UK arrests two more people after parliament terror attack

British police have made two more significant arrests in the investigation into the London Parliament attack and identified the terrorist's birth name as Adrian Russell Ajao.

Police at the scene of the attack in London. Photo: Reuters

Britain's top counter-terrorism officer, Mark Rowley, said today that authorities had made two more "significant arrests" overnight, one inWest Midlands and one in the northwest of the country.

Nine people were detained and one woman was released on bail pending trial, he added.

Rowley said the attacker injured at least 50 people when he plowed into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, before stabbing an unarmed police officer. Two people remain in a critical condition and one is believed to have life-threatening injuries. A total of four people died, including the attacker.

Three-minute terrorist attack outside British Parliament

The terrorist, Khalid Masood, converted to Islam and used several aliases. He was born Adrian Russell Ajao on Christmas Day 1964 in England. He is believed to have changed his name to Adrian Elms as a child before converting to Islam.

Police are trying to determine whether there were others who directed him.

According to VNE