LONDON — British police have named two of the three men who carried out Saturday’s terror attack in London. Reports Voice of America.
Khuram Shazad Butt, 27, was married with two children and lived in east London for a number of years, they said. Butt was a British citizen who was born in Pakistan, moving with his parents to Britain as a toddler. Police admitted he was known to counterterror officers and the intelligence services, but officials insist there was no sign he was planning an attack.
The other named attacker was Rachid Redouane, 30. He claimed he was a Moroccan-Libyan and lived for several years in Ireland.
Assistant Police Commissioner Mark Rowley said an investigation into Butt began two years ago, but “there was no intelligence to suggest that this attack was being planned and the investigation had been prioritized accordingly.”