London terror: 21 'critical' after van and stabbing attack
One of those injured is a member of the public who suffered a gunshot wound as armed police killed three attackers.
Monday 5 June 2017 02:01, UK
NHS England has said 21 people are in a critical condition following Saturday night's terror attack in Central London.
Seven people were killed after three male attackers drove a white Renault hire van into crowds on London Bridge before stabbing people near Borough Market.
Six of those who lost their lives were pronounced dead at the scene. A Canadian woman, named as Christine Archibald, and a French man, who has not yet been named, are among those killed.
Islamic State has claimed they were behind the attack, according to an online news agency affiliated with the jihadists.
"A detachment of Islamic State fighters executed yesterday's London attack," the Amaq news agency said.
A total of 48 people - including foreign nationals from Spain, Germany, New Zealand and Australia - were hurt in the attack, and 36 of them are still being treated in hospital.
France's foreign ministry says seven of its citizens were wounded, and four are in a critical condition. Another French national is unaccounted for.
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The three attackers, who were wearing hoax suicide bomb vests, were shot dead by armed police within eight minutes of being alerted to the incident.
Scotland Yard said a member of the public also sustained a gunshot wound as eight officers fired an "unprecedented" barrage of 50 bullets at the attackers.
The Metropolitan Police are "increasingly confident" the three attackers were the only ones involved in the attack, and officers say they are making "significant progress" in identifying them.
Investigators are on the hunt for possible associates who might have been involved in plotting the atrocity.
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During raids by counter-terror police on Sunday morning, 12 people were arrested in Barking, east London - and properties in the area are still being searched.
Scotland Yard said seven were women aged between 19 and 60, who were detained under the Terrorism Act.
Five men aged between 27 and 55 were also arrested - one of whom has since been released without charge.
There was also a heavy police presence just over a mile away on Barking Road in East Ham, but Scotland Yard did not say whether it was linked to the earlier arrests.
Anyone with images or footage of Saturday night's attack have been urged to share it with counter-terror police to assist their investigation.
Scotland Yard said "increased physical measures" will be be in place in order to keep the public safe on London's bridges.
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March's attack near the Houses of Parliament had also seen attacker Khalid Masood mow pedestrians down in a vehicle on Westminster Bridge.
Among the injured being treated in hospital are those who confronted the attackers, including a British Transport Police officer who faced the men with only his baton.
The Prime Minister paid a private visit to King's College Hospital in south London to meet some of the victims.
Speaking outside Downing Street after chairing a committee of the emergency COBRA committee, Theresa May said Britain "cannot and must not pretend that things can continue as they are" following the third terror attack in the UK within four months.
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Mrs May said the three attacks were "bound together by the single evil ideology of Islamist extremism" as she suggested the UK is "experiencing a new trend in the threat we face as terrorism breeds terrorism".
All the major political parties apart from UKIP suspended national campaigning for Sunday but Mrs May insisted Thursday's General Election will go ahead.
A tribute concert for the victims of last month's suicide bombing at the Manchester Arena went ahead - with organisers describing the event as having "greater purpose".
A minute's silence will be held for the seven killed and those injured on Tuesday at 11am - and flags in Downing Street and elsewhere in central London have been flying at half-mast.
World leaders issued statements condemning Saturday night's atrocity, but .