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London attack: Police name Khuram Butt and Rachid Redouane as two of three men responsible – latest updates London attack: Police name Khuram Butt and Rachid Redouane as two of three men responsible – latest updates
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More has come in on Antonis Filis, the London-resident Greek who sustained head injuries and knife wounds to his kidney in the attack.
The Greek embassy has released a statement saying it expects the 35-year old, who has been operated on, to be discharged from the London hospital where he is recovering by the end of the week. “The embassy and the ministry of foreign affairs will continue to stand by him and his family,” said the statement following a visit to his bedside by the Greek ambassador Dimitris Caramitsos-Tziras.
The envoy has ordered that the Greek flag be flown at half-mast from his embassy building to “honour the London terror attack victims and to express solidarity of Greece to the UK government and people of Britain”.
Filis, who was trained in the food industry, moved to London in search of employment at the height of Greece’s economic crisis in 2011.
Speaking to Lamia Report, a local news outlet in the central Greek town where Filis was raised, his parents said they had feared he might have been caught up in the attack.
“I wouldn’t wish it on any parent to be faced with the feeling that we had … he stared at death in the face,” his father, Giorgos, told the news website. “He said they were aiming for his carotid. With God’s help and with him throwing up his hand [in front of his face], he was hit on the head. If it had been a little bit lower, we don’t know what would have happened.”
Filis required eight stitches to his head and several hours of surgery for his kidney injury.
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Scotland Yard’s commissioner, Cressida Dick, says the authorities are confronting a “new reality” after the three terror attacks that have hit the UK in just 10 weeks.Scotland Yard’s commissioner, Cressida Dick, says the authorities are confronting a “new reality” after the three terror attacks that have hit the UK in just 10 weeks.
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Commander Mak Chishty, of the Metropolitan police, has delivered a statement on behalf of the capital’s Muslim community.Commander Mak Chishty, of the Metropolitan police, has delivered a statement on behalf of the capital’s Muslim community.
This terrorist attack is an attack on all communities, including Muslim communities.This terrorist attack is an attack on all communities, including Muslim communities.
Every time a terrorist attack takes place, Muslim communities either face or fear a backlash against them.Every time a terrorist attack takes place, Muslim communities either face or fear a backlash against them.
The Muslim community appeals to all sections within their own communities to root out the scourge of terrorism which hides amongst their own people and masquerades as Islam.The Muslim community appeals to all sections within their own communities to root out the scourge of terrorism which hides amongst their own people and masquerades as Islam.
The Muslim community is alarmed and concerned that this attack by three people … would have required planning and yet was not reported.The Muslim community is alarmed and concerned that this attack by three people … would have required planning and yet was not reported.
It is the Islamic duty of every Muslim to be loyal to the country in which they live and we are now asking questions - to understand how extremism and hatred has taken hold within some elements of our own communities.It is the Islamic duty of every Muslim to be loyal to the country in which they live and we are now asking questions - to understand how extremism and hatred has taken hold within some elements of our own communities.
Terrorism and extremism is hurting Islam. Muslims must do more to stop such attacks from happening again and we want to know how we can play a greater role in the future.Terrorism and extremism is hurting Islam. Muslims must do more to stop such attacks from happening again and we want to know how we can play a greater role in the future.
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Two French citizens are missing after the London Bridge and Borough Market attack and one has been confirmed dead, France’s foreign minister has said.Two French citizens are missing after the London Bridge and Borough Market attack and one has been confirmed dead, France’s foreign minister has said.
Jean-Yves Le Drian, who met the families of some of the injured on Monday afternoon, said at a brief press conference at the French embassy in London that six French nationals remained in hospital, including four in a critical condition. Two were discharged on Monday.Jean-Yves Le Drian, who met the families of some of the injured on Monday afternoon, said at a brief press conference at the French embassy in London that six French nationals remained in hospital, including four in a critical condition. Two were discharged on Monday.
Citing the ongoing investigation, Le Drian declined to name the victims, give details of their injuries or speculate about what could have happened to those who were missing.Citing the ongoing investigation, Le Drian declined to name the victims, give details of their injuries or speculate about what could have happened to those who were missing.
“I wanted to come to London to show that France is at Britain’s side,” he said. “The UK has been hit for the third time in less than three months by a terrorist attack. We wanted to show our solidarity to all families of the victims and show we are all concerned by this, and to express our profound compassion.”“I wanted to come to London to show that France is at Britain’s side,” he said. “The UK has been hit for the third time in less than three months by a terrorist attack. We wanted to show our solidarity to all families of the victims and show we are all concerned by this, and to express our profound compassion.”
