News Digest: London terror suspect 'had planned Sudan holiday'; SA shock over death of 'paedophile ring' whistleblower

1. London terror suspect 'had planned Sudan holiday'


The brother of Salih Khater, the driver who rammed into a barrier outside the Houses of Parliament, in the UK capital, London, on Tuesday has described him as a "normal person" with no fanatical ideas and no links to any religious group.

Abdullah Khater told the BBC his brother had gone to the UK as a refugee from Sudan and was granted asylum.

He said the family were in "a state of shock" and Salih had been planning to visit Sudan for next week's Hajj holidays.

“Salih migrated to the UK soon after he’d graduated from university to improve the living conditions for himself and his family,” he said, adding that he was granted citizenship after seven years.

Salih had studied electrical engineering at the Sudan University of Science and Technology.    

. SA shock over death of 'paedophile ring' whistleblower

The publishers of a controversial book about an alleged South African apartheid-era paedophile ring say they are shocked by the death of the title’s co-author – just one week after its publication.

Mark Minnie was found dead on Monday – and police believe he took his own life.

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Tafelberg Publishers said they were last in touch with Mr Minnie on Sunday evening and that during the preceding week he had said "nothing to indicate he might harm himself".

He was excited about the publication of the book and the disclosure of allegations which, according to him, had been covered up for 30 years.

He said that the book was 'only the beginning' of the process to have justice prevail for the victims whose stories are told in the book