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Live updates: Westminster attack investigation

Police and intelligence agencies are mounting a massive investigation to establish what led Khalid Masood to carry out the attack on Westminster.

There have also been calls for security services to get access to encrypted messages such as WhatsApp after it emerged that Masood used the messaging service moments before the attack.

Here is the latest on what we know:

  • Police have arrested a 30-year-old man in Birmingham in connection with the attack
  • Another man of 58 who was arrested on Thursday remains in custody
  • Scotland Yard have said the attack was over in just 82 seconds
  • They believe Masood acted alone and it may never be known why he did it
  • Masood ploughed a Hyundai i40 across Westminster Bridge and stormed the Parliamentary estate armed with two knives, fatally stabbing Pc Keith Palmer before being shot dead by police
  • Three other innocent people died in the attack on Wednesday
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Masood used his real identity during 'normal' stay at hotel

Khalid Masood's hotel room at the Preston Park Hotel in Brighton. Credit: ITV News

This is the hotel room where Westminster attacker Khalid Masood stayed before heading up to commit the atrocity in central London.

Masood gave staff no suspicion of his intentions as he happily checked in and out of the Preston Park Hotel in Brighton on the eve of Wednesday's attack.

The 52-year-old, who had used aliases during his adult life, also made no attempt to hide his identity during the stay, supplying the hotel with his accurate name and address.

The 52-year-old stayed in the hotel on the eve of the Westminster attack. Credit: ITV News
Hotel staff said he checked in and out of the £40-a-night hotel without any suspicion. Credit: ITV News
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