Irish police linked the 2nd person to London attacker

Dublin, June 7:The Irish police were arrested by a second person on Saturday night on London Bridge and one of the three London attackers killed by dozens, having a connection with Rachid Redouane. The man in his 30s was arrested on Tuesday evening from Wexford city following a search of an apartment there, the police said. On Tuesday Xinhua news agency reported, another man, originally from Morocco, was arrested in Limerick city, but he was released by afternoon.

Both men were still being probed for theft and fraud. They were suspected of using documents and personal, public service numbers that might have links to the London attacker Redouane. Redouane, 30, is of Moroccan and Libyan descent. He was identified after a documentation check in Britain found he had lived in south Dublin for some time. An identity card, issued by Irish immigration authorities, was found after he was shot dead. He married a British woman in Ireland in 2011 before moving back to Britain, according to Ireland's national broadcaster RTE.

Under the European Union treaties, Ireland grants working visas to people outside the EU who are in a relationship with an EU citizen, which appears to have been the case in this instance. The couple returned to Ireland for a short time in 2016 before separating. Redouane was not previously known to police and had not come to their attention in relation to any crime or security issues, according to the Irish police. Ireland has criticized the London attacks, describing the assaults as "sheer madness", and said they would continue to work closely with Britain on security matters and prevention of crime as far as possible. Currently, the risk assessment in Ireland is moderate, and the possibility of an attack is possible but not possible.