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UK police given more time to quiz Parliament crash suspect

UK police given more time to quiz Parliament crash suspect | iNFOnews.ca
Police recover the car that crashed into security barriers from the scene outside the Houses of Parliament, Westminster in London, Tuesday Aug. 14, 2018. The driver was taken into custody, as police flooded central London streets and cordoned off the city's government district Tuesday, in what authorities are treating as an act of terrorism. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)

LONDON – British police have been given more time to question the suspect in a car crash outside Parliament that injured three people.

Salih Khater, a British citizen originally from Sudan, was arrested Tuesday after striking cyclists, then plowing his car into a security barrier.

He is being held on suspicion of terrorism and attempted murder, but has not been charged. A magistrate has given police until Monday to charge him, release him or seek another extension.

Police have searched properties in England’s Midlands as they seek the motivation of the 29-year-old from Birmingham, 100 miles (160 kms) northwest of London.

Police in that city said Thursday that they have deployed patrols to two mosques whose windows were smashed with ball bearings from a catapult. Police say the motive is unclear.

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