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Two members of the public have died after a stabbing attack at London Bridge, in which police also shot dead the suspect.
The Met Police has declared the attack a terrorist incident.
The suspect, who died at the scene, was believed to have been wearing a hoax explosive device, police said.
Videos on social media appear to show passers-by holding down a man. An officer arrives, seems to indicate to the group to move, and fires a shot.
A Whitehall source confirmed two members of the public died to the BBC but gave no further information.
Details are still emerging and Neil Basu, the head of UK counter-terrorism policing, said the force was keeping an open mind over the motive.
He said officers were called to a stabbing at a premises near the bridge just before 14:00.
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 29 2019, @11:45PM (7 children)
• Released a year ago after being convicted of an Islamist related terror offence
• wearing an electronic tag after release
• guest at Cambridge university conference on prisoner rehabilitation (?!)
Political correctness causes foolish decisions and denial. They knew he was a Muslim, and they set him free anyway. The results are unsurprising.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 30 2019, @02:03AM (2 children)
But in the end they did the right thing and shot him in the back twice.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 30 2019, @08:25AM (1 child)
At least it wasn't suicide where he shot himself in the back, twice. British justice, ya gotta love it.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 30 2019, @11:15AM
Is there any suggestion this terrorist had dirt on the Clintons? Did he frequent Epstein island?
(Score: 2, Disagree) by janrinok on Saturday November 30 2019, @12:48PM (2 children)
It might surprise you, but that is not a crime in most of the world in which we live. Even more 'shocking' - there are Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs, and followers of FSM all over the world that a free to roam as they please.
People of every religion, and even those with no religious beliefs whatsoever, have committed crimes at some time or other. We do not blame everyone else for the crimes of the individual. But now I expect that group who believe 'that all Muslims want to kill us' to appear and start spouting the usual rubbish.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 30 2019, @08:59PM (1 child)
I don't think all Muslims want to kill us but White/Aryan countries have nothing to gain from letting non-whites and especially Muslims live in what is left of our countries. They can stay in their desert where they belong.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 02 2019, @11:17AM
This is absolutely true. There must be at least one muslim on the planet who doesn't want to kill or subjugate everyone. Maybe they are a part of the 'islam' religion that existed before the current type of muslim threw all of the gods out of the template leaving only 'the highest'. Who knows?
(Score: 2) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Monday December 02 2019, @10:32AM
Wrong. In fact, almost diametrically opposite to the truth. I guess that's what you get when you treat Rupert Murdoch publications as "news".
The ex-offender attending the prisoner rehab thing was actually one of the guys who helped bring down the attacker: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/dec/01/ex-offender-marc-conway-helped-tackle-london-bridge-attacker [theguardian.com]
Yes, that's right, a convicted murder risked his life to save innocent members of the public. But you just carry dismissing rehabilitation as foolish political correctness, you pillock.