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London Bridge attack: Police release images of terrorists' fake suicide belts

Detectives investigating the London Bridge attack have released images of the terrorists' fake suicide belts.

The realistic-looking phoney bombs were actually disposable water bottles wrapped in masking tape.

Here are the other latest developments:

  • The terrorists tried unsuccessfully to hire a 7.5 tonne lorry hours before the atrocity, police revealed
  • Multiple petrol bombs were discovered in the white van they used
  • Eight people were killed in the attack
  • Khuram Butt, 27, Rachid Redouane, 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22, carried out the deadly attack in London Bridge on Saturday night
  • Butt was known to security services in the UK but there was no evidence of "attack planning", counter-terrorism police said
  • Zaghba was flagged up to police in the UK after being trying to go to Syria last year
  • Redouane's ex-wife said she is "shocked and numbed" as she condemned the attack
  • 20 people have been arrested in connection with the probe; 12 have been released without charge.
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A timeline of the London Bridge terror attack

Commentary by Julie Etchingham

The London Bridge terror attack, in which seven people were killed and at least 48 injured, began at 9.58pm as the attackers' van drove south from the north side of London Bridge.

At 10.07pm, ambulance services were called to reports that a vehicle had ploughed through people on the bridge, arriving within six minutes.

At 10.08pm, police were also called to the scene. Officers also attended a second incident at nearby Borough Market.

Eight minutes after police were called three male suspects were shot dead in Borough Market by police marksmen.

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