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Islamic State on Saturday claimed responsibility for the stabbing attack in central London that left two people dead before the attacker was shot and killed by armed police.
The Islamist militia's mouthpiece news agency, Amaq, said the man was an Islamic State fighter and that he carried out the attack in response to calls for targeting citizens of the countries that form an alliance fighting Islamic State.
On Friday, a man identified by British authorities as 28-year-old Usman Khan stabbed two people to death on London Bridge before he was shot dead by police. 
The suspect had previously been convicted of terrorism offences, according to British authorities.
Three other victims, a man and two women, are receiving treatment in hospital, police said.


Accompanied by Home Secretary Priti Patel, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson surveyed the scene late Saturday morning with Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick and City of London Police Commissioner Ian Dyson, the Press Association (PA) reported.
Khan, who reportedly served time for a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange, had been released early from prison in December 2018, prompting a fierce debate about the practice. The Times newspaper said that he was still wearing an electronic ankle tag.
London Bridge attacker was former terror convict, British police say
The Guardian reported that the judge in Khan's case said his plans were a “serious, long-term venture in terrorism” and he may represent an ongoing danger to the public.
"[It is a] mistake to allow serious and violent criminals to come out of prison early and it is very important that we get out of that habit and that we enforce the appropriate sentences for dangerous criminals, especially for terrorists,” Johnson said before chairing a Friday evening meeting of the British government's emergency committee Cobra.

Responding to criticism, the Parole Board issued a statement on Saturday to say it had not been involved in his release of the attacker “who appears to have been released automatically on licence (as required by law), without ever being referred to the Board.”
Queen Elizabeth sent her “thoughts, prayers and deepest sympathies to all those who have lost loved ones” and praised the “brave individuals who put their own lives at risk to selflessly help and protect others.”
Khan's attack started at a conference on rehabilitation at Fishmongers' Hall; he was tackled by ex-offenders attending it and a Polish chef who worked at the venue, PA reported.
Khan, who was wearing a hoax explosive device at the time of the attack, had taken part in a prisoner rehabilitation programme organised by Cambridge University and had shown “no cause for concern,” PA cited a source familiar with the programme as saying.
Campaign events for the upcoming British general election on December 12 were cancelled on Saturday.
Commissioner Dick confirmed to journalists that the attacker is believed to have acted alone, PA reported.


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Islamic State claims responsibility for London Bridge knife attack, says Usman Khan was one of its fighters

A general view of London Bridge following Friday’s terror attack. Photo: dpa

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (C) visits the scene of a stabbing, on London Bridge in the City of London on November 30, 2019. - A man suspected of stabbing two people to death in a terror attack on London Bridge was an ex-prisoner convicted of terrorism offences and released last year, police said Saturday. (Photo by SIMON DAWSON / POOL / AFP)

London Bridge attack: suspect wearing fake explosive vest shot dead after fatal stabbing

Armed police patrol along Cannon Street in central London. Photo: AFP

epa08033217 Police at the scene of an incident at London Bridge in London, Britain, 29 November 2019. According to reports, a man has been detained after police officers were called to a stabbing at London Bridge. Several people have been injured. EPA-EFE/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA

epa08033659 Forensics examine the crime scene at the London bridge in London, Britain, 29 November 2019. According to reports, several people have been injured and a male suspect has been shot dead by police at a scene after a stabbing at London Bridge. The incident has been declared as a terror incident by the Police. EPA-EFE/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA

epa08033335 A police close to a scene of an incident at London Bridge in London, Britain, 29 November 2019. According to reports, a man has been detained after police officers were called to a stabbing at London Bridge. Several people have been injured. EPA-EFE/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA

In this grab taken from video of the incident, the attacker is surrounded by armed police on London Bridge, in London. Photo: AP

As UK reels from London Bridge attack, questions over attacker’s release on parole

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and British Home Secretary, Priti Patel (C) visit the crime scene near London Bridge in London. Photo: EPA-EFE

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks to the media near the scene of a stabbing on London Bridge, in which two people were killed, in London, Britain, November 30, 2019. REUTERS/Ian Walton

Buses and cars remain on London Bridge in London, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, after it being closed to traffic and public after an attack on Friday. UK counterterrorism police on Saturday searched for clues into how a man imprisoned for terrorism offenses before his release last year managed to stab several people before being tackled by bystanders and shot dead by officers on London Bridge. Two people were killed and three wounded. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

British Police officers stand by forensic tents outside a residential address in Stafford, central England on November 30, 2019, raided in connection with the November 29 stabbings on London Bridge in the City of London. - A man suspected of stabbing two people to death in a terror attack on London Bridge was an ex-prisoner convicted of terrorism offences and released last year, police said Saturday. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Flowers are left at the scene of a stabbing on London Bridge, in which two people were killed, in London, Britain, November 30, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

epa08034850 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (3-L) visits the crime scene near London Bridge in London, Britain, 30 November 2019. At least two members of the public have died and a male suspect has been shot dead by police at a scene on 29 November after a stabbing at London Bridge. EPA-EFE/VICKIE FLORES

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Terrorist organisation says attack was a response to calls for targeting citizens of the countries that form an alliance fighting Islamic State



Terrorist organisation says attack was a response to calls for targeting citizens of the countries that form an alliance fighting Islamic State.
