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| London attacks: 'No evidence' Italians shared information on third attacker, say intelligence services | London attacks: 'No evidence' Italians shared information on third attacker, say intelligence services |
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| The Press Association is reporting more details of London Bridge attacker Rachid Redouane. | |
| Terrorist Rachid Redouane married British woman Charisse Ann O’Leary in November 2012 and gave an address in Rathmines, Dublin. | |
| He left the country at some point and is believed to have lived in Ireland again in 2015. | |
| Redouane was never under surveillance by Irish authorities and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald urged caution over speculating about his movements as the terror investigation continues. | |
| Fitzgerald said they could not comment on the movements of people who could ahve been involved in the attack. She sought to assure the public that “everything required is being done” | |
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| Rachid Redouane is believed by members of the Moroccan community to be a bogus name as it is a combination of two common first names. | |
| The killer gave the date of birth of July 31 1986 for his marriage certificate in Ireland but according to the Met he also used an alias, Rachid Elkhdar, and the later birthday of July 31 1991. | |
| Redouane was described on his marriage certificate as a pastry chef. | |
| Ireland’s terror threat level states that an incident is possible but unlikely and there is no specific information of a threat from international terrorism. | |
| Fitzgerald also defended Ireland’s ability to deal with a terrorist attack after the level of training and preparations for front-line responders was criticised. She said: | |
| The gardai have in place the necessary operational measures in terms of intelligence, a well-trained and equipped special intervention capability and other national support resources. They are supported in this, as needed, by the considerable skills and resources of the Defence Forces. | |
| The necessary resources and supports are being given to An Garda Siochana. | |
| The PA report continues: | |
| Meanwhile, gardai were preparing a case file after a man was arrested and later released without charge over the discovery of ID documents in Rachid Redouane’s name in Limerick. | |
| The Director of Public Prosecutions will be asked to assess if he should be charged in relation to offences under theft and fraud laws, a spokesman said. | |
| Redouane is known to have lived in Ireland at different times over the last number of years. He married Ms O’Leary at the office of the Civil Registration Service at Sir Patrick Dun’s Hospital in Dublin. | |
| It is not clear when he came to the Republic or how long he stayed but it is believed he used Irish jurisdiction to get a European Union permit which allowed him to be in the UK. He is also thought to have travelled to Morocco after leaving Ireland before settling in the UK. | |
| He returned to Ireland in 2015, again for an unknown length of time but Taoiseach Enda Kenny said he was not one of a small number of radicals under surveillance in Ireland. | |
| An Irish security source described the killer as having “extensive immigration history related to the UK”. | |
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| Matthew Taylor | |
| Neighbours near the Ilford address that was raided in the early hours of Tuesday morning say the property belonged to a “nice and quiet” woman and her child. | |
| Neighbours said unarmed officers arrived at the house in Fairfield Road, Ilford, at around 1am on Tuesday. | |
| According to residents, a woman and child of Pakistani heritage had rented the property, which is half a mile from the home of one of the attackers, Khuram Butt. Police say no one was arrested following the raid. | |
| Neighbour Foyez Rahman, 55, said: “There was a woman and child living there who were nice and quiet … they moved in maybe a year ago.” | |
| None of the residents the Guardian spoke to recognised the pictures of the three attackers. | |
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| The anti-extremism organisation the Quilliam Foundation has said it reported the London Bridge attacker Khuram Butt to counter-terrorism authorities almost a year ago. | |
| Butt was involved in a “violent scuffle” with the foundation’s Dr Usama Hasan at a July 2016 event to mark Eid, the end of Ramadan. The organisation said that after reporting Butt they were “informed that Butt was already known to intelligence”. | |
| Butt, who attended the event with his wife and young son, approached Hasan, who was with his family, and accused him of being an apostate who took “government money to spy on Muslims”. | |
| He also attacked him for supporting gay marriage and the idea that “we come from apes”. | |
| A scuffle broke out and Butt lunged twice at Hassan, said the organisation. | |
| Quilliam’s chief executive, Haras Rafiq, said its report should have been taken more seriously as it came from a counter-terrorism group rather than a member of the public. | |
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| Although the police and security services have done a great job of keeping us safe in the past and are under-resourced against the sheer volume of the threat, on this instance, there are questions to be answered. It’s one thing when someone from the general public reports an individual as a violent extremist, but when experienced experts who are involved in deradicalizing jihadists – as Dr Hasan is – report them, a caution is not enough. | |
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| The Muslim community in Barking had highlighted concerns about the London Bridge attacker Khuram Shazad Butt, who is thought to have once attended the Jabir Bin Zayd Islamic Centre in Barking, according to a community leader. | |
