A report that identified the knife-wielding attacker who killed at least three people in the London terror attack as Abu Izzadeen has been withdrawn.
The UK’s Channel 4 News and The Independent initially named Izaadeen as the suspect, but several sources told BBC News that the radical Muslim cleric is still in jail and not responsible for the attack.
In January 2016, Izzadeen and another Islamist militant were sentenced to two years in prison for breaching the Terrorism Act by leaving the UK without notifying the police, the BBC reported.
They were found on a train in Hungary that was headed for Bucharest, Romania, in Nov. 2015.
The attack unfolded at about 14.40 GMT when a single attacker drove a grey Hyundai i40 along a pavement over Westminster Bridge, near the Houses of Parliament in central London, killing at least two people and injuring many more.
The car then crashed into railings outside the Houses of Parliament.
The attacker, armed with a knife, ran to Parliament where he was confronted by an unarmed policeman who was stabbed and killed, being shot himself by other policemen that arrived at the scene.
