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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: Police make 20th arrest

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Police have arrested a 20th person in connection with the London Bridge attack.

A 28-year-old man was held on suspicion of terror offences following a raid in east London, Scotland Yard said.

Officers entered a residential address in Barking shortly after 2am on Saturday. It comes hours after police arrested a 27-year-old man in Ilford.

Seven people are now being held in custody in connection with the atrocity that left eight dead and dozens injured.

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