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		</div><p>The wife of Westminster attacker Khalid Masood has said she is &#8220;saddened and shocked&#8221; by the atrocity, saying she &#8220;condemns&#8221; his actions.</p>
<p>Rohey Hydara spoke out after Masood&#8217;s mother, Janet Ajao, said she had &#8220;shed many tears&#8221; for her son&#8217;s victims. In a statement released through the Metropolitan Police, Ms Hydara said: &#8220;I am saddened and shocked by what Khalid has done. I totally condemn his actions.</p>
<p>&#8220;I express my condolences to the families of the victims that have died, and wish a speedy recovery to all the injured. &#8220;I would like to request privacy for our family, especially the children, at this difficult time.&#8221;</p>
<p>Masood killed four people in an 82-second rampage in Westminster last Wednesday. The 52-year-old was shot dead by armed police after fatally knifing Pc Keith Palmer, 48, in the Palace of Westminster&#8217;s cobbled forecourt.</p>
<p>St Thomas&#8217; Hospital said a woman it was treating in the wake of the attack has now been discharged, following a male patient who left on Thursday.</p>
<p>Twelve people are still being treated at hospitals across London, while 18 have been discharged.<br />
Separate inquests into the deaths of the killer and his victims will begin this week.</p>
<p>IS called Masood &#8220;a soldier of the Islamic State&#8221; following the attack, but the announcement was greeted with scepticism from commentators, with many noting that the terror group has a record of opportunistically claiming attacks.</p>
<p>Scotland Yard has said there is &#8220;no evidence&#8221; that the Muslim convert was linked to Islamic State or al Qaida. His mother said she is &#8220;deeply shocked, saddened and numbed&#8221; by her son&#8217;s actions.</p>
<p>Mrs Ajao said she had &#8220;shed many tears&#8221; for the victims and did not condone the attack or the beliefs that led Masood to commit the &#8220;atrocity&#8221;.</p>
<p>She said: &#8220;I am so deeply shocked, saddened and numbed by the actions my son has taken that have killed and injured innocent people in Westminster.</p>
<p>&#8220;Since discovering that it was my son that was responsible I have shed many tears for the people caught up in this horrendous incident. &#8220;I wish to make it absolutely clear, so there can be no doubt, I do not condone his actions nor support the beliefs he held that led to him committing this atrocity.</p>
<p>&#8220;I wish to thank my friends, family and community from the bottom of my heart for the love and support given to us.&#8221; Scotland Yard said that, while it had not found evidence linking Masood to the group, he &#8220;clearly&#8221; had an interest in jihad.</p>
<p>Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, the senior national co-ordinator for UK counter-terrorism policing, said: &#8220;His attack method appears to be based on low sophistication, low-tech, low-cost techniques copied from other attacks, and echo the rhetoric of IS leaders in terms of methodology and attacking police and civilians, but at this stage I have no evidence he discussed this with others.</p>
<p>&#8220;There is no evidence that Masood was radicalised in prison in 2003, as has been suggested. This is pure speculation at this time. &#8220;Whilst I have found no evidence of an association with IS or AQ (al Qaida), there is clearly an interest in jihad.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Basu went on: &#8220;There has been much speculation about who Masood was in contact with immediately prior to the attack. &#8220;All I will say on this point is that Masood&#8217;s communications that day are a main line of inquiry.</p>
<p>&#8220;If you heard from him on March 22, please come forward now, the information you have may prove important to establishing his state of mind. &#8220;I know when, where and how Masood committed his atrocities, but now I need to know why. Most importantly, so do the victims and families.&#8221;</p>
<p>Reports have claimed Masood&#8217;s phone connected with encrypted messaging service WhatsApp just before the atrocity, sparking debate over authorities&#8217; capacity to intercept suspects&#8217; communications.<br />
WhatsApp has said it is &#8220;co-operating with law enforcement as they continue their investigations&#8221;.</p>
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