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This is Kharum Butt working freely on the London Underground - despite having starred in The Jihadi Next Door documentary.

The maniac knifeman worked at Westminster Tube station and had privileged access to tunnels under the Houses of Parliament.

The 27-year-old, who hid his fanaticism from colleagues, also worked at Canada Water station in the Docklands.

Incredibly, Butt was eventually sacked for poor attendance - not for being an Islamist fanatic, it was claimed last night.

Posing in an orange hi-viz jacket and blue uniform, Butt could be any one of thousands of London Underground staff who help keep the public safe

Khuram Butt, pictured, who was one of three terrorists shot dead by police after launching a deadly attack on London Bridge

This photograph was taken in May 2016 at West Kensington station during his training period. Posing in an orange hi-viz jacket and blue uniform, he could be any one of thousands of London Underground staff who help keep the public safe.

Yet the year previously he had featured in Channel 4’s shock documentary about British jihadis.

Last night a former colleague told the Mail: ‘He went to Westminster, then Canada Water, then didn’t pass his probation period.

‘It was well known that he had appeared in this extremist documentary - but he was asked to leave London Underground not because of that, but due to poor attendance.

‘We are now asking ourselves if he was planning something on the job? The intel he will have picked up about Parliament, and the movements of MPs travelling through the station, would potentially be of great value. Maybe he was planning some sort of spectacular there.’

Two of the three terrorists - Khuram Butt (left) and Rachid Redouane (right) - who massacred seven people in a rampage which started on London Bridge on Saturday night

Khuram Butt, 27, a married father of two, appeared on the Channel 4 documentary The Jihadi Next Door (left) and wore an Arsenal shirt (right) during the attack on Saturday

The source claimed Butt’s other duties including working as part of a Station Response Team staffing special events such as the football at Wembley Stadium.

They added: ‘He was a very quiet and unassuming guy. I spoke to him at length about life and his beliefs. He was definitely religiously observant, but seemingly no more than anyone else.’

Another former colleague claimed Butt passed vetting procedures to work at Westminster despite the video. ‘All you have to do is to pay £20 for a local police station to give you a piece of paper saying they have given you the all clear. I doubt it goes anywhere near MI5.’

Transport for London said Butt had worked there from May to October last year.

Last night a spokesman for TfL declined to comment

Butt and his fellow murderers were shot dead inside Borough Market and wore fake suicide vests as they ran down people with a white van and then stabbed and slashed at people

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