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posted by n1 on Sunday June 04 2017, @03:25AM   Printer-friendly

Armed police respond to serious incidents at London Bridge and Borough Market – with members of the public urged to reach areas of safety.

Since late yesterday evening [Saturday, 3 June], the Metropolitan Police Service has been responding to incidents in the London Bridge and Borough Market areas of south London. We are treating this as a terrorist incident and a full investigation is already underway, led by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command.

[...] Six people have been killed in terror attacks on London Bridge and at Borough Market.
Three male suspects have been shot dead by police.
Canisters seen around the body of at least one of the suspects have been “established to be hoaxes”, police said.
Police believe all of those directly responsible for the attack have been killed.

[...] Since March there has been the Westminster attack by Khalid Masood, who mowed down pedestrians near parliament and stabbed a policeman, resulting in six deaths, including his own: and the Manchester bombing two weeks ago that killed 22. And now London again.

[...] An editor in the Sun’s London Bridge Street office says police confirmed that a number of blasts heard [...] were controlled explosions.

Source: The Guardian

An investigation into the foreign funding of extremist Islamist groups may never be published, the Home Office has admitted.

The inquiry commissioned by David Cameron, was launched as part of a deal with the Liberal Democrats in December 2015, in exchange for the party supporting the extension of British airstrikes against Isis into Syria.

But although it was due to be published in the spring of 2016, it has not been completed and may never be made public due to its "sensitive" contents.

It is thought to focus on Saudi Arabia, which the UK recently approved £3.5bn worth of arms export licences to.

Source: The Independent

 
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  • (Score: 2) by aliks on Sunday June 04 2017, @11:20AM (3 children)

    by aliks (357) on Sunday June 04 2017, @11:20AM (#520172)

    I live a couple of kilometers from London bridge, and I don't feel terrified. This won't affect the way I live.

    The message to the madmen behind these attacks - terrorism does not work.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @11:54AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @11:54AM (#520180)

    I live a couple of kilometers from London bridge

    That's just over a mile.

    The message to the madmen behind these attacks - terrorism does not work.

    Tell that to the families of the victims and try not to come over so callous.

    • (Score: 2) by Wootery on Monday June 05 2017, @10:14AM

      by Wootery (2341) on Monday June 05 2017, @10:14AM (#520653)

      Tell that to the families of the victims and try not to come over so callous.

      Stop being obtuse. Terrorism very rarely works. Terrorism isn't about killing people. The body-count is a means, not an end, and the fact is that terrorism very rarely succeeds in achieving its ends. [schneier.com]

      Islamic terrorism isn't going to trigger an uprising of 'true believers' against the decadent westerners. It's not going to strengthen ISIS. It's ultimately ineffective.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @03:02PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @03:02PM (#520228)

    you say that, and i'm happy for you, individually. but you're just one. your country on the other hand is afraid. its actions speak volumes. g'day.