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| Salih Khater: what we know about suspect in Westminster crash | |
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| The man suspected of driving a car into pedestrians outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Tuesday is a British national originally from Sudan who was living in Birmingham. | The man suspected of driving a car into pedestrians outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Tuesday is a British national originally from Sudan who was living in Birmingham. |
| Salih Khater, 29, describes himself as a “shop manager” on Facebook. He graduated from Wad Madani high school in east-central Sudan before reportedly studying electrical engineering at Sudan University of Science and Technology in Khartoum. He is thought to have come to the UK about six years ago. | Salih Khater, 29, describes himself as a “shop manager” on Facebook. He graduated from Wad Madani high school in east-central Sudan before reportedly studying electrical engineering at Sudan University of Science and Technology in Khartoum. He is thought to have come to the UK about six years ago. |
| The University of Coventry confirmed that Khater had studied accountancy there from September 2017 until May this year. “As of May 2018 he is no longer enrolled at the university,” a spokesperson said.Khater lived in a flat above a barber shop on the Stratford Road in Sparkhill in Birmingham for nine months, moving out four months ago. Neighbours said he would spend most days in the Bunna internet cafe and shisha lounge next door, and was good friends with the owners.Ahmed Abdi, 43, sitting in the internet cafe, which is frequented by Somalians living in the area, told the Guardian he had been shocked to see Khater’s face on the news. | The University of Coventry confirmed that Khater had studied accountancy there from September 2017 until May this year. “As of May 2018 he is no longer enrolled at the university,” a spokesperson said.Khater lived in a flat above a barber shop on the Stratford Road in Sparkhill in Birmingham for nine months, moving out four months ago. Neighbours said he would spend most days in the Bunna internet cafe and shisha lounge next door, and was good friends with the owners.Ahmed Abdi, 43, sitting in the internet cafe, which is frequented by Somalians living in the area, told the Guardian he had been shocked to see Khater’s face on the news. |
| “He was very quiet – always smoking shisha and looking at his phone,” he said. Abdi said he was constantly reading the news, and that he drove a small, old, white car. The car pictured veering into pedestrians on Tuesday morning was a silver Ford Fiesta.Michael Hagos, 35, drinking coffee outside the Bunna internet cafe on Wednesday morning, said he often saw Khater there and that he seemed like a nice guy, though he did not really know him. “I think it was an accident,” he said. “People around here think it was an accident.” | “He was very quiet – always smoking shisha and looking at his phone,” he said. Abdi said he was constantly reading the news, and that he drove a small, old, white car. The car pictured veering into pedestrians on Tuesday morning was a silver Ford Fiesta.Michael Hagos, 35, drinking coffee outside the Bunna internet cafe on Wednesday morning, said he often saw Khater there and that he seemed like a nice guy, though he did not really know him. “I think it was an accident,” he said. “People around here think it was an accident.” |
| Speaking to the Guardian from Khartoum, Hamid Karda, who said he went to high school with Khater in al-Jazirah state in central Sudan, said Khater was passionate about football. He said he was not a conservative Muslim nor affiliated to any political parties when he was studying engineering at university in the Sudanese capital. | Speaking to the Guardian from Khartoum, Hamid Karda, who said he went to high school with Khater in al-Jazirah state in central Sudan, said Khater was passionate about football. He said he was not a conservative Muslim nor affiliated to any political parties when he was studying engineering at university in the Sudanese capital. |
| As well as three addresses in Birmingham, police searched one in Nottingham on Tuesday, where Khater was also registered as having lived. Neighbours said it was home to six Sudanese people. The Nottingham Post reported that the car involved in the incident was registered to an address in Nottingham. The current owner of the vehicle bought it on 20 June this year.While in recent years Khater’s Facebook profile consisted largely of photos of desert scenes, in 2010 he showed enthusiasm for pop music, posting a video of Celine Dion singing Because You Love Me and another of Eminem feat Rihanna’s Love the Way You Lie.His more recent Facebook posts were done from Birmingham, but one from January 2012, around the time he is believed to have entered the UK, reads: “I got good feeling today as I hope for all.” | As well as three addresses in Birmingham, police searched one in Nottingham on Tuesday, where Khater was also registered as having lived. Neighbours said it was home to six Sudanese people. The Nottingham Post reported that the car involved in the incident was registered to an address in Nottingham. The current owner of the vehicle bought it on 20 June this year.While in recent years Khater’s Facebook profile consisted largely of photos of desert scenes, in 2010 he showed enthusiasm for pop music, posting a video of Celine Dion singing Because You Love Me and another of Eminem feat Rihanna’s Love the Way You Lie.His more recent Facebook posts were done from Birmingham, but one from January 2012, around the time he is believed to have entered the UK, reads: “I got good feeling today as I hope for all.” |
| Among the pages he liked on Facebook were one for Fort Wayne Indiana, one for London Metropolitan University, another for the KPI Institute, a business research institute, and an “I am Sudanese” page. He lists his favourite quote as: “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.” | Among the pages he liked on Facebook were one for Fort Wayne Indiana, one for London Metropolitan University, another for the KPI Institute, a business research institute, and an “I am Sudanese” page. He lists his favourite quote as: “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.” |
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