London: According to police, Masood was 52 years old, he was born in the English county of Kent. Masood was known to the police - in the past he was attracted to the responsibility for the grievous bodily harm, illegal possession of firearms and violation of the public order.
For the first time, Masood was convicted in 1983 for damage to property, and the last - in 2003 for illegal possession of knives.
However, charges relating to terrorist activities, he never did not show, said a police spokesman.
The attack near the parliament building in London, four people were killed on Wednesday, including Masood himself, at least 40 people were injured, seven of them are in critical condition.
Responsibility for the attack has taken the banned in the UK, Russia and many other countries extremist group "Islamic State."
at 14:40 local time on the afternoon on March 22 a man driving a car deliberately drove onto the sidewalk on Westminster Bridge and began to squeeze pedestrians.
Then he turned to the building of the British parliament, crashed into a fence Westminster, out of the car with a knife and attacked with a knife on an unarmed policeman. Armed police shot and killed the assailant outfit.
The next day, British police announced the arrest of seven people in connection with the attack.
Scotland Yard said that overnight raided six locations, the investigation continues in Birmingham, London and elsewhere.
"We continue to believe - and this is confirmed by our investigation - that the attacker acted alone, came under the influence of international terrorism" - said the police.
During the last night of the Parliament building was cordoned off. Who removed the cordon. Flags at half-mast on the steeple of the building as a sign of mourning for the order of the prime minister Theresa May.
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