The iconic bridge itself reopened, though some streets near the attack scene remained closed off. With an increasingly hard-fought parliamentary election set Thursday, fallout from Saturday’s attack took on ever-growing political significance. “This was an attack on London and the United Kingdom, but it was also an attack on the free world,” she said Monday. Security is tightened in London after the terror attack on London Bridge and nearby Borough Market. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the London Bridge assault, but there were no immediate indications that the group had actually played any role in directing the assailants.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 05, 2017 15:25 UTC