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Of the Manchester Bombing 14 year old Eilidh Macleod is laid to rest on the scottish island of barra. Good evening from London Bridge. We are still at the Police Cordon following the attack on Saturday Night. The metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick says they already know the identity of the attackers, and that their names will be released as soon as operationally possible as officers work to establish if they were part of a wider network. Their investigation is focussed on several addresses in east london with a number of people detained following raids in newham and barking. Richard galpin has the latest. This is Borough Market in the midst of the attack. Its being filmed by florin morariu, whos from romania. But instead of running to safety, he attacks the three men stabbing people in front of him. Translation i really thought i was in danger so i threw a bread crate at one of the attackers. I saw he was going to dodge it so i hit him on the head with another crate. He also sheltered 20 people in the bakery where he works. They and many others describing him as a hero. But already seven people were dead and more than 20 critically injured. 30 year old Christine Archibald from canada is the first of those killed to have been named. She left canada to be with herfiance and died in his arms on London Bridge on Saturday Night. The police are working hard to establish the identity of all of those who were tragically killed or injured in the event on Saturday Night, but it is now clear that sadly victims came from a number of nationalities. This was an attack on london and the United Kingdom but it was also an attack on the free world. This morning Counterterrorism Police carried out more raids in north east london, targeting two properties, as the hunt for any accomplices of the attackers continues. Around about 4 10 this morning i heard a massive loud explosion, gunshots, about 20 gunshots going off across the road at an mot car tyre place across the road from us. Loads of unmarked police. The police say they already know the identity of the three attackers. But while so called Islamic State claims it was behind the attack, the police doubt the militant group was directly involved. All the recent attacks, i think, have a primarily Domestic Centre of gravity. In the five we have foiled and these three recent attacks, in some of them there are undoubtedly international dimensions. We will always be looking to see if anything has been directed from overseas but i would say the majority of the threat we are facing at the moment doesnt appear to be directed from overseas. In the last hour, the mayor of london has condemned what he described as the poisonous ideology of the men who carried out the attack. The acts of these three men on Saturday Night was cowardly, was evil, and im angry and furious that these three men are seeking to justify their actions by using the faith that i belong to, to justify their actions. The ideology they follow is perverse and is poisonous, and it has no place in islam. This was the third attack injust three months. Two of them on bridges, where security is now being increased. And the threat level remains at severe, meaning yet another attack is highly likely. Richard galpin, bbc news. Lets get the latest on the investigation and our Home Affairs Correspondent, Daniel Sandford is at the metropolitan Police Headquarters at new scotland yard. What is known, how much more is known, daniel about the three men, those men who were shot dead by Armed Police Officers here on Saturday Night . As you are saying at the beginning, Cressida Dick made it clear this morning that they know the identities of the three men and they are quite satisfied that the three people shot dead by police word the three suspects involved in carrying out that attack on London Bridge and in Borough Market. The police at this stage have still not made public what they believe those names to be. Now i think that could happen quite soon, but at this stage, they have not made it public and they are still asking the media in the meantime not to make those names public while theyjust do the last little bits of expanding the investigation and that the media by naming them dont somehow want someone naming them dont somehow want someone in advance. So i can give you some clues as to who these people might be. One is a pakistani man who comes from barking, which is an every of north east london. He is 27 years old. It has a young family, so that is one of them. Another is a man of moroccan origin who have married a white woman. A woman that we believe was actually arrested. At 32 year old white woman was arrested, though we dont believe he would any longer with her. That is an interesting story. The third identity we are less sure about, but the police say they will give the identities as soon as they can. So apart from that what might be the next stage of this investigation, daniel . The investigation has me slowly today. There were a couple of extra raids overnight. 0ne slowly today. There were a couple of extra raids overnight. One in barking and one in the neighbouring borough of newham. Whilst they have spoken to people, they have not said that they have formally arrested them. Although we have seen pictures of people being led away from those properties, we are not clear whether anyone has been arrested in those raids. It looks that the rapidly it looks like the rapidly expanding investigation we saw yesterday as got to the outer limits. The police do know who carried out the attack, but it when we left at that. There isa but it when we left at that. There is a lot of detailed work to be done, notjust is a lot of detailed work to be done, not just that the crime is a lot of detailed work to be done, notjust that the crime scenes where you are, but going through the mends phones and computers, trying to tease out every last detail and work out if anyone else who has not been shot dead he might have been involved in this. Daniel, thank you very much for now. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford following the investigation. The first victim of the attack to be named is 30 year Old Canadian National Christine Archibald. She was living in the netherlands with her fiance and had travelled to london with him for the weekend. It was her first visit to london and in the last few minutes the sister ofjames in the last few minutes the sister of James Mcmullen has in the last few minutes the sister ofJames Mcmullen has confirmed in the last few minutes the sister of James Mcmullen has confirmed that she believes he was killed in the attack. A french citizen was also killed, and four others seriously hurt. Four australians are also known to have been caught up in the attack. All of this reminds us what a Multicultural City London is. Daniela relph reports. To herfamily, she was chrissie, a person who had room in their heart for everyone, they said. A person who believed everyone should be valued and respected. Christine had moved to europe from canada to be with her fiance, tyler. On Saturday Night she died in tylers arms. They had been walking over London Bridge as the attack began. He was a little bit ahead of her. He heard tyres screeching and he looked back and he just saw the mayhem that was going on and be fan hitting people. Then he ran up and tried cpr on her and she passed in his arms. In a statement her family said she wouldnt have understood the callous cruelty of her death. They also made this plea. Australian Candice Hedge was stabbed in the neck