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officials are calling this an act of terror. what do you make no just from the details act of terror. what do you make no just from the details we have and that these are taxpayer in russia? obviously there is a taxpayer in russia? obviously there is a lot taxpayer in russia? obviously there is a lot we taxpayer in russia? obviously there is a lot we do taxpayer in russia? obviously there is a lot we do not - taxpayer in russia? obviously there is a lot we do not know, but it fits a pattern of attacks we have seen, including last year by jihadists attacks we have seen, including last year byjihadists linked to the islamic state, which is probably the islamic state khorasan, which is in central asia, and has carried out attacks in moscow and this attacks in moscow and this attack is close to their home territory. attack is close to their home territo . ~ attack is close to their home territory- territory. we know the sites that are targeted, territory. we know ....
just from the details we have, of what we ve seen and that these attacks in russia? obviously, there is a lot we do not know but it fits a pattern of attacks we have seen, including last year byjihadists linked to the islamic state probably from the islamic state khorasan, which is their branch in central asia, and has carried out attacks in moscow and this attack is close to their home territory. can we infer anything? we know the sites that were targeted, two churches, one a synagogue these are religious venues. can we make anything from that in terms of what was actually targeted? so, the islamic state and individuals that follow it see themselves as part of a religious struggle. they see a western war on islam and they see awar a war done by christians and dues on religious targets. jews. by striking religious targets, they believe they re defending their faith. as you said earlier, we re still working to confirm a lot of the facts here and figure out exactly ....
obviously there is a lot we do not know, but it fits a pattern of attacks we have seen, including last year byjihadists linked to the islamic state, which is probably the islamic state khorasan, which is in central asia, and has carried out attacks in moscow and this attack is close to their home territory. we know the sites that were targeted, two churches, one a synagogue, these are religious venues. can we make anything from that in terms of what was actually targeted? so the islamic state and individuals that follow it see themselves as part of a religious struggle. they see a western war on islam and they see a religious struggle. they say western war on islam done by christians and dues against muslims, so by striking religious targets, they believe they re defending their faith. as you said earlier, we re still working to confirm a lot of the facts here and figure out exactly who was behind this but in your assessment, do you think this has the hallmarks of an ac ....
after the terror began, armed police shoot dead the attackers. they were wearing fake suicide vests and were heard shouting, this is for allah. details of the dead and seriously injured have started to emerge tonight. relatives of those hurt have been telling their stories. hejust stepped outside the barfor a second, and a man ran up to him and said, this is for my family, this is for islam, and stuck a knife straight in him. theresa may has condemned what she called the evil ideology of islamist extremism, saying its defeat is one of the big challenges of our time. there is, to be frank, far too much tolerance of extremism in our country. so we need to become far more robust in identifying it and stamping it out across the public sector and across society. several homes have been are raided in barking in east london. 12 arrests are made. this is the scene tonight close to london bridge. we ll have all the latest on this developing story. good evening from central ....
i should say there will be continuing coverage on the bbc news channel. huw edwards will be here with the ten o clock news. you are watching special coverage on bbc news of last night s terror attacks in central london. we are at the police cordon and borough high street, close to borough market and london bridge, where the attacks unfolded last night, leaving seven people dead and 48 injured. we are hearing from the various hospitals where those injured are being taken. have been taken. 21 of them are in what is described as critical care. the police have been giving more details about their operations last night to upper hand and shoot dead the three terror suspects who carried out the attack to apprehend. the metropolitan police say eight officers were involved in that operation, firing some 50 bullets. the three men were wearing what appeared to be suicide vests, which turned out to be hoax fests. but the police officers trying to wrap the hem them did not kno ....