London Attack Suspect Known as Abs Appeared in Film About Extremists
"He approached me about a week ago, making conversation,
and found out I’m moving home," Mr. Chigbo recalled in a phone interview on Sunday, before the police had officially identified Mr. Butts as one of the attackers.
Mr. Chigbo said small groups of three or four "Muslim guys" used to regularly visit Mr. Butt’s apartment.
He turned up in a Channel 4 documentary, "The Jihadis Next Door."
And now London’s Metropolitan Police have identified him as one of the three men who carried out the deadly terror attack on Saturday at London Bridge and Borough Market.
"He invited me and everyone to a barbecue in the block’s shared garden green area a week ago," Mr. Chigbo recalled.
that His wife just gave birth, the baby was two weeks old,
He had recalled how "he would always be in a religious gown to his shins, with tracksuit bottoms
and trainers underneath." But on Monday Mr. Chigbo identified Mr.
"They were always in religious robes and wearing red
and white checkered scarves wrapped around their heads." Police have raided several locations in Barking in the past two days, including the Elizabeth Fry Apartments.