LONDON: Police carried out fresh raids and arrested “a number of people” on Monday after the Islamic State group claimed an attack by three men who mowed down and stabbed revelers in London, killing seven people before being shot dead by officers. Saturday night’s rampage at a popular nightlife hub around London Bridge by men wearing fake suicide vests was the third deadly terror attack in Britain in less than three months and came only days before a general election. Police said on Sunday they were holding 11 people, all arrested in raids on two addresses in Barking in suburban east London. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility. “A detachment of fighters from Islamic State carried out London attacks,” said the Amaq news agency, which is affiliated with the jihadists.

Source: Manila Times June 05, 2017 14:26 UTC