The man suspected of a suspected terror attack that happened Tuesday in London was a British citizen who originally came from another country, according to authorities. “He’s a British citizen,” British security minister Ben Wallace told BBC TV, Reuters reported. “He came from another country originally.” The suspect crashed a car into pedestrians and cyclists near Parliament during morning rush hour, injuring three. The incident is being treated as terrorism, but police have not confirmed the motive. ADVERTISEMENT The Associated Press previously reported that the suspect was not cooperating with police and that they were working to identify him. Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Neil Basu told reporters, “we don’t believe this individual was known” to law enforcement or British intelligence. “Given that this appears to be a deliberate act, the method and this being an iconic site, we are treating it as a terrorist incident," Basu said Tuesday, according to the AP. In June, a vehicle rammed pedestrians nearby in another suspected terrorist attack. President Trump Donald TrumpTrump lashes out after grand jury seated for New York criminal probe Schumer tees up vote on Jan. 6 commission bill Senators struggle to save Jan. 6 commission MORE criticized some forms of immigration in the wake of the attack. Tuesday's suspect, a 29-year-old man, has been arrested on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack and is being questioned by London police, according to the AP.<doc-sep>Send this page to someone via email British authorities said Wednesday they are considering turning the area around Parliament into a pedestrian zone to prevent future vehicle attacks as police searched three properties for clues about the motivation of a man who plowed a car into cyclists and pedestrians, injuring three. Local media on Wednesday identified the suspect as Salih Khater, a 29-year-old British citizen of Sudanese origin. Police searched the suspect’s apartment in the central England city of Birmingham, as well as another property in the city and a third in Nottingham, about 80 kilometres away. A Facebook page for a man of the same name says he lives in Birmingham, works as a shop manager, and has studied at Sudan University of Science and Technology. Coventry University in central England said Khater had studied accounting there between September 2017 and May 2018 but was no longer enrolled. Story continues below advertisement Ahmed Abdi, a neighbor of Khater in Birmingham, said he recognized him from news footage, “and I was shocked.” “He was very, very quiet and he never spoke to anybody. He would say nothing to nobody,” Abdi said. Tweet This Click to share quote on Twitter: "He was very, very quiet and he never spoke to anybody. He would say nothing to nobody," Abdi said. British authorities do not name suspects until they are formally charged. London’s Metropolitan Police force said the suspect was not known to counterterrorism officers or the intelligence services. The suspect was being held at a London police station as detectives traced the movements of the Ford Fiesta which careered across a road, hitting cyclists and pedestrians, then crashed into a security barrier at Parliament. Three people were injured, but none remains in hospital. WATCH: Witness says parliament attack makes him question living in London 0:52 Witness says parliament attack makes him question living in London Witness says parliament attack makes him question living in London – Aug 14, 2018 Detectives say the car was driven from Birmingham to London late Monday, and drove around the area near Parliament for an hour and a half on Tuesday morning before the rush-hour crash. Story continues below advertisement The incident appears to be the second in less than 18 months in which a vehicle has been used to attack the heart of Britain’s government. Over the past two decades authorities have tightened security around Parliament with fences, crash barriers and armed police. Now the rise of vehicle attacks around the world is triggering calls for traffic to be barred from Parliament Square, currently a busy traffic route. London Mayor Sadiq Khan told the BBC that the plan presented challenges, but “it’s possible to have a design solution that meets the objectives … in relation to keeping our buildings and our people as safe as we can do, but also not losing what’s wonderful about our city which is a vibrant democracy.” WATCH: U.K. police say suspect in car crash outside parliament arrested, treating as terrorist incident 1:21 U.K. police say suspect in car crash outside parliament arrested, treating as terrorist incident U.K. police say suspect in car crash outside parliament arrested, treating as terrorist incident – Aug 14, 2018 Police on Tuesday flooded the streets around the iconic neo-Gothic Parliament buildings and cordoned off the area that attracts tourists as well as lawmakers after the crash in front of Parliament’s House of Lords. Police say they are treating the incident as a terrorist attack. Story continues below advertisement The crash came less than 18 months after an attacker plowed a car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing four people, then fatally stabbed a police officer before being shot dead in a courtyard outside Parliament. Less than three months later, a van rammed into pedestrians on London Bridge before three men abandoned the vehicle and attacked weekend revelers in the nearby Borough Market. Eight people were killed and 48 injured. READ MORE: Photojournalist recalls horrific scene during London attack on Westminster Bridge In June 2017, a far-right extremist drove a van into a crowd of worshippers leaving a London mosque, killing one man and injuring eight others. Security officials say that since March 2017 they have foiled 13 Islamist-inspired plots and four far-right plots, and currently have 676 live counterterrorism investigations.<doc-sep>The suspect, reportedly from the Midlands, located in Central England and was described as "uncooperative" by law enforcement, and transported to an undisclosed police station in southern London. They are reportedly not known to MI5 or the country's counterterrorism police, according to the BBC. No weapons were found in the suspect's vehicle, though the location of the event has caused it to be treated by British authorities as a terror attack. "Given that this appears to be a deliberate act, the method and this being an iconic site, we are treating it as a terrorist incident and the investigation is being led by officers from the Counter Terrorism Command," stated Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu. "At this early stage of the investigation, no other suspects at the scene have been identified or reported to police. There is no intelligence of further danger to Londoners or the rest of the [U.K.] in connection with this incident," he added. Of the three known to be injured in the incident, one received treatment on-scene, and two were hospitalized. One of the latter has already been discharged, while the other remains under care with serious, but non-life-threatning injuries.<doc-sep>
- A car collided with cyclists and pedestrians before crashing into a security barrier outside the Houses of Parliament shortly before 7.40am yesterday - The man driving the silver Ford Fiesta, a 29-year-old UK national, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of preparation of a terrorist act. He is believed to have been living in the Birmingham Hall Green constituency, MP Roger Godsiff said. - Three people were treated for injuries after the incident. One man was treated at the scene while a man and woman were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Both have since been discharged. - The man was alone in the car and no weapons were recovered from the vehicle. Police said in the hours after the incident that the suspect was not co-operating. - The Metropolitan Police said they were treating it as a terrorist incident because of the method used, the fact it appeared to have been deliberate and due to the "iconic location" where it happened. - The car, which is privately owned and was first registered in March 2010 according to gov.uk, was driven from Birmingham to London on Monday night and arrived into London just after midnight on Tuesday. It was then in the area of Tottenham Court Road between 1.25am and 5.55am, before being driven around the areas of Westminster and Whitehall from 6am until the time of the incident. - Searches were being carried out at two addresses in Birmingham and one in Nottingham on Tuesday evening. Plain-clothed police officers could be seen outside an address in Peveril Street in Nottingham, which was said by neighbours to be home to six Sudanese people. There was also a police presence near the Bunna Internet Cafe on Stratford Road in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, but it was not confirmed whether that was in relation to the Westminster probe.