Saturday night’s terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, the third such incident in the UK in the last three months, left seven dead and more than 30 others wounded, with 18 still in critical condition. London authorities have identified the three attackers as Khuram Shazad Butt, 27, from Barking, London, Rachid Redouane, 30, also from Barking, London, and Youssef Zaghba, 22, from East London. Butt was featured in a 2016 documentary on the British Channel 4 called “The Jihadist Next Door” and was a known figure to authorities. The Cipher Brief’s Benentt Seftel spoke with counterterrosim expert Bruce Hoffman about the recent spate of attacks in London and if it is possible to more effectively combat this threat.
The Cipher Brief: Saturday night’s terrorist attack on the London Bridge is the latest in a string of violent attacks in the UK. Could this be part of a coordinated campaign against the UK by extremists, or is it possible that it’s multiple, unconnected, lone wolves? Is there a concern that this could stem from the high number of foreign fighters who have returned to the UK?
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