Monday, June 5, 2017

London attack: Two attackers named by police as Khuram Shazad Butt, Rachid Redouane

British police have named two of the three attackers who killed seven people near London Bridge on Saturday night and injured dozens more, saying one of them was previously known to security services.

Key points:

  • Both men lived in the same area of London, police said
  • Police are still working to establish identity of the third attacker
  • The British election campaign heats up, with Jeremy Corbyn calling for Theresa May’s resignation

One attacker was 27-year-old Khuram Shazad Butt, a British citizen born in Pakistan who was already known to police and Britain’s domestic spy agency MI5, London’s police force said.

“However, there was no intelligence to suggest that this attack was being planned and the investigation had been prioritised accordingly,” police said in a statement…

MORE: London Bridge attack: Two attackers named by police as Khuram Shazad Butt, Rachid Redouane – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)


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