UK Parliament attack: British police identify attacker as Khalid Masood

The 52-year-old had a string of criminal convictions but none for terrorism-related offences

British police named the man who killed five people near Britain's parliament before being shot dead as Khalid Masood, saying he had a string of criminal convictions but none for terrorism-related offences.

Masood, 52, was born in Kent to the southeast of London and had been most recently living in central England, London police said. Known by a number of other aliases, he had not been convicted previously for any terrorism offences, they added.

"Masood was not the subject of any current investigations and there was no prior intelligence about his intent to mount a terrorist attack," they said in a statement.

"However,