He said he would meet his British counterpart, Boris Johnson, later on Monday evening to discuss reinforcing the two countries’ counter-terrorism cooperation. “One of top priorities is to fight against propaganda and radicalisation on the internet,” he said.He said he would meet his British counterpart, Boris Johnson, later on Monday evening to discuss reinforcing the two countries’ counter-terrorism cooperation. “One of top priorities is to fight against propaganda and radicalisation on the internet,” he said.
“What is at stake is democracy; what is at stake is liberty, our way of life, our values. Against those who want to destroy all that, we will fight without concession. They will not win. This is truly a global struggle.”“What is at stake is democracy; what is at stake is liberty, our way of life, our values. Against those who want to destroy all that, we will fight without concession. They will not win. This is truly a global struggle.”
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In the last half-hour or so a vigil has been taking place near Tower Bridge, in central London.In the last half-hour or so a vigil has been taking place near Tower Bridge, in central London.
The view of the crowds at the vigil from London Bridge pic.twitter.com/zdYvpCNOyOThe view of the crowds at the vigil from London Bridge pic.twitter.com/zdYvpCNOyO
People of all religions turning up to the vigil, including the chaplaincy team from Guys' hospital pic.twitter.com/IVC2emoAQqPeople of all religions turning up to the vigil, including the chaplaincy team from Guys' hospital pic.twitter.com/IVC2emoAQq
Residents have come to show solidarity at their local park where the vigil is being held. pic.twitter.com/mfcrwhTpAwResidents have come to show solidarity at their local park where the vigil is being held. pic.twitter.com/mfcrwhTpAw
Minute of silence for the victims of Saturday's attack in London. pic.twitter.com/LPyYzJhEVlMinute of silence for the victims of Saturday's attack in London. pic.twitter.com/LPyYzJhEVl
My colleague Hannah Ellis-Petersen was there. She reports that hundreds of people gathered in the shadow of city hall to pay their respects to all the victims of Saturday night’s attacks in Borough Market. Standing on stage flanked by the home secretary, Amber Rudd, and archbishop Justin Welby, Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, gave a short but powerful speech, proclaiming that “London will never be broken by terrorism”.My colleague Hannah Ellis-Petersen was there. She reports that hundreds of people gathered in the shadow of city hall to pay their respects to all the victims of Saturday night’s attacks in Borough Market. Standing on stage flanked by the home secretary, Amber Rudd, and archbishop Justin Welby, Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, gave a short but powerful speech, proclaiming that “London will never be broken by terrorism”.
The mayor said:The mayor said:
We are here in remembrance for the innocent lives lost and the people injured in the barbaric attack on our city on Saturday night.We are here in remembrance for the innocent lives lost and the people injured in the barbaric attack on our city on Saturday night.
London stands in defiance against this cowardly attack on our city, our people, our values and our way of life. I want to send a clear message to the sick and evil extremists who committed these hideous crimes. We will defeat you. You will not win.London stands in defiance against this cowardly attack on our city, our people, our values and our way of life. I want to send a clear message to the sick and evil extremists who committed these hideous crimes. We will defeat you. You will not win.
As a proud and patriotic British Muslim I say this: you do not commit these disgusting acts in my name. Your perverse ideology has nothing to do with the true values of Islam and you will never succeed in dividing our city.As a proud and patriotic British Muslim I say this: you do not commit these disgusting acts in my name. Your perverse ideology has nothing to do with the true values of Islam and you will never succeed in dividing our city.
Khan thanked the “courageous” emergency services and those Londoners who had risked their lives to help others caught up in the violence. He emphasised that while terror and sorrow had struck at the heart of London, the values of its citizens remained steadfast and that “the love you have for one another will also be greater than the hate of the extremists”.Khan thanked the “courageous” emergency services and those Londoners who had risked their lives to help others caught up in the violence. He emphasised that while terror and sorrow had struck at the heart of London, the values of its citizens remained steadfast and that “the love you have for one another will also be greater than the hate of the extremists”.
He added:He added:
This is our city, these are our values and this is our way of life. London will never be broken by terrorism and we will put up a fight against extremism and we will defeat the terrorists.This is our city, these are our values and this is our way of life. London will never be broken by terrorism and we will put up a fight against extremism and we will defeat the terrorists.
