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UK Elections Will Test May’s Get-Tough Stance

The weekend’s London attacks is the third in the UK this year and came as the UK was still reeling from a suicide bombing in Manchester on May 22nd that left 22 people dead. In March, four people were killed in London after a man rammed his car into pedestrians on a bridge near the Houses of Parliament, before fatally stabbing a policeman outside. Security in the UK has been tight since the Manchester attack, and as Britons prepare to vote in Parliamentary elections on June 8th. The Cipher Brief’s Leone Lakhani asked Nick Fishwick, a former senior member of the British Foreign Office, about the mood on the ground, and the steps British investigators would be taking.

The Cipher Brief: These attacks come just after Manchester, which was very different type of attack, an actual explosion. These appear to follow the “lone wolf” or “lone wolves” pattern. How do counter-terror investigators deal with all these different types of attacks? Is it even possible to guard against all of them?

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