The UK has suffered its second terrorist attack in less than two weeks, leaving six innocent people dead and at least 48 injured after a band of assailants in a van mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge before attacking others with knives in a crowded nearby market area.
Three attackers involved in the assault were shot dead, police said in a statement shortly before 4am London time, around six hours after the incident began on the bridge and ended at Borough Market, a popular restaurant and bar area on the south side of the Thames river.
The attacks came less than a fortnight after Salman Abedi, a suicide bomber, killed himself and 22 others in an explosion following a concert at the Manchester Arena on May 22.
They also come less than a week before the UK’s general election on Thursday and less than three months after a terror attack on Westminster bridge.
Police said they believed that there were only three assailants involved in the attack but still had to make more inquiries to be sure of that.
Three attackers involved in the assault were shot dead, police said in a statement shortly before 4am London time, around six hours after the incident began on the bridge and ended at Borough Market, a popular restaurant and bar area on the south side of the Thames river.
The attacks came less than a fortnight after Salman Abedi, a suicide bomber, killed himself and 22 others in an explosion following a concert at the Manchester Arena on May 22.
They also come less than a week before the UK’s general election on Thursday and less than three months after a terror attack on Westminster bridge.
Police said they believed that there were only three assailants involved in the attack but still had to make more inquiries to be sure of that.