Cockney Keith, the big issue vendor outside London Bridge, is among those at the vigil "we live in scary times but this city is resilient" pic.twitter.com/2j9aK6kByPCockney Keith, the big issue vendor outside London Bridge, is among those at the vigil "we live in scary times but this city is resilient" pic.twitter.com/2j9aK6kByP
Hannah Jackson, 31 and Sam Williams, 31, brought their five-month-old baby Betsy to the vigil. They said it was an “act of unity and defiance. When these kinds of attacks are becoming more frequent in London, it feels so important for people from all different background and all different faiths to come together. We’ve just had a baby and we don’t want her to grow up in a city which is divided or defined by fear.”Hannah Jackson, 31 and Sam Williams, 31, brought their five-month-old baby Betsy to the vigil. They said it was an “act of unity and defiance. When these kinds of attacks are becoming more frequent in London, it feels so important for people from all different background and all different faiths to come together. We’ve just had a baby and we don’t want her to grow up in a city which is divided or defined by fear.”
They said they had been shaken by the fact the attacks had taken place in an area they went out in often. Jackson said:They said they had been shaken by the fact the attacks had taken place in an area they went out in often. Jackson said:
It could so easily have been us or people we knew. I can’t help but feel this will make people afraid, when they are specifically targeting innocent people who are going out and enjoying themselves. I am worried what it will do to the spirit of London.It could so easily have been us or people we knew. I can’t help but feel this will make people afraid, when they are specifically targeting innocent people who are going out and enjoying themselves. I am worried what it will do to the spirit of London.
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One of the terrorists who attacked London on Saturday, killing seven people, had been previously known to police and MI5.One of the terrorists who attacked London on Saturday, killing seven people, had been previously known to police and MI5.
Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer, assistant commissioner Mark Rowley admitted that Khuram Shazad Butt, 27, had been investigated in 2015 and that a member of the public had called the anti-terrorism hotline to raise concerns. But Rowley said no evidence had been found of attack planning or criminality and the investigation had dropped into the “lower echelons” of priorities for counter-terrorism investigators.Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer, assistant commissioner Mark Rowley admitted that Khuram Shazad Butt, 27, had been investigated in 2015 and that a member of the public had called the anti-terrorism hotline to raise concerns. But Rowley said no evidence had been found of attack planning or criminality and the investigation had dropped into the “lower echelons” of priorities for counter-terrorism investigators.
Police named the second attacker as Rachid Redouane, 30, who claimed to be Moroccan and Libyan. He was not known to police and MI5 before the attack on Saturday.Police named the second attacker as Rachid Redouane, 30, who claimed to be Moroccan and Libyan. He was not known to police and MI5 before the attack on Saturday.
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A statement from Scotland Yard said: “Khuram Shazad Butt was known to the police and MI5. However, there was no intelligence to suggest that this attack was being planned and the investigation had been prioritised accordingly. The other named man, Rachid Redouane, was not known.”A statement from Scotland Yard said: “Khuram Shazad Butt was known to the police and MI5. However, there was no intelligence to suggest that this attack was being planned and the investigation had been prioritised accordingly. The other named man, Rachid Redouane, was not known.”
The Met’s assistant commissioner, Mark Rowley, added:The Met’s assistant commissioner, Mark Rowley, added:
At any one time, MI5 and police are conducting around 500 active investigations, involving 3,000 subjects of interest. Additionally, there are around 20,000 individuals who are former subjects of interest, whose risk remains subject to review by MI5 and its partners.At any one time, MI5 and police are conducting around 500 active investigations, involving 3,000 subjects of interest. Additionally, there are around 20,000 individuals who are former subjects of interest, whose risk remains subject to review by MI5 and its partners.
The security and intelligence services and police have stopped 18 plots since 2013, including five since the Westminster attack two months ago.The security and intelligence services and police have stopped 18 plots since 2013, including five since the Westminster attack two months ago.
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Releasing the names of two of the three attackers, Scotland Yard said:Releasing the names of two of the three attackers, Scotland Yard said:
Khuram Shazad Butt, 27, (20.4.90), was a British citizen who was born in Pakistan. Rachid Redouane, 30 (31.7.86) had claimed to be Moroccan and Libyan. He also used the name Rachid Elkhdar, with a different date of birth of 31.7.91. Inquiries are ongoing to confirm the identity of their accomplice.Khuram Shazad Butt, 27, (20.4.90), was a British citizen who was born in Pakistan. Rachid Redouane, 30 (31.7.86) had claimed to be Moroccan and Libyan. He also used the name Rachid Elkhdar, with a different date of birth of 31.7.91. Inquiries are ongoing to confirm the identity of their accomplice.
Detectives would like to hear from anyone who has any information about these men that may assist them with the investigation. They are particularly keen to hear about places they may have frequented and their movements in the days and hours before the attack.Detectives would like to hear from anyone who has any information about these men that may assist them with the investigation. They are particularly keen to hear about places they may have frequented and their movements in the days and hours before the attack.
