Police: London Attacker Interested in Jihad but No Evidence of ISIS Link

Police: London Attacker Interested in Jihad but No Evidence of ISIS Link
Floral tributes lie in Parliament Square following the attack in Westminster, central London on March 27, 2017. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
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LONDON—British police said on Monday they had found no evidence that Khalid Masood, who killed four people in an attack on Britain’s parliament last week, had any association with ISIS or Al-Qaeda, but he was clearly interested in jihad.

Masood drove a car through a crowd of pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing three and injuring about 50, then ran through the gates of parliament and fatally stabbed a police officer, before he was shot dead by police.

A mugshot of Khalid Masood. (REUTERS/Metropolitan Police/Handout)
A mugshot of Khalid Masood. REUTERS/Metropolitan Police/Handout