| Ash Siddique, the secretary of al-Madina mosque in Barking, which is close to centre, said concerns were raised about Butt on three occasions, the Press Association reported. He said: | |
| What’s emerging is that on three occasions the community highlighted concerns about this individual. He was on tape in a documentary made by Channel 4 several years ago | What’s emerging is that on three occasions the community highlighted concerns about this individual. He was on tape in a documentary made by Channel 4 several years ago |
| So those concerns I think were in the public domain and highlighted as they should have been. The failings were not on the part of the community - the community has done what it is supposed to do. | So those concerns I think were in the public domain and highlighted as they should have been. The failings were not on the part of the community - the community has done what it is supposed to do. |
| Siddique said Muslim women in Barking had been the target of physical and verbal abuse since the London Bridge attacks; one woman had been grabbed around the throat at a bus stop, he said. | |
| I would not describe it as a backlash. We’ve had a number of incidents where ladies coming to the mosque have been attacked. One lady was at the bus stop and she was grabbed around the throat. We’ve reported that matter to the police. | I would not describe it as a backlash. We’ve had a number of incidents where ladies coming to the mosque have been attacked. One lady was at the bus stop and she was grabbed around the throat. We’ve reported that matter to the police. |
| We’ve had a number of ladies who have been verbally abused and a number of ladies who have been spat on. We’ve had a couple of telephone calls, physical threats - ‘we are going to attack you’ and that sort of thing. | We’ve had a number of ladies who have been verbally abused and a number of ladies who have been spat on. We’ve had a couple of telephone calls, physical threats - ‘we are going to attack you’ and that sort of thing. |
| Perhaps that’s to be expected after a major event like this but it’s still disconcerting for those individuals involved. To be honest with you, it’s par for the course of being a Muslim in the UK today. | Perhaps that’s to be expected after a major event like this but it’s still disconcerting for those individuals involved. To be honest with you, it’s par for the course of being a Muslim in the UK today. |
| Al-Madina mosque is near to the Jabir Bin Zayd Islamic Centre that Butt was thought to have once attended. Siddique said he did not believe Butt had visited the mosque. | |
| As far as I’m aware, no. To be honest with you, sometimes we have 1,000 people here so he could have come here but as far as we know, I’ve asked some of my colleagues and the people that work here and nobody seems to recognise him. | As far as I’m aware, no. To be honest with you, sometimes we have 1,000 people here so he could have come here but as far as we know, I’ve asked some of my colleagues and the people that work here and nobody seems to recognise him. |
| Siddique said he understood police and security services had an “enormously difficult job” and that terrorists “just need to get lucky once”. | Siddique said he understood police and security services had an “enormously difficult job” and that terrorists “just need to get lucky once”. |
| The east London community had “felt terrorism” following the death of Shahara Islam, 20, a bank cashier from Plaistow, who was killed in the 7/7 bombings after boarding the number 30 bus. | The east London community had “felt terrorism” following the death of Shahara Islam, 20, a bank cashier from Plaistow, who was killed in the 7/7 bombings after boarding the number 30 bus. |
| It’s a community that feels that it is under siege because in 7/7 when the bombings went off on the trains, we lost a daughter. So we’ve felt terrorism and the effects of terrorism in this community first-hand and at the same time when this happens, you get the finger pointed at you. | It’s a community that feels that it is under siege because in 7/7 when the bombings went off on the trains, we lost a daughter. So we’ve felt terrorism and the effects of terrorism in this community first-hand and at the same time when this happens, you get the finger pointed at you. |
| Asked what Theresa May meant when she said during a speech in Downing Street that there had been “too much tolerance of extremism”, he said: | Asked what Theresa May meant when she said during a speech in Downing Street that there had been “too much tolerance of extremism”, he said: |
| I don’t know. Honestly, I don’t know. It does make me worry because she said ‘enough is enough’. What more are we going to do? As a community, we are always asked the question when this sort of thing happens. What has the Muslim community done?’. Well, I’ll tell you what the Muslim community did on this occasion. People in the Muslim community told the authorities that this individual was of concern. We did our part. | I don’t know. Honestly, I don’t know. It does make me worry because she said ‘enough is enough’. What more are we going to do? As a community, we are always asked the question when this sort of thing happens. What has the Muslim community done?’. Well, I’ll tell you what the Muslim community did on this occasion. People in the Muslim community told the authorities that this individual was of concern. We did our part. |
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| Southwark cathedral dean says community in deep shock | Southwark cathedral dean says community in deep shock |
| Harriet Sherwood | Harriet Sherwood |
| Southwark cathedral remains inaccessible within the police cordon in the London Bridge/Borough area while officers continue to collect forensic evidence. | Southwark cathedral remains inaccessible within the police cordon in the London Bridge/Borough area while officers continue to collect forensic evidence. |
