nn London Terror attack: Khalid Masood mother said she was 'shocked and saddened'

The mother of Westminster attacker Khalid

Masood has said she is "shocked, saddened and

numbed" by his actions.

Janet Ajao said she had "shed many tears for the

people caught up in this horrendous incident".

Masood killed three people when he drove a car

into pedestrians last Wednesday. He then fatally

stabbed a police officer before being shot dead.

Meanwhile, police say no evidence has been

found of links between Masood and so-called

Islamic State or al-Qaeda.

Mrs Ajao, from Trelech in Carmarthenshire, said:

"I wish to make it absolutely clear, so there can

be no doubt, I do not condone his actions nor

support the beliefs he held that led to him

committing this atrocity.

"I wish to thank my friends, family and

community from the bottom of my heart for the

love and support given to us."

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Masood, 52, who was born as Adrian Elms but

later took his stepfather's name Ajao, carried out

his attack within 82 seconds.

It has emerged that police believe he drove up to

76mph as he crossed Westminster Bridge.

The Islamic State group has said it was behind

the attack.

But Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, of

the Metropolitan Police, told BBC Panorama that,

while Masood "clearly had an interest in Jihad",

police had so far found no evidence of an

association with the group or al-Qaeda, or that he

had discussed his plan with others.

He said: "His methods appear to be based on low

sophistication, low tech, low-cost techniques

copied from other attacks, and echo the rhetoric

of IS leaders in terms of methodology and

attacking police and civilians, but I have no

evidence or information at this time that he

discussed this with others."

Mr Basu also said there was also no evidence

Masood was radicalised in prison in 2003 -

describing this as "speculation".

He said Masood was not considered to be a

threat by the security services or counter-terror

police and was not part of investigations

connected with Luton - where he had once lived -

or the long-banned al-Muhajiroun network.

He added: "I know when, where and how Masood

committed his atrocities, but now I need to know

why. Most importantly so do the victims and

families."

Masood's victims were PC Keith Palmer - who

was stabbed outside Parliament - Aysha Frade,

who was in her 40s and worked at a London

sixth-form college, US tourist Kurt Cochran, 54,

and retired window cleaner Leslie Rhodes, 75,

from south London.

Thirteen people are understood to remain in

hospital.

It understood the car Masood used was seen

driving in the area around the bridge at some

point before the attack.

It may have been on the day or before that,

although it remains unclear what the purpose of

this was.

It is also understood Masood's phone connected

with messaging app WhatsApp minutes before the

attack, which police say started at 14:40 GMT.

The revelations have prompted a debate about

the responsibilities of messaging services.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd said encrypted

messages must be accessible to intelligence

services fighting terrorism, stressing there must

be "no place for terrorists to hide".

She is holding talks with other EU ministers in

Brussels to discuss ways of preventing further

attacks and will meet technology firms later this

week..

82-second attack

14:40:08 - the car that Masood was driving

over Westminster Bridge first mounted the

pavement on the northbound side

14:40:38 - after continuing towards Bridge

Street along both the footpath and road,

Masood crashes into the perimeter fence of

the Palace of Westminster

14:40:59 - the first 999 call was made to the

Met Police reporting the incident

14:41:30 - Masood left the vehicle and was

shot by a police firearms officer inside the

Palace of Westminster

Earlier, the family of the US tourist killed in the

attack said he bore no ill will to anyone and had

spent his life "focusing on the positive".

Kurt Cochran's family said they had "felt the love

of so many people" since his death.

Mr Cochran had been with his wife, Melissa, on

the final day of a holiday in Europe to celebrate

their 25th wedding anniversary - their first trip

abroad. She suffered a broken leg and 

rib and a

cut head.

Meanwhile, Foreign Office minister Tobias

Ellwood, who was hailed a "hero" for giving first

aid to PC Keith Palmer, said he was "heartbroken"

he could not do more to save the policeman's

life.

Mr Ellwood, a Conservative MP and former Army

officer, performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

on PC Palmer in New Palace Yard, Westminster.

He tweeted that he had been "deeply humbled

and overwhelmed" by the messages of support he

had received since the attack.

Officers investigating the attacks are holding two

people from Birmingham on suspicion of

preparing terrorist acts. Nine people have so far

been released without charge, while a 32-year-old

woman arrested in Manchester remains on police

bail until late Marc