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| Another suspect has been arrested in connection with the London Bridge attack. The 29-year-old man was held during a raid at a residential address in Newham, east London, in the early hours of Friday, Scotland Yard said. | |
| The arrest brings to four the number of men being held in connection with Saturday’s attack, in which eight people died. | The arrest brings to four the number of men being held in connection with Saturday’s attack, in which eight people died. |
| The man arrested on Friday morning was taken to a south London police station while officers from the Metropolitan police’s counter-terrorism command searched the property. | The man arrested on Friday morning was taken to a south London police station while officers from the Metropolitan police’s counter-terrorism command searched the property. |
| A total of 17 people have now been arrested as part of the investigation. Twelve people held in the initial stages were released without charge earlier this week, while a man arrested in Ilford on Wednesday has been bailed. | A total of 17 people have now been arrested as part of the investigation. Twelve people held in the initial stages were released without charge earlier this week, while a man arrested in Ilford on Wednesday has been bailed. |
| A more in-depth profile of the perpetrators has continued to build up as the investigation spreads, including the role online material played in radicalising the attackers. | A more in-depth profile of the perpetrators has continued to build up as the investigation spreads, including the role online material played in radicalising the attackers. |
| Relatives of 27-year-old Khuram Butt said he drew inspiration from extremist videos on YouTube and wanted to fight in Syria but had his passport taken away by family. | Relatives of 27-year-old Khuram Butt said he drew inspiration from extremist videos on YouTube and wanted to fight in Syria but had his passport taken away by family. |
| Fahad Khan, 36, a cousin of Butt’s wife Zahrah Rehman, claimed his younger relative watched the hateful tirades of preachers online and supported the Islamic State terror group. | Fahad Khan, 36, a cousin of Butt’s wife Zahrah Rehman, claimed his younger relative watched the hateful tirades of preachers online and supported the Islamic State terror group. |
| He said: “Khuram, I know he was inspired by one of the sheikhs who was giving lectures on YouTube, and he belonged to one specific sector of Islam which had very rigid and strict views. Videos about fighting non-Muslims for no reasons, innocent non-Muslims. | |
| “He wanted to go to Syria, yes. I heard from [an] uncle that he wanted to go to Syria to fight, but because of the family pressure, or it might be the intervention by the authorities who seized his passport or whatever, he couldn’t go there.” | “He wanted to go to Syria, yes. I heard from [an] uncle that he wanted to go to Syria to fight, but because of the family pressure, or it might be the intervention by the authorities who seized his passport or whatever, he couldn’t go there.” |
| The internet was also described as a catalyst in the radicalisation of Butt’s co-conspirator Youssef Zaghba, 21, whose mother claimed: “He had the internet and from there he got everything.” | The internet was also described as a catalyst in the radicalisation of Butt’s co-conspirator Youssef Zaghba, 21, whose mother claimed: “He had the internet and from there he got everything.” |
| Along with Rachid Redouane, 30, the men were shot dead by armed police after spending eight minutes laying waste to the nightlife of south London. | Along with Rachid Redouane, 30, the men were shot dead by armed police after spending eight minutes laying waste to the nightlife of south London. |
| All eight people killed in the attack have been identified. There were three Frenchmen, two Australian women, one Canadian woman, one Spanish man and one British man. | All eight people killed in the attack have been identified. There were three Frenchmen, two Australian women, one Canadian woman, one Spanish man and one British man. |