| “We don’t know when we’ll be able to get back in; we can’t make any definite plans at the moment,” Andrew Nunn, the cathedral’s dean, told the Guardian. | “We don’t know when we’ll be able to get back in; we can’t make any definite plans at the moment,” Andrew Nunn, the cathedral’s dean, told the Guardian. |
| He and colleagues spent this morning talking to traders and small businesses who normally operate in Borough market. “People who were working on Saturday night are still shocked and upset. Some are concerned because they are small businesses which can’t trade,” said Nunn. | He and colleagues spent this morning talking to traders and small businesses who normally operate in Borough market. “People who were working on Saturday night are still shocked and upset. Some are concerned because they are small businesses which can’t trade,” said Nunn. |
| “There are residents who still can’t get to their homes, they are displaced. The personal impact of this has been different to Westminster in many way, because this attack took place in the heart of a very real and mixed community. Emotions are running very high.” | “There are residents who still can’t get to their homes, they are displaced. The personal impact of this has been different to Westminster in many way, because this attack took place in the heart of a very real and mixed community. Emotions are running very high.” |
| The cathedral has been holding its regular daily services in local churches outside the cordon. “You can minister on the streets, but you can’t welcome people in. The cathedral has been here for 1,400 years, and the market for 1,000 years, so we’re deeply embedded in the area. The cathedral is normally a focal point. It is also our workplace and the tool of our trade.” | The cathedral has been holding its regular daily services in local churches outside the cordon. “You can minister on the streets, but you can’t welcome people in. The cathedral has been here for 1,400 years, and the market for 1,000 years, so we’re deeply embedded in the area. The cathedral is normally a focal point. It is also our workplace and the tool of our trade.” |
| Nunn and his colleagues are co-operating with the police and fully understand the need for the cordon, he said. “But of course we want to re-inhabit the space and bring it back to normality. We want to get our doors open again.” | Nunn and his colleagues are co-operating with the police and fully understand the need for the cordon, he said. “But of course we want to re-inhabit the space and bring it back to normality. We want to get our doors open again.” |
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| French police say the incident at Notre Dame is “under control”. | French police say the incident at Notre Dame is “under control”. |
| 🔴 Parvis de #NotreDame Situation maîtrisée, un policier blessé, l'auteur des faits a été neutralisé et orienté vers un hôpital | 🔴 Parvis de #NotreDame Situation maîtrisée, un policier blessé, l'auteur des faits a été neutralisé et orienté vers un hôpital |
| 🔴 Parvis de #NotreDame Le public confiné lors de l'intervention va être progressivement autorisé à sortir après les vérifications d'usage | 🔴 Parvis de #NotreDame Le public confiné lors de l'intervention va être progressivement autorisé à sortir après les vérifications d'usage |
| They tweeted: “An officer was injured, the accused was neutralised and taken to hospital.” | They tweeted: “An officer was injured, the accused was neutralised and taken to hospital.” |
| People who were initially kept inside the cathedral are now being allowed to leave after checks. | People who were initially kept inside the cathedral are now being allowed to leave after checks. |
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| Italian counter-terrorist agencies play down information sharing | |
| Ewen MacAskill | Ewen MacAskill |
| Italian counter-terrorist agencies are playing down the extent to which they shared information with British security and police about one of the London Bridge attacker, Youssef Zaghba. | |
| If the security services had been alerted by the Italians and failed to act on the information, it would have been a major embarrassment to be added to the list of missed opportunities to have prevented the attack. The UK security services are to conduct an inquiry into their handling of the London attack. | If the security services had been alerted by the Italians and failed to act on the information, it would have been a major embarrassment to be added to the list of missed opportunities to have prevented the attack. The UK security services are to conduct an inquiry into their handling of the London attack. |
| According to Italian newspaper report, quoting Italian intelligence sources, he was stopped at Bologna airport last year bound for Syria via Turkey and told officials: “I am going to be a terrorist.” The newspapers said the information had been shared with the British and that he had been placed on a ‘watchlist’. | According to Italian newspaper report, quoting Italian intelligence sources, he was stopped at Bologna airport last year bound for Syria via Turkey and told officials: “I am going to be a terrorist.” The newspapers said the information had been shared with the British and that he had been placed on a ‘watchlist’. |
| An Italian intelligence anti-terrorism office told the Guardian the country’s anti-terrorism office based in Rome sent an alert to MI5, the UK’s domestic intelligence agency. This could have been done by directly sending a dossier or placing Zaghba’s name on a European-wide intelligence-sharing database of potential jihadis. | An Italian intelligence anti-terrorism office told the Guardian the country’s anti-terrorism office based in Rome sent an alert to MI5, the UK’s domestic intelligence agency. This could have been done by directly sending a dossier or placing Zaghba’s name on a European-wide intelligence-sharing database of potential jihadis. |
