LONDON – Islamic state group claimed responsibility Sunday night for an attack in London which left seven people are dead and at least 48 injured.
The first victim has been named as Canadian Chrissy Archibald.
The attack happened Saturday night shortly after 10 PM local time when a white van plowed into pedestrians on London Bridge before three men stabbed revelers at nearby Borough Market, an area packed with bars and restaurants.Police killed all the three attackers, who were reportedly wearing fake suicide vests, within eight minutes of the first emergency call. Twelve people were arrested Sunday in an apartment block in the Barking neighborhood of east London in connection with the attack on Sunday.This is the third terrorist attack on the UK in three months. Saturday's events mirrored a similar assault on London in March when a man drove into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, before stabbing a police officer guarding the UK parliament. That attack left five people dead. In May, a bomb at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester killed 22 and injured over 100.A witness at the scene told the BBC that "a van came from London Bridge itself, went between the traffic light system and rammed it towards the steps…Then three men got out with long blades, 12 inches long and went randomly along Borough High Street stabbing people at random." Two police officers who tackled the attackers have been left seriously wounded.Read more and keep tabs on the latest at VICE News.