The man who launched a terror attack on UK Parliament has been identified by police as 52-year-old former convict Adrian Russell Ajao who acquired the name Khalid Masood upon conversion to Islam.
Scotland Yard Acting Deputy Commissioner and Counter- Terrorism chief Mark Rowley today revealed that the "fast-paced" counter-terrorism operation to establish Masood's "motivation, preparation and his associates" has been titled 'Operation Classific'.
"The Counter Terrorism Command investigation - Operation Classific - continues, involving hundreds of officers from across the counter terrorism network… we named the dead terrorist as Khalid Masood – we stated he had a number of aliases – we now know his birth name was Adrian Russell Ajao," he said.