when a man named khalid masood who used a sedan car and crashed into pedestrians on westminster bridge, got out of his car, stabbed to death a police officer before he was shot to death himself. so again, this is starting to look like something like a copycat attack. but with more people involved. the fact that there were three people here, ali, means that the police are going to be looking for even more witnesses. in all of these incidents, all of these european terror attacks, it always looks like lone wolf attacks. that s because consistently there s been just one perpetrator. but with three people involved, the police are now going to be looking for even more people who may have helped them, who may be ideologically or strategic connected to those who perpetrated the crime. so moving on from here, the dragnet following on from these three perpetrators is going to be huge. we re going to see something like the manchester attacks, where police arrested now more
vest with the canisters in there. doesn t it lead you to think that the authorities were saying this was well organized and thought out because of that bomb. this one was just canisters, knives, and a van. yes and it could ve been one was well organize and plan, plotted from abroad. i don t know if we ve actually taken out the bomb maker which is a critical asset because they re highly trained and prized individuals. this could have been a copycat attack of homegrown radicals there were trying to get attention anywhere radicalized online by isis. they might be related, they might not. that s something that police are running down. tomorrow morning to they raise the terror level in britain again? i think they should.
this country. and no matter how quick and robust the response is and as we ve seen last night a very swift and effective response from the police, ultimately people in society need to ap extent police with a small p themselves to try to rule out the ideology that fuels hate and extremism and violence. brian dill on, former head of the london metropolitan police response unit. we appreciate your insight. why were bombers excuse me, why were attackers wearing what was now considered to be these fake suicide vests? and is it a copycat attack something the police suspect could come next. we ll dive into that and more questions right after this. has gotten to know our business so well, that it feels like he s a part of our team. with one phone call, he sets me up with tailored products and services. and when my advisor is focused on my tech, i can focus on my small business.
this carpet of flowers, not far away from where this attack happened. of course, still growing. fears still, you know, around that there could be a second attack. police worried about two things. that salman abedi could have accomplices who are ready to launch another attack, but they re also worried about the possibility of a copycat attack. that someone with a knife, with a car, a low level way, might try to repeat this kind of killing. the intelligence agency saying they have actually foiled five plots in the last two months. most of them involving knives and cars. a lot of emotion here, but police on high alert. a big sporting weekend here and in other parts of england. security has been stepped up for all of those events, including one that s due to start here in manchester in the next few hours. chris? nbc s bill neely. thank you for the update from manchester. former fbi director james
the militant group that runs gaza praising the attacker, but stopping short of taking responsibility. obviously, israeli security forces will be looking into whether this was a copycat attack of what we saw most recently in berlin and nice. okay, lucy, i know we ll check in with you next on this developing story. thank you so much for that. meantime, terminal 2 is now open in the aftermath of the attack that killed five people. this new video shows is the baggage claim area where that shooting happened. it is not back to full operation yet. meantime, the suspect, 26-year-old esteban santiago is up against federal charges that could carry with them the death penalty. we re hearing from the gunman s brother and he is pointing the game at the fbi. nbc s gabe gutierrez is at the fort lauderdale airport. gabe, good day to you. let s talk about the brother and what he s saying. reporter: hi there, alex. good afternoon. yes. as you mentioned, the brother of esteban santiago, bryan santi