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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: Sebastien Belanger confirmed dead

Sebastien Belanger was reported missing by his girlfriend in the aftermath of the attack. Credit: Facebook

The family of French chef Sebastien Belanger have confirmed his death.

The 36-year-old, who worked as a chef at the Coq d’Argent restaurant, had been at the Boro Bistro on the south side of the bridge where he was watching football with two friends

In the aftermath of the attack Mr Belanger's girlfriend reported him missing, and then in the early hours of Tuesday morning she posted a picture of the pair on Facebook with the caption "mon amour".

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