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Police have now released images of both of the attackers named so far: Khuram Butt (left) and Rachid Redouane (right).Police have now released images of both of the attackers named so far: Khuram Butt (left) and Rachid Redouane (right).
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Khuram Butt, one of the three jihadi attackers who killed seven people in London on Saturday, was a supporter of the banned Islamist group al-Muhajiroun who only last month was spotted urging people in east London not to participate in the general election.Khuram Butt, one of the three jihadi attackers who killed seven people in London on Saturday, was a supporter of the banned Islamist group al-Muhajiroun who only last month was spotted urging people in east London not to participate in the general election.
The 27-year old was described by locals in his neighbourhood of Barking, east London, as the son of parents from Jhelum, a town in Pakistan’s Punjab province. He is believed to have been brought up in Britain, become a keen supporter of Arsenal football club, whose shirt he wore during the attack, and to have spoken with a London accent. It is not clear whether he was born in the UK or abroad.The 27-year old was described by locals in his neighbourhood of Barking, east London, as the son of parents from Jhelum, a town in Pakistan’s Punjab province. He is believed to have been brought up in Britain, become a keen supporter of Arsenal football club, whose shirt he wore during the attack, and to have spoken with a London accent. It is not clear whether he was born in the UK or abroad.
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Khuram Butt, one of the London attackers, appeared in the Channel 4 documentary the Jihadis Next Door last year.
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The Met police’s assistant commissioner, Mark Rowley, said Butt was known to the security services but there was no evidence of “attack planning”.
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Police name two of the attackers
Scotland Yard has named two of the attackers as Khuram Shazad Butt, 27, and Rachid Redouane, both from Barking, in east London.
The third has not yet been named.
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A vigil for the victims of Saturday night’s attack is due to start in London in about 10 minutes.
People starting to arrive for the vigil near London Bridge. pic.twitter.com/BgERaWthmf
At the vigil for the London Bridge attack victims. Students from Eden Girls' School Waltham Forest have come to pay their respects pic.twitter.com/Y1gf4mooA1
Speaking to some of the women who have come to lay flowers here at the vigil. pic.twitter.com/NiM62ZxIbs
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Mohammed Kozbar, the chair of the Finsbury Park mosque in north London, told the Guardian that he was worried by Theresa May’s comments after the attack.
“The measures she might take could affect the whole community, not just extremists,” he said. “Muslims have to be part of the solution.”
The government must accept some blame for its failures to protect the public, he added. “The prime minister shouldn’t put all the blame on others when she’s been in the government for the past seven years. Does she expect us as Muslims to stop these things alone? It’s for all of us to do.”
Finsbury Park mosque was once considered a centre for extremists, but in the past 10 years it has become a model of community relations.
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Londoners will gather at 6pm at Potters Fields Park, next to City Hall, for a vigil honouring the victims of Saturday’s attack. Sadiq Khan announced the event in a statement on Sunday:
The mayor invites all Londoners – and everyone visiting our city – to come together in solidarity to remember those who have lost their lives in Saturday’s attack, to express sympathy with their families and loved ones and to show the world that we stand united in the face of those who seek to harm us and our way of life.
If you are at the vigil, we’d like to hear from you. Tell us about the event and share your stories and pictures via our callout – we’ll use some of them as part of our coverage.
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Harriet Sherwood
Faith leaders and representatives of civic and community groups came together under the banner of “One London One Community” at the East London mosque to condemn Saturday’s attack and call for unity.
Muhammad Habibur-Rahman, the mosque’s chair, said Londoners were united against “those who try to divide us”. He described the perpetrators as “evil terrorists” who espoused a “twisted narrative and perversion of the religion of Islam”.
The mosque had stopped extremists at the door, he said, but they “continue to harass out worshippers”.
He added:
Their hatred of mainstream Muslims rivals that of the extreme right.
Mehri Niknam, of the Joseph Interfaith Foundation, which comprises Jews and Muslims, welcomed condemnations of recent attacks but added:
To condemn is only halfway. We must also actively confront, loudly and clearly.
Adrian Newman, the Anglican bishop of Stepney, called on the public to reject “any tendency to scapegoat our Muslim neighbours”.
Sue Williams, the Tower Hamlets police commander, appealed to the Muslim community to “tell us who these people are. It is your duty as a citizen to tell us.”
Muslim women had faced abuse on public transport and local schools had cancelled outings for fear of a backlash in the aftermath of Saturday’s attack, said Sufia Alam, of the Maryam women’s centre.
Among more than a dozen speakers were two rabbis and representatives of Citizens UK, Stand Up to Racism and Forward Thinking.
