One of the killers behind Saturday night’s devastating series of attacks in London has been named as Khuram Shazad Butt, 27.
Butt, along with Rachid Redouane, 27, and one other man was shot dead by police during the terrorist attack at London Bridge and Borough Market on Saturday.
Butt was born in Pakistan but early reports in the national media said he had been born in Watford.
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Khuram Shazad Butt, known to his friends as “Abz”, featured in a Channel 4 documentary about British jihadists last year
So far seven people have died and 48 were injured, with 18 people in a critical condition.
Armed police shot the trio dead eight minutes after emergency services were called during the attack on Saturday.
Twelve people in Barking were arrested on Sunday morning after a flat owned by one of the attackers was raided.
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