Dramatic footage shows moments of London terror attack

Video shows officers as they engage terrorists at point-blank range; British police make three more arrests in probe of attack

Police shoot terrorists in London terror attack in newly released video footage, June 8, 2017 (YouTube screenshot)
Police shoot terrorists in London terror attack in newly released video footage, June 8, 2017 (YouTube screenshot)

New footage released Wednesday showed the moments terrorists armed with knives attacked pedestrians in London during a weekend killing spree that left eight people dead

Three assailants are seen assaulting a passerby with their weapons on a darkened street.

The video then shows police storming the scene and shooting the assailants as they engage them at point-blank range.

Three more people were arrested Wednesday in connection with the attack, British police said.

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Two men were arrested by police “supported by firearms officers” on a street in Ilford, east London, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.

A 27-year-old was detained on terrorism charges while the second, 33, was arrested on drugs charges.

The third suspect, 29, was apprehended at a home in the same area of the British capital. He was also arrested on “suspicion of the preparation of terrorist acts,” police said.

Searches were underway at the residential property and a business address in Ilford, the latest in a series of raid since the weekend assault.

Three attackers were shot dead by police on Saturday as they carried out a stabbing spree in London’s Borough Market, a warren of bars and restaurants, after mowing down pedestrians as they drove a van across London Bridge.

The attackers in London Bridge terror attack in June 2017. From left to right: Youssef Zaghba, Rachid Redouane and Khuram Butt (London Metropolitan Police)
The attackers in London Bridge terror attack in June 2017. From left to right: Youssef Zaghba, Rachid Redouane and Khuram Butt (London Metropolitan Police)

Eight people were killed in the attack, including a Frenchman whose body was found in the River Thames on Tuesday, and 48 people were hospitalized.

The latest arrests come on the eve of Britain’s general election on Thursday, after a political campaign marred by the London attack and a suicide bombing in Manchester last month which left 22 people dead.

The Metropolitan Police said they had reviewed security ahead of the vote, putting in place a “specialist and highly flexible operation” which can be deployed as needed.

 

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