London attack as it happened: Met Police make arrests during early morning raids in search for jihadi network
'Gunshots' heard as 'a number' of people arrested
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Police have named two of the three terrorists responsible for Saturday's deadly attack on London Bridge.
Khuram Shazad Butt, 27, and Rachid Redouane, 30, both from Barking, East London, were identified as the perpetrators of the knife and van attack, which killed seven people and left 49 injured.
Butt was previously known to security services but the Met Police said there was no intelligence to suggest the attack was being planned. Redouane was not known to authorities, Scotland Yard said.
Police detained a number of people in early morning raids in east London as part of the investigation into the London Bridge attack which saw the attackers ram a van into pedestrians on London Bridge before stabbing revellers in bars in the nearby Borough Market.
Isis claimed responsibility for the attack, the third major militant assault to hit Britain in less than three months.
Two of the seven people who were killed have been named, and 21 people remain critically injured in hospital.
A Canadian woman, who died in her fiance's arms after being struck by the speeding van, was named as 30-year-old Christine Archibald.
A 32-year-old man from Hackney, James McMullan, has also been identified as one of the victim's by his family.
Isis was said to have urged extremists to run over civilians in a poster released over the weekend featuring a knife, handgun and lorry urging radicals to "gain benefit from Ramadan".
The three men, wearing fake suicide bomb vests, were shot dead by eight officers outside a pub after police opened fire with an "unprecedented" hail of 50 bullets, while a bystander was also shot.
Scotland Yard said seven women and five men aged between 19 and 60 were arrested under the Terrorism Act in Barking on Sunday. A 55-year-old man was later released without charge.
A vigil was held on Monday evening near London Bridge in honour of the victims of the attack, which took place at around 10pm, while a minute's silence will take place at 11am on Tuesday.
Sadiq Khan told mourners: "As Mayor of London I want to send a clear message to the sick and evil terrorists who commit these crimes: we will defeat you you will not win.
"As a proud and patriotic British Muslim, I now say this: you do not commit these disgusting acts in my name."
Network Rail said London Bridge rail and London Underground stations reopened at 5am but the rail station will be exit only.
People from around the world were caught up as hundreds cowered in pubs and restaurants, barricading themselves inside as the attackers stalked the streets.
Tales of heroism emerged in the aftermath, with one British Transport Police officer taking on the trio armed only with his baton before being stabbed in the head, face and leg.
An off-duty Metropolitan Police officer was also injured after he tackled the men.
Forty-eight people were left in hospital, 21 critically injured.
As counter-terrorism police units and security services launched a huge investigation for the third time in a matter of weeks, officers arrested a dozen people in raids on flats in Barking, east London, where residents said they believed one of the terrorists may have lived.
One neighbour said one of the attackers had recently asked him how he could hire a van.
A vigil to honour those killed and injured in the London Bridge terrorist attack is due to commence at 6pm.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan will lead the event at Potters Fields Park close to City Hall, which will offer Londoners a chance "to come together in solidarity to remember those who have lost their lives in Saturday's attack, to express sympathy with their families and loved ones and to show the world that we stand united in the face of those who seek to harm us and our way of life."
Images are beginning to emerge from the vigil to honour the victims of Saturday's terror attack in London.
The event at Potters Fields Park, close to City Hall, is being hosted by London's Mayor Sadiq Khan to remember the seven who died and the dozens more who were injured, some critically.
London's Mayor Sadiq Khan, along with Police and Home Office representatives, have opened the remembrance vigil by laying floral tributes outside City Hall.
Police have named two of the three terrorist attackers who perpetrated Saturday's terrorist atrocity in London as Khuram Shazad Butt, 27, and Rachid Redouane, 30, both from Barking, East London.
The identity of the third man remains undisclosed. All three were shot dead within eight minutes of the first 999 call.
Sadiq Khan addressed the vigil just moments ago with a moving message of defiance.
He said: "As Mayor of London I want to send a clear message to the sick and evil terrorists who commit these crimes: we will defeat you you will not win.
As a proud and patriotic British Muslim, I now say this: you do not commit these disgusting acts in my name.
"Your perverse ideology has nothing to do with the true values of Islam and you will never succeed in dividing our city.
"Today we mourn the loss of innocent lives, Londoners and people from around the world, we send our love to the victims families and to all those who were injured and we thank our courageous emergency services and the brave Londoners who risked their lives to save others. You are the best of us.
"Our city is filled with great sorrow and anger tonight but also great resolve and determination because our unity and love for one another will always be stronger than the hate of the extremists.
"This is our city these are our values and this is our way of life. London will never be broken by terrorism we will step up the fight against extremism and we will defeat the terrorists."
Scotland Yard said one of the London attackers had been known to police and MI5.
"Khuram Shazad Butt was known to the police and MI5. However, there was no intelligence to suggest that this attack was being planned and the investigation had been prioritised accordingly. The other named man, Rachid Redouane, was not known," Scotland Yard said in a statement.
"Khuram Shazad Butt, 27, was a British citizen who was born in Pakistan. Rachid Redouane, 30 had claimed to be Moroccan and Libyan. He also used the name Rachid Elkhdar, with a different date of birth of 31.7.91. Inquiries are ongoing to confirm the identity of their accomplice."
The Metropolitan Police released the following image after naming two of the three attackers:
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