Security barriers erected on London bridges after deadly attacks

Metal barriers and concrete blocks have been installed on bridges in London following Saturday’s deadly London Bridge terror attack and a similar incident on Westminster Bridge close to the Houses of Parliament in March.

The commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick, told the LBC Radio station, “This morning you will see some hostile vehicle blocking on some of our bridges…..We will have more armed policing on and near the bridges and people should be prepared for that.”

The barriers are on Westminster, Lambeth and Waterloo bridges in the capital.

Barriers were not installed on London Bridge, which was reopened to the public in time for the start of the working week on Monday.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for Saturday’s attack in which seven people were killed and 48 people injured, 21 of them critically, when a van veered off the road and mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge before terrorists got out and stabbed passersby at nearby Borough Market.

Just one day before Saturday’s attack, authorities had decided against installing barriers on London Bridge, according to British media reports.

In March, terrorist Khalid Masood murdered five people, running pedestrians over on Westminster Bridge before stabbing a police officer to death.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday said police have identified all the London Bridge attackers and that 11 people remain in custody for possible connections to the attack.

The threat level in the UK is to remain at “severe,” May said Monday, meaning an attack is highly likely.