British ex-con, 52, carried out Westminster attack

FILE- In this March 22, 2017 file photo, the attacker Khalid Masood is treated by emergency services outside the Houses of Parliament London. British Police named on Thursday March 23, 2017, Khalid Masood as The Houses of Parliament attacker. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP, File). FILE- In this March 22, 2017 file photo, the attacker Khalid Masood is treated by emergency services outside the Houses of Parliament London. British Police named on Thursday March 23, 2017, Khalid Masood as The Houses of Parliament attacker. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP, File).

By Associated Press March 23, 2017 2 min read

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) – The 52-year-old Briton identified as the Westminster Bridge attacker had a raft of convictions – including assault, weapons possession and public order offenses – spanning two decades, London police said.

Khalid Masood, a U.K.-born resident of the West Midlands in central England, was once investigated for extremism by British authorities but was not currently on a terrorism watch list. His convictions ranged from 1983 to 2003.

He “was not the subject of any current investigations and there was no prior intelligence about his intent to mount a terrorist attack,” police said Thursday.

Police raided a home in the central city of Birmingham was where Masood lived until late last year, a neighbor said. Shown a photo of him, Iwona Romek said “that is 100 percent” the man who lived next door to her for about five months.

Romek said he had a wife and a child about 6 years old whom he would take to school. She said he rarely left home in the evening.