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And we were following the metropolitan police's twitter feed and they were providing updates in real time, making sure people didn't get false information on social media. so they definitely did a great job. but for counterterrorism agencies, this is a nightmare. this is about the third time in about a month we're see an attack. more high tech i manchester, and more low tech here. but stheng is going on where the intensity has increased in a considerable ways. we haven't seen this in years. >> part of it is going to be a reaction to the -- this focus on ramadan. it's only two weeks old now. we...

Bridge, then the manchester attack with the suicide vest and what they're saying is a terrorist attack on london bridge. what's going on here? >> this is certainly the highest intensity for more than 10 years. this is exactly the type of incident that the police here in london and around the uk have planned for and trained for, for several years and especially in westminster you've seen more in the way of deployments. and at the same time what it suggests is that this type of attack, these types of tactics very difficult to prevent. >> reporter: the thinking was when they happened in france, g...

>> an eye witness in the immediate aftermath speaking to cnn. a security analyst and former asistent secretary for homeland security. so julia, it appears that all the assailants have been taken out and it apeers as though these two incidents starting with the ramming into pedestrians and the stabbing at borough market are one incident and not two. >> this is a different kind of attack than we've seen in the past. it was highly orchestrated but not very sophisticated. you have two men who organized to do the attack. the terminology loan wolf won't apl aply. and this will be the beginning of th...

For every second wasted, another innocent is killed. for every round you waste, another innocent is killed. you don't have time. the response has to be rapid, and shots need to be trained in how to fire bullets into a crowd of people and that needs to get to patrol. so 100% on bobby's answer. >> reporter: all right. thanks very much. this is definitely a conversation i know this country will have regarding how to response to these attacks. and also to the threat and how to gather the type of intelligence you need to make sure plots are thwarted before they become a horrific attack that takes t...

Atacks. obviously the police will be investigating any linkages between these incidents and any foreign group. >> reporter: it hasn't been comple completely clear, they claimed the manila incident that turned out not even to be a terrorist attack. they're desperate, if indeed the claim comes, to associate them sv themselves with any attack in a western city. >> and many of these individuals have been motivated by sympathy for islamic state but certainly at this time they're keen to demonstrate their resilience and their ability to bring that conflict here to europe. >> reporter: this is for uk...