Bridge maniac fighting for God
WESTMINSTER Bridge attacker Khalid Masood told his children he was “going to die fighting for God” .
The claims were in video calls he made to them.
And in the days before he ploughed into pedestrians on the bridge and stabbed Pc Keith Palmer, he also searched for Birmingham Calor Gas Centre.
Detective Chief Inspector Dan Brown told an Old Bailey inquest it was
“at least possible” that Masood planned to use gas as a weapon.
The inquest heard Masood drove from Birmingham to Wales to visit his mother, Janet Ajao, and stepfather after picking up the vehicle he used to carry out the attack.
Mr Brown said investigators “believe this to be what we now realise was a goodbye visit”.
The detective added: “As he was leaving the house on March 17 he turned over his shoulder and said, ‘They will say I’m a terrorist. I’m not’.”
Earlier, the court heard how his mother feared he would kill someone while he was still a teenager.
His failed relationships, violent criminal past, and conversion to Islam during the first of two spells he spent in prison were laid bare in court.
Masood, 52, was shot dead by police after stabbing Pc Palmer, 48, and ploughing his rented 4x4 into Kurt Cochran, 54, Leslie Rhodes, 75, Aysha Frade, 44, and Andreea Cristea, 31, causing fatal injuries.