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Soon after latest attack in Central London, British prime minister Theresa May has said “it is time to say enough is enough”. She condemned the terror attack on “innocent and unarmed civilians” which left seven people dead and 48 injured in London.
According to BBC A white van hit pedestrians on London Bridge at about 22:00 BST on Saturday, then three men got out and stabbed people in nearby Borough Market.
The three attackers, who wore fake bomb vests, were shot dead by police. Mrs May said the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy would be reviewed.
Most political parties have suspended national general election campaigning in light of the attack, but UKIP leader Paul Nuttall said he would not follow suit because that was “precisely what extremists would want us to do”.
Mrs May said full campaigning would resume on Monday and the general election would go ahead as planned on Thursday.
The prime minister has chaired a meeting of the government’s Cobra emergency committee.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick praised the “extraordinary bravery” of her officers, on and off duty, who risked their lives by rushing to confront the attackers.
The three suspects were shot dead within eight minutes of the first 999 call being received.
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latest info on terror attack
-Seven people have been killed and three suspects shot dead by police after terror attack at London Bridge and Borough Market
-Speeding van hit pedestrians, before suspects jumped out and stabbed members of public and police officer
-Suspects wore hoax explosive vests, say police
-London Ambulance Service says 48 patients taken to five hospitals
-PM Theresa May condemns the “single evil ideology of Islamist extremism,” saying “enough is enough”
-Police have opened a casualty bureau. Telephone numbers are 0800 096 1233 and 020 7158 0197
-All major political parties suspend national general election campaigning, except UKIP
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It is the third terror attack in the UK in three months following the car and knife attack in Westminster in March, which left five people dead, and the Manchester bombing less than two weeks ago, in which 22 people were killed.
Commissioner Dick said she understood there could be a certain amount of “fear” among Londoners, but added: “The last thing we need is people over-reacting or taking out their frustrations on people in other communities or in their own communities.”
Eyewitnesses to the attack described seeing a white van travelling at high speed along London Bridge before crashing close to the Barrowboy and Banker pub.
BBC reporter Holly Jones, who was on the bridge at the time of the attack, said the van was “probably travelling at about 50 miles an hour”.
“He swerved right round me and then hit about five or six people. He hit about two people in front of me and then three behind,” she said.
Three men then got out and began attacking people in the nearby market – one witness, Gerard, told the BBC they were shouting “This is for Allah”.