London Bridge attackers had tried to hire 8.3 ton truck: police

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS | Fri Jun 9, 2017 | 8:56pm EDT

London Bridge attackers had tried to hire 8.3 ton truck: police

By Michael Holden | LONDON

The three Islamists who killed eight people after driving a van into pedestrians on London Bridge and then attacking nearby revelers had initially tried to hire a 7.5 tonne (8.3 ton) truck, the head of the UK capital's counter-terrorism unit said on Friday.

Commander Dean Haydon also revealed that the men had a stockpile of petrol bombs in the back of their van and carried out their deadly attack with pink ceramic knives. Officers also discovered a Koran in their safe house, opened at a page on martyrdom.

The discoveries, especially of the plan to hire a truck, suggested more could have been killed.

"Getting hold of a 7.5 tonne lorry - the effects could have been even worse," Haydon told reporters.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-security-idUSKBN19033F

[luvMIdog]

1. 'The three Islamists' ??? Why "Islamists' and not 'Terrorists'? Had some terrorism been done by

someone from a radical militant Christian group would they be called ' The three Christians' or 'The three Christanists' ?

This is how all Muslims are forced to wear the terrorist tag and it's wrong. This is what the right loves to paint them all with one stroke. It's wrong.
I'm not speaking about the person who started this thread- I'm speaking about what the author of that article said.

As far as the info from the story goes- I'm really glad they didn't get that truck.