Three 12-inch knives used in the attack on 3 June 2017 were bought 19 days earlier from a Lidl supermarket in east London. During the attack a rented van was used to run over people on London Bridge, killing two, before three terrorists sprinted out to stab to death six people. Butt, 27, carried out the attack on London Bridge with Rachid Redouane, 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22. The three attackers, who lived in east London, drove the van towards London Bridge, first arriving at 9.58pm, some eight minutes before the attack, and driving along the bridge before performing a U-turn and heading back over the bridge. Jonathan Hough QC, counsel to the inquest, suggested it was possible the terrorists decided on London Bridge as a target “en route”.

Source: The Guardian May 29, 2019 12:58 UTC