Family of London attacker Khuram Butt 'appalled' at terror acts
The 27-year-old's relatives are urging people to "work together to stop the actions of the mindless few"after Saturday's atrocity.
Wednesday 7 June 2017 20:40, UK
The family of one of the London terrorists have said they are "shocked and appalled" at his killing spree and condemn his "mindless" actions.
Khuram Butt, 27, was one of the three men who killed eight people and injured 48 in their marauding van and knife attack near London Bridge on Saturday.
The former London Underground worker carried out the mass murder while wearing a hoax suicide vest over his Arsenal shirt.
In a statement, his family said: "As a family we are shocked and appalled by the actions of Khuram and his associates.
"We strongly condemn these actions. Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the victims and families at this time.
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"Now more than ever we need to work together to stop the actions of the mindless few who claim to be acting in the name of Islam."
Butt, who came to Britain as a child when his parents sought asylum from Pakistan, was known to police and MI5.
He lived in a ground floor flat in Barking, east London, and neighbours described the father-of-two as a keen gym-goer.
He appeared in a Channel 4 documentary called "The Jihadis Next Door" last year and was once asked to leave a mosque in east London for being disruptive.
Butt's family join relatives of the other two killers in condemning the London Bridge atrocity.
The Italian mother of Moroccan-born Youssef Zaghba, 22, .
Valeria Collina said: "I don't know if there is any sense in asking for forgiveness, but if there was then I would ask for it.
"There are no words to explain my feelings because it's such a horrible thing. It's something that should never happen."
She has pledged to spend the rest of her life combatting extremism.
The ex-partner of the third attacker Rachid Redouane, 30, .
Charisse O'Leary said: "I am deeply shocked, saddened and numbed by the actions of my ex-partner who has killed and injured so many innocent people."
The couple had been separated for six months but were in contact over their young daughter.
Redouane, who claimed to be Moroccan and Libyan, was found with an Irish ID card on his body after being gunned down by armed police.