ISIS claims responsibility for the London terror attack, according to its media wing. A man on Sunday was shot dead by the Scotland Yard after he went on a stabbing frenzy on a busy high street in Streatham district of south London.
Without providing any evidence, Islamic State said that the attack was carried out in response to its calls to target citizens of the countries that have been part of a coalition fighting against the jihadist group.
Scotland Yard's Counter-Terrorism Command has made second arrest in connection with the bombing at a London Underground train.
The explosion wounded 22 people and ignited a panicked stampede to safety.
The London Ambulance Service said that all 22 people were hospitalised after the blast at 8.20 am at the Parsons Green station on District Line in southwest London.
Since the wave of ISIS-inspired terror attacks in Britain, there has been a five-fold increase of hate crimes against Muslims.
London mosque attacker has identified as 47-year-old Darren Osborne and will face terrorism charges.
Khuram Butt, one of the London Bridge attackers, originally tried to rent a 7.5 ton truck but his payment was declined.
"The Metropolitan Police has made 25 arrests for hate crime offences since (June 1)," Police Chief Superintendent Dave Stringer said.
British PM Theresa May is mulling over ways to make it easier to deport foreign terror suspects and increase controls on extremists.
At least two of the men were known to British intelligence and law enforcement officials, raising questions about whether anything could have been done to stop the attack.
More than 130 imams in Britain refused to offer Islamic burials to the three London Bridge attackers who killed seven people and wounded 50 others
British police have identified Khuram Shazad Butt, a 27-year-old Pakistan-born Briton, as one of three London Attackers.
Scotland Yard today named two of the three terrorists behind the London attack as Khuram Butt, a British citizen born in Pakistan, and Rachid Redouane.
In all, seven women and five men aged between 19 and 60 were arrested under the Terrorist Act in Barking on Sunday. A 55-year-old man was later released without charge.
In a video address from her Downing Street office, May pointed out that the victims in Saturday's attack in London's Southwark district -- in which seven people were killed and 48 injured -- included a number of nationalities.
According to a report in The Mirror, the man, identified as 'Abz' is believed to have been the ringleader of the trio that carried out the horror attack at two London landmarks.
The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the London terror attacks, which rattled the city on Sunday killing seven people and injuring 48
In a series of early morning tweets, Trump lashed out at Khan, who reportedly suggested there was no reason for alarm after three attackers drove a van into crowds on London Bridge and then went on a stabbing rampage in nearby Borough Market.
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