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London Bridge Terror Attack
London Bridge terror attack may refer to: * 2017 London Bridge attack * 2019 London Bridge stabbing On 29 November 2019, five people were stabbed, two of them fatally, in Central London. The attacker, Usman Khan (terrorist), Usman Khan, had been released from prison in 2018 on Parole#United Kingdom, licence after serving a sentence for Terror ... {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 London Bridge Attack
On 3 June 2017, a terrorist vehicle-ramming and stabbing took place in London, England. A van was deliberately driven into pedestrians on London Bridge, and then crashed on Borough High Street, just south of the River Thames. The van's three occupants then ran to the nearby Borough Market area and began stabbing people in and around restaurants and pubs. They were shot dead by Metropolitan Police and City of London Police firearms officers, and were found to be wearing fake explosive vests. Eight people were killed and 48 were injured, including members of the public and four unarmed police officers who attempted to stop the assailants. British authorities described the perpetrators as " radical Islamist terrorists". The Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the attack. Background In March 2017, five people had been killed in a combined vehicle and knife attack at Westminster. In late May, a suicide bomber killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