| The UK security services, which includes counter-terrorism police and the intelligence agencies, have found no such alert or direct communication and are puzzled by the description ‘watchlist’. Although one of the three attackers was on a list of 23,000 subjects of interest, Zaghba was not on it. | The UK security services, which includes counter-terrorism police and the intelligence agencies, have found no such alert or direct communication and are puzzled by the description ‘watchlist’. Although one of the three attackers was on a list of 23,000 subjects of interest, Zaghba was not on it. |
| An Italian diplomatic source, seeking to clear up the apparent discrepancy between the Italian press accounts and the UK security services, said Zaghba, who had been living in Casablanca until March 2016 before returning to Italy, had been stopped during a routine search and found to have jihadi material. | An Italian diplomatic source, seeking to clear up the apparent discrepancy between the Italian press accounts and the UK security services, said Zaghba, who had been living in Casablanca until March 2016 before returning to Italy, had been stopped during a routine search and found to have jihadi material. |
| The source said that the information had been uploaded onto a European database, one to which several names a day were sent, highlighting Zaghba as a subject of risk of being radicalised. | The source said that the information had been uploaded onto a European database, one to which several names a day were sent, highlighting Zaghba as a subject of risk of being radicalised. |
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| Paris police shoot 'lone attacker with hammer' at Notre Dame cathedral | Paris police shoot 'lone attacker with hammer' at Notre Dame cathedral |
| BFMTV are reporting that the assailant attacked two police officers and that the reported explosions appear to have been gunshots fired at the attacker, who is said to be injured in the throat. | BFMTV are reporting that the assailant attacked two police officers and that the reported explosions appear to have been gunshots fired at the attacker, who is said to be injured in the throat. |
| Sky News are reporting that the attacker is “inert” on the floor, though they may have been told to remain still. | Sky News are reporting that the attacker is “inert” on the floor, though they may have been told to remain still. |
| The area has been cordoned off while police carry out security checks. But the scene is currently calm and police have confirmed that there was one lone attacker with a hammer. | The area has been cordoned off while police carry out security checks. But the scene is currently calm and police have confirmed that there was one lone attacker with a hammer. |
| Shooting heard in area of #Paris Notre Dame cathedral minutes ago pic.twitter.com/YGo485cORT | Shooting heard in area of #Paris Notre Dame cathedral minutes ago pic.twitter.com/YGo485cORT |
| Sky News spoke to one tourist, Robbie who was inside the cathedral when the incident happened. | Sky News spoke to one tourist, Robbie who was inside the cathedral when the incident happened. |
| He said: “Everyone is calm, everyone is sat down, an announcement right now is asking everyone to stay calm until we know what is happening outside. | He said: “Everyone is calm, everyone is sat down, an announcement right now is asking everyone to stay calm until we know what is happening outside. |
| He said he had been prevented from leaving the cathedral because of the incident. | He said he had been prevented from leaving the cathedral because of the incident. |
| “A man I spoke to said he’d run inside because he’d heard gunshots and everyone ran in at the same time,” he said. | “A man I spoke to said he’d run inside because he’d heard gunshots and everyone ran in at the same time,” he said. |
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| 15:52 | 15:52 |
| Jon Henley | Jon Henley |
| Contacted by FranceInfo, journalist David Rahul Métreau, who was at the scene, said he heard two detonations that provoked panic in the crowds near the cathedral. The police officer who was attacked responded by firing on the man, who is lying on the ground injured, but reportedly still alive. | Contacted by FranceInfo, journalist David Rahul Métreau, who was at the scene, said he heard two detonations that provoked panic in the crowds near the cathedral. The police officer who was attacked responded by firing on the man, who is lying on the ground injured, but reportedly still alive. |
| The police officer is believed to be also injured, but alive. | The police officer is believed to be also injured, but alive. |
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| More reports from Paris suggesting a policeman was attacked by a hammer and responded with gunfire, this can’t be verified for the moment. Some tweets have come out saying people are trapped in the cathedral. | More reports from Paris suggesting a policeman was attacked by a hammer and responded with gunfire, this can’t be verified for the moment. Some tweets have come out saying people are trapped in the cathedral. |
| It is understood that the assailant has been shot, but is not dead. | It is understood that the assailant has been shot, but is not dead. |
| We're trapped in Notre-Dame de Paris, something is happening outside. Police sirens can be heard. They are not letting anyone in or out | We're trapped in Notre-Dame de Paris, something is happening outside. Police sirens can be heard. They are not letting anyone in or out |
| Un homme a tenté d'attaquer un policier sur le parvis de Notre Dame. Le policier a riposté . | Un homme a tenté d'attaquer un policier sur le parvis de Notre Dame. Le policier a riposté . |
| L'assaillant semble avoir tenté de frapper le policier avec un marteau | L'assaillant semble avoir tenté de frapper le policier avec un marteau |
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| at 3.58pm BST | at 3.58pm BST |