London attacker was featured in TV documentary "Jihadis Next Door"

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In an update on the victims of the violence that started on London Bridge and continued in Borough Market, officials said Monday that of the 48 people who were taken to the hospital, "36 are now being cared for in London hospitals with 18 remaining in a critical condition".

Khuram Butt, a British citizen born in Pakistan, and Rachid Redouane were today named by Scotland Yard as two of the three men who killed seven people during a weekend terror attack in London.

"She had room in her heart for everyone and believed strongly that every person was to be valued and respected", the family statement said.

The other attacker Rachid Redouane, 30, was known to police but with no intelligence suggesting an attack.

"Inquiries are ongoing to confirm the identity of their accomplice", police said, adding, "Detectives would like to hear from anyone who has any information about these men that may assist them with the investigation".

In Barking, east London, one resident, Erica Gasparri, told the BBC she had her own concerns that Butt and three other men had been attempting to radicalise her children. She was the first attack victim to be identified by police.

'It is clear that Anjem Choudhury and his band of terrorist sympathisers were known to the police for many years, ' Mr Shafiq said. A spokesman for Khan had noted in response to an earlier Trump tweet that Khan's comment referred to the increased police presence on London's streets.

In a television interview with RTE during a visit to Chicago, Kenny said that the man in question did not appear to have been on an Irish police watch list.

The sister of a missing 32-year-old man said Monday her brother is believed to have died in the attack.

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Here's how the latest instance of terror stands to impact the 2017 election between sitting U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May and her Labour Party challenger, Jeremy Corbyn.

With the London attack dominating attention, a reduction in the number of police officers in England and Wales by nearly 20,000 during May's six years as interior minister from 2010 to 2016 shot to the top of the election agenda.

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan invited Londoners and visitors to come together at City Hall, which is less than a mile away from the epicentre of where the attacks occurred. Redouane was not known to police.

'I was in the process of moving house, he was looking at the van, asking me where I hired it, how much it cost, and if the vans were available in automatic, ' Chigbo, who lived in a neighbouring apartment in Barking, east London, said.

On March 22, five people were killed in London after Khalid Masood rammed his vehicle into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before fatally stabbing a policeman outside Parliament.

They identified a second attacker who had not aroused suspicion prior to Saturday's rampage that killed seven people. Twelve people have been detained; two were released.

May insisted London police were happy with their resources, while counter-terrorism budgets had been protected and the number of armed officers had increased. It is nearly certain that the identity of the three men is known, although not yet whether, as is likely, they had appeared previously on the "radar screen" of the security services. That fact provided a line of attack for Corbyn, who called on May to resign even as he said the best remedy was to vote her out.

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