U.K. police have identified the dead suspect in Friday’s knife attack near London Bridge as Usman Khan, 28, from Staffordshire.

The attack left three people, including the suspect, dead. Two people died after being stabbed.

The attack took place just before 2 p.m. local time in central London, and has been termed a “terrorist incident.” 

Metropolitan Police issued a statement just after midnight local time. 

“We are now in a position to confirm the identity of the suspect as 28-year-old Usman Khan, who had been residing in the Staffordshire area,” the agency’s assistant commissioner Neil Basu said in the statement.

“As a result, officers are, tonight, carrying out searches at an address in Staffordshire.”

Basu said police are not “actively seeking anyone else” for this attack.

Convicted in 2012 for terrorism offences, Khan was known to U.K. authorities, Basu said.

“He was released from prison in December 2018 on licence and clearly, a key line of enquiry now is to establish how he came to carry out this attack,” he said.

A person who is released on licence is subject to conditions for the duration of their sentence after leaving prison. The Times newspaper reported that Khan had agreed to wear an electronic tag.

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