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.
Two French citizens have been missing since Saturday night's attack in London, France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said.
Mr Le Drian confirmed that one French citizen died in the attack and said eight French citizens had been injured, four of whom are in a serious condition. The four others suffered less serious injuries and two of them have been released from hospital, he said.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has responded to Donald Trump's tweets criticising him, saying he has "better and more important things to focus on".
"My focus from Saturday night has been working with police, emergency services and the Government. I just haven't got time to respond to tweets from Donald Trump," he told Sky News.
"Honestly, I've got better and more important things to focus on."
It comes after the US President aimed a barrage of criticism at the Mayor for a statement in which he told people there was “no reason to be alarmed”.
Mr Khan said earlier in the day Mr Trump had “deliberately” taken his comments “out of context”.
An unattended object which forced the closure of a street in central London on Monday was a false alarm, police said.
Members of the public posted pictures on Twitter of a police cordon at Jermyn Street, and said nearby offices and businesses had been evacuated. Police said they were investigating an unattended object on nearby Babmaes Street.
"The incident at Babmaes Street is complete. Irresponsibly placed sound monitoring equipment," Westminster Police said.
Two of the 12 people who were arrested yesterday in connection with Saturday's terror attack in London have been released.
A 55-year-old man and 53-year-old woman arrested at the same address in Barking were released.
Six women aged between 19 and 60, and four men between 27 and 55, are still being held.
Police raided properties in Barking on Sunday and a further two on Monday in Newham and Barking.
Images from the vigil held in remembrance of the victims of Saturday's terror attack showed religious leaders, politicians and citizens paying their respects to those who lost their lives on London Bridge and in nearby Borough Market:
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is flanked by Home Secretary Amber Rudd and Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott at a vigil for victims of the attack on London Bridge and Borough Market. Photograph: REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Mourners attend a vigil at Potters Fields Park, in central London on Monday. Photograph: REUTERS/Hannah McKay
People of all faiths gathered to lay flowers at the vigil close to City Hall. Photograph: REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Usman Saifi, 36, from Putney, was among a group of Muslims who mingled with the crowd at the vigil for the victims of the London Bridge terror attack.
Wearing a t-shirt which read I Am A Muslim Ask Me Anything, he said: "It is really sad that we have had to do this for a third time.
"It is frustrating what is going on right now. We are standing here in solidarity and as Muslims.
"This is not what our religion teaches us."
Diane Abbott has said Theresa May should be "embarrassed" that policing numbers have "dropped on her watch".
"She has a way of talking about the problems as if she hasn't been the Home Secretary for six years - this comes back to her," the shadow home secretary told Sky News.
Diane Abbott has said "there’s no truth in the idea that I’m not in the media" after reports claimed the shadow home secretary had been barred from making public appearances by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
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