London terror attacks: Victims’ stories emerge
Darwin electrician Andrew Morrison, one of three Australians injured in the London terror attack, recounts how he was stabbed.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is due to visit Britain on Monday to speak to the injured French nationals, after President Emmanuel Macron said France was “more than ever at Britain’s side”.
“It is time to say enough is enough”, the Conservative leader said outside her Downing Street office, where British flags flew at half-staff.
Speaking outside Number 10, Mrs May said the United Kingdom was in the “grip of copycat attacks” and said things needed to change in how the country combatted terror.
The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for the London terror attacks which killed seven and left 21 fighting for their lives.
A Canadian woman killed has been identified by her family as Christine Archibald.
Several people were killed in the terror attack at the heart of London and dozens injured.
He said he managed to get near one attacker and “hit him around the head” with a bread basket. He started running towards me, and then he decided not to.
Among those stabbed was a London Transport Police officer, who was one of the first responders on the scene and received injuries to his face. The attacker was shot dead by police.
President Trump pledged Sunday to prevent future terror strikes in the US, in the wake of a deadly attack in central London that left seven people dead and injured many more. Two other incidents also are being reported.
Two weeks ago, a suicide bomber blew himself up at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester killing 22 people.
The death cult claimed “a detachment of its fighters” were responsible for the attack where a van was driven into pedestrians over the bridge and people were stabbed in Borough Market.
She said this ideology had to be confronted both overseas and at home, adding that the internet and big internet companies provided the space for such extremism to breed.
“We want Facebook to be a hostile environment for terrorists”.
“This morning I was briefed by the deputy national security adviser and updated both on what is now known about the attackers and also on the reasons for the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) decision to keep the security threat level, at this stage, at severe”.
People from around the world were caught up as hundreds cowered in pubs and restaurants, barricading themselves inside as the attackers stalked the streets.
Vowls also saw people striking back at the attackers and said he joined in.
Britain’s interior minister said the country’s threat level won’t be raised because police believe there are no perpetrators still on the loose.
The Government of Canada will not comment further at this time out of respect for the family. He thought the person had been drinking, but then police vans flew by.
According to the report, the message sent out on an encrypted messaging app, urging attackers to “gain benefit from Ramadan” and “kill the civilians of the Crusaders”.
The secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, Harun Khan, also condemned the attack. I’ve said hello in passing more than 50, 60 occasions.
While police are fighting the renewed threat from Islamist terror, their budgets have been squeezed by austerity – something that’s become an election issue with the opposition Labour Party accusing May of putting security at risk. And on Sunday he tweeted: “We must stop being politically correct and get down to the business of security for our people”.
It was his last night in London before he was due to fly home.
The Metropolitan Police force says armed officers are responding at both scenes.