Speaking on the BBC, Mr Khan made clear that he was advising Londoners and visitors not to be concerned by the presence of additional armed police officers on the streets of the capital in the days to come, and not playing down anxieties about the attack itself. The Prime Minister said introducing new rules for cyberspace would “deprive the extremists of their safe spaces online” and that technology firms were not now doing enough. Others had minor injuries. About 90 minutes later, police evacuated the restaurant, he said. We wish a full and quick recovery to those injured in the attacks.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said a Canadian was among the dead. His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah sent two similar cables.
The attack has received widespread condemnation from political leaders, with London mayor Sadiq Khan calling it “deliberate and cowardly”.
After the attack, authorities arrested 12 more people in Barking, who are believed to have been involved. The source reiterated that Kuwait stands with the United Kingdom and supports all measures it is taking in order to safeguard its security and stability.
It comes just weeks after a suicide bombing in Manchester left 22 people dead. In response, she will chair a meeting of the government’s Cobra emergency committee on Sunday.
She warned that perpetrators are inspired to attack “by copying one another”.
Trump was widely criticised for his first reaction to the news from London, in which he retweeted an unsubstantiated headline from the conservative Drudge Report website and then said: “We need to be smart, vigilant and tough”.
“Then I was screaming at them, picking up bottles from a beer barrel. Evil, evil people”, he told the newspaper.
Terrified witnesses said the men looked like “outlaws from a Western” as they hunted down victims to slaughter moments after mowing down pedestrians on London Bridge.
Eyewitnesses spoke of panic as three men armed with “foot-long” knives burst into packed restaurants and cafes, slashing at those inside indiscriminately. “That’s because they used knives and a truck!”
“It was really scary”, he said. Among the wounded were German, French and Spanish citizens, officials said. We recently witnessed this after the attacks in Manchester and in the Westminster area of London.
Cohen stressed that the fight against terrorism has changed significantly in recent years.
Others said the attacks represented “the black days we’ve promised”. She repeated calls for worldwide action to combat extremist content online, a message she took to the G7 leaders summit last week. A spokesman for Vice President Mike Pence said he also has been briefed and spoke with Trump from Air Force Two.
The opposition Labour Party says it will also suspend campaigning until Sunday evening.
President Trump posted a statement to Twitter Saturday evening.
Federal courts have blocked Trump’s travel ban on six mostly Muslim countries and refugees from anywhere in the world.
Meanwhile NHS England has said 21 people are in critical condition in hospital.
“It is time to say, enough is enough“, she said.
Furqan Nabi, a witness to the early morning arrests, said he saw four men lying face down on the floor. He turned and saw three men wearing belts or vests with packets around the belly.
He said he managed to get near one attacker “and I hit him around the head” with a bread basket.