IS claims London attacker was one of its 'soldiers'

Armed police officers stand guard as forensics officers work around a grey vehicle that crashed into the railings of the Houses of Parliament in central London. - AFP

LOS ANGELES: The so-called Islamic State group has claimed that the London attacker was a "soldier of the Islamic State," according to its Aaamaq news agency. 

The British-born terrorist killed three people close to the British Parliament on Wednesday before being shot dead by police. Forty more were injured in the attack.