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Westminster attacker used crack cocaine, solicited 'hookers'?

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Published : Mar 26, 2017, 1:34 pm IST
Updated : Mar 26, 2017, 2:04 pm IST

On March 22, Masood died right after he charged into the Palace of Westminster and stabbed a police officer PC Keith Palmer to death.

Westminster attacker, 52-year-old Khalid Masood. (Photo: AP)
 Westminster attacker, 52-year-old Khalid Masood. (Photo: AP)

London: Born as Adrian Elms, Westminster attacker Khalid Masood enjoyed debauchery and drugs, and was 'not a proper Muslim', his friends claimed.

On March 22, Masood died right after he charged into the Palace of Westminster and stabbed a police officer PC Keith Palmer to death.

According to a report in Daily Mail, his friends said that he was a frequent user of various drugs, including crack cocaine and acid.

According to The Sun, his former landlady evicted him after he spent excessively on prostitutes.

She said, "He wasn’t a proper Muslim. He s*****d prostitutes, smoked copious amounts of crack and stuck knives in people’s faces."

A friend claimed, Masood could go through an assortment of drugs 'like a steam train'.

The 52-year-old stoked his drug habit and unruly lifestyle with the benefit that he received. The police have recently reported that they are investing cases that may prove Masood a serial cheat, for claiming hundreds a month on housing benefits and income support.

In the attack that Masood carried out on March 22, he used a rented Hyundai to mow down pedestrians on the Westminster Bridge before running the car into the Carriage Gates of Parliament. Four people, excluding the assailant, were killed in the attack.

Tags: 2017 westminster attack, london terror attack, khalid masood, palace of westminster
Location: United Kingdom, England, London