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Revision as of 21:09, 4 June 2017

51°30′29″N 0°05′16″W / 51.50806°N 0.08778°W / 51.50806; -0.08778

June 2017 London attack
Part of Terrorism in the United Kingdom and Islamic terrorism in Europe (2014–present)
London Bridge at night
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LocationLondon Bridge
Borough Market
London, United Kingdom
Date3 June 2017; 7 years ago (2017-06-03)
21:58 - 22:15 (BST)
Attack type
Vehicle-ramming attack, stabbing
WeaponsRenault Master Van, knives
Deaths10 (7 victims, 3 attackers)
Injured48
Assailants3
MotiveIslamic extremism[1]

On 3 June 2017, starting at 21:58 BST (UTC+1), three people carried out a terrorist attack in two locations in London, United Kingdom. A white van rammed pedestrians on London Bridge and came to a halt south of the bridge. Three men left the van and ran to Borough Market, where stabbing attacks took place in restaurants. One witness reported that the attackers shouted "This is for Allah" and stabbed customers with knives.[2][3][4]

Seven people were killed and 48 injured in the attack.[5] Three attackers wearing fake explosive vests were shot dead by police.[6] The Metropolitan Police declared the attack to be a terrorist incident.[7][8][9]

Background

See also: Terrorism in the United Kingdom

The attack was the third to have taken place in Great Britain since the beginning of 2017. In March, five people were killed in a combined vehicle and knife attack at Westminster. In May, 22 people were killed in the Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena by a suicide bomber. Following the latter incident, the UK Threat Level for terrorism in the country was raised to "critical", meaning an attack was "expected imminently", but was returned to "severe", meaning an attack was "highly likely", after five days, where it stood at the time of the June attacks.[10] The incident was the deadliest terrorist attack in London since the July 2005 London bombings.[citation needed]

Attack

At around 21:58 British Summer Time (UTC+1),[11] a white Renault Master van travelling north to south across London Bridge mounted the pavement and hit pedestrians.[6][12]

Stoney Street, Borough, where the stabbing attacks took place, photographed in 2009

After their van crashed outside the Barrowboy and Banker pub on Borough High Street,[13] the three attackers, wearing fake explosive vests, ran to Stoney Street adjoining Borough Market, where they stabbed four people in the Borough Bistro pub.[5] The attack occurred shortly after the incident on the bridge.[14] Some pub-goers attempted to defend themselves by throwing bottles, chairs and other items at the attackers.[15]

People in and around a number of other restaurants, including Brindisa, El Pastor, Roast, Black and Blue and the Wheatsheaf pub, were also attacked. A witness reported the attackers shouted "This is for Allah."[2][3][4] Florin Morariu, a Romanian chef, hit one of the attackers over the head with a crate before giving shelter to 20 people inside Bread Ahead, a bakery in the market.[16] The three attackers were shot dead by police outside the Wheatsheaf eight minutes after the initial 999 emergency call was made.[13] According to the police, officers fired fifty bullets to ensure the attackers with potential suicide bombs were killed.[17]

Police began evacuating all buildings within the vicinity of the bridge,[18] and London Bridge station, Borough tube station and Bank tube station were closed at the request of the police.[19] Waterloo East, Charing Cross and Cannon Street mainline stations were also closed.[20] Police at the cordon confirmed that there had been fatalities.[5] The Metropolitan Police dispatched boats onto the River Thames, with assistance from the RNLI, to contribute to the evacuation of the area.[21]

At 01:45 BST on 4 June, four controlled explosions took place to make safe the attackers' fake bomb vests.[6]

Aftermath

The Metropolitan Police asked the public to remain calm and vigilant.[22] A stabbing incident had taken place in Vauxhall at 23:45 BST, causing both Bank and Vauxhall stations to be briefly closed.[23] The stabbing was later confirmed to be unrelated to the terrorist attack.[24]

An emergency COBRA meeting was held on the morning of 4 June.[5][25]

London Bridge mainline and Underground stations remained closed throughout 4 June,[26] while Borough tube station reopened on the evening of 4 June. A large cordon was established around the scene of the attack and it was expected that the closed bridge, station and roads would result in substantial disruption on 5 June.[27]

Casualties

Seven members of the public, including a Canadian and a French citizen,[28] were killed, as were three attackers. Another 48 people were injured in the attack including one New Zealander, two Australians, two Germans[29] and four French citizens; of the 48 injured, 21 are in critical condition.[30][31][32][6] An unarmed officer from the British Transport Police responding to the attack was stabbed and suffered serious injuries to his head, face and neck.[33] A member of the public was accidentally shot by police and sustained a non-life-threatening head injury.[6]

Attackers

The identities of the three deceased attackers have not yet been released. Police are currently carrying out further investigations to determine whether anyone else was involved in the plot.[34] On 4 June the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, said that "we are confident about the fact that they were radical Islamic terrorists, the way they were inspired, and we need to find out more about where this radicalisation came from."[1]

Investigation

On the morning of 4 June, police made 12 arrests following raids in flats in the Barking area of east London, where one of the attackers lived.[35] As of 4 June 2017, four people were being held.[36] Controlled explosions were also carried out at the flat in Barking during the raids.[37]

Reactions

United Kingdom

Prime Minister Theresa May returned to Downing Street from campaigning for the general election.[38] May later said the incident was being treated as terrorism,[5][6] and that the recent terror attacks in the UK are "bound together by the single evil ideology of Islamist extremism" which "is a perversion of Islam", and that there should be tighter internet regulations to "deprive the extremists of their safe spaces online", saying that technology firms were not currently doing enough.[39][40] Her stance on internet and social media was criticised by Open Rights Group and by the director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence Peter Neumann.[41]

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, described the attack as "deliberate and cowardly" and condemned it "in the strongest possible terms".[42] He later said that "the city remains one of the safest in the world" and there was "no reason to be alarmed" over the increased police presence around the city.[43]

The Conservative Party, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats and Scottish National Party suspended national election campaigns for a day after the attack.[44][45][46] UKIP chose not to suspend its campaigning; leader Paul Nuttall said it was "what the extremists would want".[47] May confirmed that the general election would go ahead as scheduled on 8 June.[47] The BBC cancelled or postponed a number of political programmes due to air on 4 June.[48]

Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan all wrote on Twitter that their thoughts were with those affected and expressed thanks to the emergency services.[49][50][51]

Other world leaders

Condolences, offers of support and condemnations of the attack were received from the leaders of Australia,[52] Canada,[53] the Czech Republic,[54] the European Commission,[55] Finland,[56] France,[57] Germany,[58] Hungary,[59] India,[60] Iran,[55] Ireland,[61] Italy,[55] Malaysia,[62] the Philippines,[63] Romania,[64] Russia,[58] Spain,[55] New Zealand,[55] the Vatican,[58] the United States,[65][66][67][68] Indonesia, Turkey and the Arab Gulf nations of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates.[63]

See also

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