London attackers wanted to use lorry for attaking: Police

London, June 10: Police said the militants involved in the eight-year-old London Bridge attack attempted to bring seven-and-a-half tons of lorries. However, the three failed to deliver the payment details and did not gain the vehicle, instead the arguing to use Van, BBC reported. The men then drove into pedestrians on the bridge before stabbing people at the nearby Borough Market on the night of June 3.

Police said the men tied 30cm pink ceramic knives to their wrists and had petrol bombs in the van. Khuram Shazad Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba have been named as the attackers, who were all shot dead. Scotland Yard wants more witnesses to come forward and is also appealing to companies who hire out vans to report any suspicious activity, the BBC report said.

On Friday night, a 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorists acts, after carrying out a raid in Ilford, east London. In the early hours of Saturday, the police arrested another man, 28, at a residential address in Barking, also on suspicion of preparing terrorists acts. In its detailed description of the attack, Metropolitan Police men also rented a flat in Barking, east London to use as a safe home.

Inside, they found a copy of the Qur'an on a page that describes martyrdom.They invented devices to make petrol bombs, plastic bottles and duct tape for constructing fake suicide bomb belts, and an ID card for Redouane. The investigation has concluded that 27-year-old Butt was the ringleader. He is thought to have driven the van, with Redouane and Zaghba in the back.