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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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London Bridge attack: Ignacio Echeverria confirmed dead

Ignacio Echeverria was seen at the scene of the attack defending someone with a skateboard. Credit: Isabel Echeverria via AP

The sister of Spanish banker Ignacio Echeverria has confirmed that the 39-year-old, who had been missing since Saturday's attack, was among the victims.

The Spanish foreign ministry confirmed that a Spanish citizen had died in the attack.

Mr Echeverria's father, Joaquin, wrote on Facebook his 39-year-old son had been seen "defending someone with his skateboard" at the scene of the attack.

In Facebook posts, Mr Echeverria's sisters paid tribute to their brother and thanked the Spanish authorities.

"My Brother Ignacio tried to stop terrorists, and he lost his life trying to save others. We love you and we'll never forget you," Isabel Echeverria wrote.

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A relative of Mr Echeverria, journalist Isabel Duran, also tweeted: "Ignacio Echeverria attacked the terrorists to try to save a woman. He is in heaven with his inseparable skateboard."

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