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Tuesday 6th-12th June 2017
Seven dead in London terrorist attack P
olice have carried out fresh raids and detained a number of people this morning in connection with the London Bridge terror attack. Twelve people were arrested on Sunday after an armed raid in Barking, east London. A further raid also took place in East Ham. Scotland Yard said police were searching two more east London addresses - one in Newham and another in Barking - after entering the properties at 4.15am. A number of people were being questioned, it said.
Seven people were killed and 48 injured in the attack on Saturday, with 21 fighting for their lives in hospital. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the London attacks on Sunday night as the first victim was named as Chrissy Archibald from Canada. It emerged earlier on Sunday that police fired an ‘unprecedented’ 50 bullets to kill the three London Bridge terrorists because they believed the attackers were wearing suicide belts, the country's head of counter-terrorism said. Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said a member of the public also received a gunshot wound in the hail of bullets from the eight officers. Pro-Islamic State social media users claimed the London attacks were revenge for the RAF’s ‘love from Manchester’ air strike, according to the Site intelligence monitoring group. A photograph emerged last week of an RAF bomb with the message “love from Manchester” written on it. It was on its way to strike Isil targets in Syria. According to Site, one Twitter user posted the image and wrote: “This is your merchandise and tonight we responded.”
Earlier, Theresa May warned that Britain is in the grip of a spate of copycat terror attacks in the wake of the London Bridge atrocity. The Prime Minister delivered a stark assessment of the threat facing the UK after seven people were murdered and dozens more injured by three terrorists on Saturday night. It was the third terrorist outrage to hit the country this year following the Westminster and Manchester attacks. Speaking outside Downing Street, Mrs
May said that although there was no direct link between the three incidents, ‘terrorism breeds terrorism’. New figures from NHS England show that of 48 people taken to hospital on Saturday night, 36 are currently being cared for in central London hospitals. Of these, 21 remain in a critical condition. Appalling Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick condemned the atrocity as
‘appalling’ and ‘ghastly’. She said police believe there were three attackers at London Bridge and Borough Market and that all had been ‘neutralised’. Attackers brought carnage to the streets of the capital, stabbing a police officer and revellers with 12-inch knives, reportedly shouting “this is for Allah”. The trio were pictured wearing what appeared to be explosive vests, with police later confirming they were hoaxes. Police were called at around 10.08pm to reports of a vehicle striking pedestrians on London Bridge. The white van then continued to drive to Borough Market. Three men then left the vehicle and began to stab people, including a British Transport Police Officer; The suspects were confronted and shot by police at Borough Market within eight minutes of the first call being made.