London Bridge Pavements Were ‘Wide Open’ Before Terror Attack, Lawyer Says

A lawyer has criticised the lack of action before the London Bridge terror attack, saying pavements were “wide open” despite a similar atrocity three months earlier.

Eight people were killed when three men ploughed into pedestrians in a white van on the bridge, before launching a frenzied knife attack in nearby Borough market with 12in (30cm) ceramic knives on 3 June 2017.

The victims were Canadian Christine Archibald, 30, Frenchmen Xavier Thomas, 45, and Alexandre Pigeard, 26, as well as Sara Zelenak, 21, Kirsty Boden, 28, Sebastien Belanger, 36, James McMullan, 32, and Ignacio Echeverria, 39.

The attackers, Khuram Butt, 27, Rachid Redouane, 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22, were shot dead by police at the scene.

The incident came just three months after Khalid Masood mowed down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge in a hired car before stabbing a police officer to death.