The attacker, described by witnesses as 'Asian and in his forties', is not been named by police while investigations continue into any possible associates.
But, giving a statement in the Commons today, Prime Minister Theresa May said he was a British citizen who was known to the police and security services and had been investigated some years ago over violent extremism.
Mrs May said he was a 'peripheral' figure and 'was not part of the current intelligence picture'. She also told MPs there was 'no prior intelligence' of his intent.
Details of his background will raise questions over what security officials knew about the assailant and what decisions were taken when he first appeared on the radar.
Mrs May's statement came after armed police arrested eight people and raided six properties in London and Birmingham, where three people were detained in a flat thought to have been lived in by the killer.
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