on Saturday Night. She had been trying to hide from the attackers in Borough Market. Her family believe she is actually one of the lucky ones. I was really scared, yeah, really, really scared. We eventually got onto the hospital. They spoke to me and said she had gone to surgery. She had a knife wound in her neck. Across the london hospitals, the injured are still being treated. At Kings College hospital, seven people remain critically ill. All the patients are being cared for by Intensive Care and surgical teams, who are doing an excellentjob. A number of patients remain in critical care, where they receive good treatment, and i expect them to remain there for a number of days or weeks to come. At the new york stock exchange, silence before trading started. Those injured in the attack are being remembered. Prince harry paused in silent reflection at a polo match. In the coming hours and days, the names of the other six killed will be made public, as will the anguish and pain of their family and friends. Daniela relph, bbc news. 0ur Correspondent Simonjones is at Kings College hospital in Central London where some of the injured are being treated. What are you hearing where you are . 36 people injured in the attack on Saturday Night remain in hospital. Half of those are in a critical condition, including seven here at this hospital. They tell me be types of wins they have been treating of sta b of wins they have been treating of stab wounds to be face, neck and torso. They have also been treating patients who were run down by the van used by the three attackers. They are also four Police Officers who have been injured. 0ne they are also four Police Officers who have been injured. One was from the British Transport Police and one was an off duty metropolitan Police Officer. He is in a serious condition. A plain clothed Police Officer was injured along with a uniformed officer. 0n officer was injured along with a uniformed officer. On Saturday Night this hospital went into the emergency procedure. They have practised for this in the past, but on Saturday Night it became a reality. The head of the Emergency Department told me he got in on saturday evening and a lot of Staff Members have been called in to cope with the situation. He said when you are faced with it, you get on with yourjob. That is what you are paid to do, but when you get home after your shift and you are exhausted and start thinking about what you have seen and the injuries. He said it was depressing that this was becoming more familiar because he and many of the Staff Members here dealt with the aftermath of the westminster Terror Attack. We have heard lots of stories during the day of bravery, of how the Ambulance Crews after being called work on the scene within six minutes. Another clinicians said that he was cycling home after his shift and saw Police Activity around London Bridge. People something happens, he didnt know what, but he headed straight back to the hospital and carried on working and was there to help on the first arrived. He said this attack has affected lots of people from around the world, lots of different nationalities have been involved. We have seen camera crews from around the world waiting for updates. A sign of how many people on how many different nationalities have been affected by these events. Simon, thank you. That is a similar situation here at the Police Cordoned. A large number of countries represented by the media here. Lets talk a little bit more about the investigation. The head of the Metropolitan Police says they know the name of the attackers, but they havent been named. Cressida dick said that these latest attack in the uk dont appear to have been directed from overseas. 0ur Security Correspondent Frank Gardner has more on that. Chasing down a suspect in east london, as armed police aim their weapons. In east london, as armed for the third time in three months, police are scrambling to follow up leads in the wake of an attack. In barking in east london, suspects were made to lie on the ground. Many of those arrested were women. This is one of the three murderers on Saturday Night after being shot dead by police. Its emerged that at least one of the three had been reported for his extremist views, but apparently no action was taken. We have hundreds and hundreds of officers engaged in trying to piece together whether anybody else knew about the attack or planned or supported it in any way at all, and we have been arresting people. Its the conflict in syria that has massively ramped up the terrorist threat. Hundreds of british jihadis have gone to join the ranks of so called Islamic State. As that group faces defeat in the middle east, hundreds have come back and thousands more are being recruited into islamic extremism over the internet. What we have seen after this flurry of attacks now is that people are becoming frustrated, people do want to see concrete steps and actions from the government in a meaningful way that can mitigate this threat, that can manage it down. Educating people about the risks of radicalisation extends even into the classroom. This was a school in waverley, birmingham. The governments prevent programme aims to steer people away from extremism before its too late. Help groups have also been set up to offer advice to vulnerable families. Having that deep involvement, actually that parental control so to speak. Yeah. Which is the key here. And thats why our work is centred around mothers, because they are the key change makers. They are the first ones to spot the signs. Given the state of the terrorist threat, this is unlikely to be the last time britain mourns its victims from an attack on our streets. Police action can only go so far. Challenging the ideology that feeds terrorism has now become the priority. Frank gardner, bbc news. We were talking about those who have died, the nationalities. Just a little bit more on the big teams. Just a little bit more information that has come to him a last few moments. We have been hearing from someone called Melissa Mcmullen. She has been telling journalists that she is as sure as she can be, she believes that her brotherjames is among those killed. So Melissa Mcmullen telling journalists that she believes her brotherJames Mcmullen is one of the seven people who lost their lives here in London Bridge on Saturday Night. This is the first image we have been sent off him. James the first image we have been sent off him. James mcmullan believed to be one of the people who lost their lives during the attack on London Bridge and Borough Market. He sister melissa told journalists that he was a fantastic brother and did not deserve to die. The latest there from Melissa Mcmullan who said her brother is one of the victims. 36 people are still in hospital, 18 of them still in critical care. Also a line has come through from the ip cc, the independent Police Complaints commission who will be investigating the shootings on saturday. It is routine, that is what they do after a fatal shooting. That statement coming through from the ipc seem in the last few moments. Ipcc. We will have more for you later. And now, back to the studio. Campaigning has resumed for thursdays General Election after being suspended because of the Terror Attack here on Saturday Night. The Prime Minister has defended her record on Counter Terrorism and policing, as labour claims the reduction in Police Numbers has hampered their ability to gather intelligence and prevent radicalisation. 0ur Senior Correspondent vicky young is at westminster. They have been to Terrorist Attacks doing the Election Campaign