So we now know that Khalid Masood, the 52-year-old Briton who carried out the Westminster attack in London, had a string of criminal convictions. His first was in 1983 for criminal damage and his last was in 2003 for a stabbing. Several key members of the network which killed 140 in Paris in November 2015 had been involved in drug and arms sales. Isis celebration over the London attack is a dance of defeat Read moreThe proportion of Islamic militants with criminal backgrounds has been rising over recent years. There is no evidence that Masood, so much older, has been involved in criminal activity in recent years.

Source: The Guardian March 25, 2017 04:52 UTC