{UAH} Chaos and killings: 10 minutes at London Bridge

On 3 June 2017, three Islamist terrorists wearing stab-proof vests drove a van into pedestrians at 50mph on London Bridge before attacking pedestrians and revellers around Borough Market with hunting knives.In a rampage lasting little over 10 minutes, the terrorist gang stabbed and slashed at innocent victims with 12-inch blades. Eight people died and 48 others were injured.

This was one of the darkest days in London's history. But it also demonstrated very clearly that the UK is the best prepared country in the world in the fight against terrorism, and its anti-terror capability remains the highest in the world.

Anyone watching the horrific events that night could not fail to notice the speed of the armed police response. Within seconds of a car being deliberately driven into pedestrians on London Bridge, the whole area was sealed off by heavily armed specialist firearms officers (SFOs) from the Metropolitan Police's Specialist Firearms Command. Using ground and air video electronic systems, an SFO team located the assailants and reached them in a face to face confrontation in exactly 6 minutes, the fastest response time to a terrorist incident in the world. They eliminated the terrorists in the next 2 minutes, bringing the attack to a swift conclusion. One police officer was seriously wounded. Police identified two of the attackers as Pakistani-born Khuram Shazad Butt, 27, and Morrocan Rachid Redoune, 30.The third attacker, also Morrocan-born, was Youssef Zaghba.

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Chaos and killings: 10 minutes at London Bridge

An account of one devastating summer's night in June 2017 when eight people are killed and 48 more injured.

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