'7 of 12 held for London terror attack are women'

Youssef Zaghba was the last member identified of the trio of jihadis who killed seven people on Saturday night during a van and knife attack in London.

The crude attack bears some similarities to the assault on March 22nd in which Khalid Masood, a 52-year-old British convert to Islam, mowed down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing four, before getting out to stab a policeman to death.

LONDON (AP) - London police say one of the three suspects in the van and knife attack near London Bridge that left seven people dead was known to authorities, but they had no reason to think he was actively planning to do harm.

Eleven people are being held after police raids in Barking on Sunday.

After police named two of the attackers and revealed that one was previously known to security agencies, May's Conservative Party faced further questions about her record overseeing cuts to police numbers.

Defending the actions of the security services, he added: "At any one time MI5 and police are conducting around 500 active investigations, involving 3,000 subjects of interest".

Criticism immediately flared about how Butt was able to carry out the attack.

Butt was also featured in a 2016 documentary on the British Channel 4 called "The Jihadist Next Door", ABC News reported Monday.

Butt's involvement in Saturday's terror attack has added to the scrutiny faced by the security services which also failed to stop Salman Abedi from killing 22 people in a suicide bomb attack in Manchester nearly two weeks before the latest London attack.

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson acknowledged that the security services had to provide an answer.

But a parent also told us that she confronted him and asked him not to speak to her children any more - fearful they were being radicalised.

Rowley said: "I have seen nothing yet that a poor decision was made". May has vowed to crack down on extremist content online, saying: "We cannot and must not pretend that things can continue as they are".

He said: "The Met police service has lost over the last seven years £600m", he said.

The number of police officers in England and Wales has fallen by around 20,000 since 2009, according to Home Office figures.

His party is calling for a drive to hire thousands of officers for neighbourhood duties, arguing that a grassroots approach will curb crime and radicalisation.

Prime Minister Theresa May said the country must do "more, much more" to fight the "evil ideology" of Islamist extremism.

"But it is now clear that, sadly, victims came from a number of nationalities".

According to a poll published Tuesday by the group Survation, May's lead over Labour has shrivelled to just over a single point - 41.6% to 40.4%.

A van ploughed into pedestrians enjoying a night out in London Bridge, before attackers went from bar to bar stabbing people around Borough Market.

Praise has been heaped upon the police for their swift response and bravery. In addition, the three suspected attackers were shot dead - within eight minutes of first responders arriving on the scene. It was followed by a minute's silence.

The Islamic State claimed Sunday to have been behind the attack.

"Our work necessarily involves making hard judgments about how to prioritize the resources available to us at a time when the U.K.is facing a severe and high tempo terrorist threat", police said. Mr Khan's spokesman said he was too busy to respond to Mr Trump's "ill-informed" tweet. "Muslims must do more to stop such attacks from happening again and we want to know how we can play a greater role in the future".

A Canadian and a Frenchman were among the dead and citizens of several nations were among the 48 injured, including Australia, Bulgaria, France, Greece and New Zealand. The National Health Service told Reuters Monday that "a total of 36. patients (are) now being cared for in five London hospitals, and of these 18 remain in a critical condition".