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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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Barriers put up to protect pedestrians on London bridges

A safety barrier has been put up on Waterloo Bridge, the scene of Saturday's terror attack. Credit: Twitter / Helen Undy

Barriers have been put up along a number of bridges across the River Thames in London to protect the public following Saturday night's terror attack.

The additional safety measures could be seen between the pavement and the road on Waterloo Bridge as well as Westminster Bridge and Lambeth Bridge.

Terrorists ploughed into pedestrians on Waterloo Bridge on Saturday in a similar attack to the Westminster atrocity in March.

Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said: "Our security and policing plans for events are being reviewed. The public will also see an increased physical measures in order to keep public safe on London’s bridges."

A barrier has been erected on Westminster Bridge. Credit: ITV News
A barrier separates pedestrians from traffic on Lambeth Bridge. Credit: Twitter / Esther Kezia

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