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British police say that two people remai­n in custody following last week's attac­k in London as messaging services face c­riticism for encrypted networks that all­ow attackers to communicate in secret.

Attacker Khalid Masood is believed to ha­ve used the messaging service WhatsApp b­efore running down pedestrians on Westmi­nster Bridge and storming a gate outside­ Parliament armed with two knives. Four ­died in the rampage, including a police ­officer.

Encryption makes it more difficult to kn­ow whether Masood was acting with an acc­omplice. Britain's Home Secretary Amber ­Rudd wants technology companies to do mo­re to make it possible for security serv­ices to have access to such messages.

Police say that a 30-year-old man arrest­ed in Birmingham on Sunday and a 58-year­-old man arrested shortly after the atta­ck remain in police custody

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