XPost: 24hoursupport.helpdesk, alt.politics.scorched-earth, uk.politics.misc   
   XPost: uk.legal, alt.politics.uk   
   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   UK attacker taught in Saudi Arabia for 2 years, embassy confirms   
      
   LONDON –  The man who killed four people outside Britain's Parliament   
   was in Saudi Arabia three times and taught English there, the Middle   
   Eastern country's embassy said.   
      
   A Saudi Embassy statement released late Friday said that Khalid Masood taught   
   English in Saudi Arabia from November 2005 to November 2006 and again from   
   April 2008 to April 2009.   
      
   The embassy said that he had a work visa. It said he returned for six days in   
   March 2015 on a trip booked through an approved travel agent.   
      
   The Saudi Embassy said that he wasn't tracked by the country's security   
   services and didn't have a criminal record there.   
      
   Before taking the name Masood, he was known as Adrian Elms. He was known for   
   having a violent temper in England and had been convicted at least twice for   
   violent crimes.   
      
   Masood drove his rented SUV across the crowded Westminster Bridge on   
   Wednesday, striking pedestrians. Then he jumped out and attacked police   
   officer Keith Palmer, who was guarding Parliament, fatally stabbing him before   
   being shot dead by police.   
      
   In all, he killed four people and left more than two dozen hospitalized,   
   including some with what have been described as catastrophic injuries. The   
   Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack.   
      
   Masood, who at 52 is considerably older than most extremists who carry out   
   bloodshed in the West, had an arrest record dating to 1983. The violence came   
   later, first in 2000 when he slashed a man across the face in a pub parking   
   lot in a racially charged    
   argument after drinking four pints, according to a newspaper account.   
      
   Hundreds of British police have been working to determine his motives and   
   possible accomplices. Two people remain in custody for questioning. They are   
   two men, aged 27 and 58, who were arrested in the central English city of   
   Birmingham, where Masood was    
   living. Authorities haven't charged or identified the two men. Others who were   
   arrested in connection with the investigation have been released.   
      
   Details about how he became radicalized aren't clear. His time in Saudi Arabia   
   may provide clues. He was also jailed in Britain and may have become exposed   
   to radical views while an inmate.   
      
   Masood's last conviction was in 2003, also involving a knife attack. It's not   
   clear when he took the name Masood, suggesting a conversion to Islam.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)