London attackers named as Khuram Shazad Butt, Rachid Redouane

The Scotland Yard Police on Monday named two of the London Bridge attack suspects as Khuram Shazad Butt and Rachid Redouane.

Khuram Shazad Butt, who is 27-year-old was a British citizen who was born in Pakistan while Rachid Redouane, 30, had claimed to be Moroccan and Libyan. He also used the name Rachid Elkhdar.

Eleven people, including seven women, are already in custody in connection with the attack at London Bridge and Borough Market.

The pair and one other man were shot dead by police after killing seven people and injuring 48.

Around seven persons were killed when a van mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge late on Saturday. They drove their hired van into pedestrians on London Bridge before stabbing people in the area around Borough Market.

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