved away around two to three months ago.
Source: http://pamelageller.com/2017/03/uk-arrests-11-muslims-london-attack.html/
