United Kingdom trying to establish if London attackers had support

United Kingdom police are expected to name the men behind Saturday night's terror attack in London, in which seven people were killed and 48 others injured.

The Daily Mirror reported the man, one of three assailants who were shot dead after mowing down pedestrians with a van on London Bridge and going on a stabbing rampage at a nearby market on Saturday, has been identified by the police only as Abz.

Police believe they know the identity of the three attackers and have taken 12 people into custody in a series of raids across east London in an investigation involving thousands of officers, she added.

London police said officers killed the attackers within eight minutes of arriving at the scene.

Applauding the United Kingdom for its strength and resilience in the face of adversity, he said: "These hateful acts do not deter us; they only strengthen our resolve".

But later on Sunday he condemned the attacks in more conventional terms, sidestepping the spat with Khan and saying he had spoken with Prime Minister Theresa to extend America's "unwavering support".

The Archibald family said earlier in a statement that she worked in a homeless shelter until she moved Europe to be with her fiance.

In the United States, former vice president Al Gore told CNN that "I don't think that a major terrorist attack like this is the time to criticize a mayor who is trying to organize his city's response to this attack". It was his first public comments on the London attacks.

An off-duty Metropolitan Police officer was also injured after he tackled the men.

A similar attack in March on Westminster bridge, carried out by 52-year-old Briton Khaled Massood, killed four people and injured more than 50.

The attackers ran people over with a van on London Bridge, then lunged with knives seemingly at random at crowds gathered around Borough Market, which is full of restaurants and bars. Evil, evil people, ' he told The Guardian newspaper.

He said Trump had had ample time to tighten aviation security, adding, "Don't continue to call for this travel ban, which is, frankly?"

It was not immediately clear how the attack would impact the election, though the issue of security has been thrust to the forefront of the campaign after the London Bridge and Manchester attacks.

The scene of the attack is also right next to London Bridge station, a key railway terminus and a busy interchange on the London Underground network. The man, who himself was reportedly radicalised by YouTube videos, tried to convince his neighbour's children to convert to Islam on two separate occasions.

Take That, Niall Horan and Miley Cyrus kicked off the One Love Manchester benefit concert at Old Trafford to remember the those killed and the survivors of the suicide bomb attack at before Grande herself took to the stage to the delight of her thousands of fans in the audience.

Journalist Geoff Ho, from London, who is the business editor of the Sunday Express.

Regarding the leader's plug for his contested travel ban - which has been blocked by the courts - Cecillia Wang, deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, tweeted "We need to be outraged when the president exploits a awful violent crime to push his discriminatory and illegal policy".

The national threat level was raised to maximum after the Manchester attack and troops were deployed at key public sites, but reduced back down to its second-highest level last weekend.

Another meeting of Britain's Cobra emergency cabinet was to be held on Monday.

He told reporters: "We have been in touch with their families" as Australian authorities try to confirm the status of the two people.

"She would have had no understanding of the callous cruelty that caused her death". All three attackers were fatally shot.