The spokesman said, "We confirm that, at the request of the Pakistan government, a small team of officers from the MPS Counter Terrorism Command will be traveling to Pakistan to provide support and assistance in the investigation into the death of Benazir Bhutto." Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday night announced that he has sought help from the Scotland Yard for the investigations into the assassination of Bhutto.
Scotland Yard also conceded that they may "never understand" the 52-year-old attacker's motive.
Scotland Yard's War Crimes Team, which is part of its Counter-Terrorism Command, has launched an investigation into the role of British mercenaries in fighting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels in Sri Lanka during the 1980s.
The total number of arrests in the case has increased to six.
Ahmed Hassan, believed to be of Middle Eastern origin, was named by Scotland Yard as officers produced him before Westminster Magistrates' Court.
A machete-wielding man who stabbed three men at London Underground train station on Saturday has been charged with attempted murder.
Stepping up its investigation into the "appalling" attack on Lt Gen (Retd) K S Brar in London, the Scotland Yard on Friday arrested eight more people, taking to 15 the number of those held after the assault on the 'Operation Blue Star' hero.
Earlier, an 18-year-old man was arrested in the port area of Dover. None of the suspects have been named.
These devices, at this early stage of the investigation, appear capable of igniting an initially small fire when opened, the Metropolitan Police said.
Scotland Yard's Counter-Terrorism Command investigating the attack arrested the 25-year-old from Newport.
Two people at the scene were treated for injuries after the vehicle crashed into the large steel barriers erected around the Houses of Parliament complex.
An Indian-origin convert to Islam has skipped bail to flee Britain and is believed to be now living under the Islamic State in Syria.
Attackers' efforts to hire the bigger truck failed when his payment was declined.
This is the first terrorist attack on British soil since the murder of fusilier Lee Rigby in May, 2013.
Scotland Yard said the incident is being treated as possible terror offence.
Altaf Hussain has been arrested in relation to the hate speech of 2016 in which he had urged his followers to take the law into their own hands, it said.
The 29-year-old, who has studied electrical engineering in Sudan, lived in Birmingham's Sparkhill district. He describes himself as a shop manager.
The incident in Streatham was part of an active counter-terror operation during which the male suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. A device strapped on his body was later established as fake at the end of the attack, which counter-terror officers believe to be "Islamist-related".
Scotland Yard has launched an investigation after a 26-year-old man stopped his car and then wielded a large knife.
The police identified 2 of London attackers as Khuram Shazad Butt and Rachid Redouane.
The police is investigating whether it was 'accidental or deliberate'.
