Tag: London Terror Attack
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London attack: revenge for RAF’s love from Manchester air strike – Pro-Islamic State social media users claim
Pro-Islamic State social media users claimed the London attacks were revenge for the RAF’s “love from Manchester” air strike, according to the Site intelligence monitoring group. A photograph emerged last week of an RAF bomb with the message “love from Manchester” written on it. It was on its way to strike ISIL targets in Syria.…
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London terror attack: Facebook wants ‘hostility’ against terrorists
Facebook says it wants to make its platform “hostile” to terrorists after an attack in London left at least seven people dead this weekend. Simon Milner, the company’s director of policy, issued a widely reported statement Sunday that said the social media platform works “aggressively” to remove terrorist content. “We want Facebook to be a…
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UK attack: Osinbajo urges global community to act with greater vigour
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday said that the latest attack in the U.K. reinforced the need for the global community to act with greater vigour to overcome the extremist ideologies which underpin terrorism. Osinbajo in a statement by the Acting Presidential Spokesman, Mr Laolu Akande, described Saturday’s terror attack in the London Bridge as…
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UN chief strongly condemns London terrorist attacks
UN Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned Saturday night’s terrorist attacks in London and expressed solidarity with the people and Government of the United Kingdom in the combat against terrorism and violent extremism. “The Secretary-General expresses his solidarity with the people and the Government of the United Kingdom as they fight terrorism and violent extremism,” a…
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London terror attack: Internet must be regulated to stop terrorism – May
Prime Minister Theresa May has called for closer regulation of the internet following a deadly terror attack in London. At least seven people were killed in a short but violent assault that unfolded late Saturday night in the heart of the capital, the third such attack to hit Britain this year. May said on Sunday…