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46 shots were fired by police officers during Saturday's attack
Vikram Dodd
The police watchdog, the IPCC said 46 shots in total were fired by eight police officers – three officers from City of London police and five from the Metropolitan Police Service.
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Here is the clip of Melissa McMullan, 30, tearfully telling Sky News that she believes her brother to be dead.
The sister of 32-year-old James McMullan says she believes he was killed in Saturday's attack in London pic.twitter.com/3WLv4XbU5w
She said:
This morning we received news from the police that my brother’s bank card was found on one of the bodies from Saturday night’s brutal attack. They are unable to formally identify him until the coroner’s report begins tomorrow.
While our pain will never diminish it is important for us to carry on with our lives in direct opposition to those who would try to destroy us, and remember that hatred is the refuge of small-minded individuals and will only breed more. This is not a course we will follow despite our loss.
She sent condolences to other people who lost loved ones in the attack and thanked the emergency services for their response. She described the attackers as “deranged and deluded”.
She added:
From his [James’s] friends who were with him on the night, they want everyone to know what a generous and caring friend he was. Words will never be able to match his essence. There will only ever be one James. Nowhere else will you find such humour and unique personality and someone who puts friends and family above all else. He was an inspiration.
McMullan, from Hackney, who was setting up an e-learning business, had not been seen since he stepped out of the Barrowboy and Banker pub on Borough High Street for a cigarette immediately before the attackers crashed their van directly outside. He had been meeting up with old school friends.
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The investigation and suspects
Police raided two more addresses early this morning, one in Newham and another in Barking. Police said a number of people had been detained and spoken to. The identities of three suspected attackers who shot dead in Borough Market will be released as soon as operationally possible, according to police.
An Irish identity card was reportedly found on one of the three attackers. The Metropolitan police commissioner, Cressida Dick, said there was “an international dimension” to the changing terrorist threat facing the UK, but the majority of recent attacks and plots have been domestic in focus.
Eleven people remain in custody as police continue to search properties in east London. One man was seen being led away as police continued to search a property in Dagenham, east London. Police also searched properties in Newham and Barking after early morning raids on Monday.
Questions have been asked about how much police and the intelligence services knew about the three men who carried out the attack. One neighbour told the Guardian she had reported one of the men to police two years ago after fears he was attempting to radicalise children.
Police cordons around London Bridge railway station were lifted earlier than planned. The bridge itself was open to traffic and pedestrians. New barriers have been erected on Westminster bridge to separate pedestrians from vehicles.
Victims
The family of James McMullan, 32, have said they believe he was among the seven people killed in Saturday’s attack, Sky News reported, making him the second victim to be named. He has not been seen since he became separated from his friends while smoking outside a bar, and his sister said his bank card was found on a body at the scene.
The first known victim of the attack was named as Christine Archibald, from Castlegar, Canada. In a statement, her family said: “We grieve the loss of our beautiful, loving daughter and sister. She had room in her heart for everyone and believed strongly that every person was to be valued and respected.”
A French man was also among those killed, according to the French foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian. A 39-year-old Spanish man is among those missing.
The number of people in critical care as a result of injuries sustained in the attack has fallen from 21 on Sunday to 18 today, NHS England has said. There remain 36 people being treated in hospital.
Four police officers were injured in the attack, including two on-duty Met officers. One of those injured was a British Transport Police officer, who was stabbed in the head as he he tried to foil the attack. Another was an off-duty Met officer, who remains in hospital in a serious condition.
Political reaction
Theresa May has dismissed claims that she underfunded the police when she was home secretary. In response to repeated questions about this, she said counter-terrorism budgets had been protected, that overall police budgets had been protected since 2015, and that the number of armed officers was increasing. (See 11.18pm.)
Steve Hilton, David Cameron’s former director of strategy, said May should resign because of her record. (See 8.59am.)
Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, also said May should resign, although he later clarified his position, saying people should vote her out of office on Thursday. (See 4.30pm.)
Corbyn insisted he has always defended the right of the police to shoot attackers in order to defend life. May used to speech in London to argue that Corbyn was unfit to be prime minister and that he had “opposed the use of shoot to kill”. Corbyn said claims that he opposed shoot to kill were based on a BBC report subsequently deemed inaccurate by the BBC Trust.
Donald Trump has launched a fresh attack on the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, on Twitter. (See 3.02pm.) Khan has chosen not to retaliate. Earlier, May said Khan was doing “an excellent job” as London mayor, but she said only reluctantly that Trump had been “wrong” to criticise Khan in a tweet he posted yesterday. (See 3.28pm.)
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