The speed with which armed police killed three terrorists on London Bridge shows how much has been learned from previous attacks, writes British academic Steve Hewitt.
US President Donald Trump has come under fire for criticising London’s mayor in the aftermath of terror attacks in the city that killed seven people and injured at least 48 others, including several Australians.
The knife-wielding man responsible for the terror attack that left four other people dead and at least 29 injured in Westminster, has been named by London police as Khalid Masood.
UPDATED: A knife-wielding man has gone on a deadly rampage in the heart of Britain’s seat of power, ploughing a car into pedestrians on London’s Westminster Bridge before fatally stabbing a police officer inside the gates of Parliament.