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The Latest on the London Bridge Attack

The identities of two out of three attackers have been revealed.
Source: Clodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters

Police have released the names of two out of three suspects in Saturday’s deadly terrorist attack on the London Bridge. One of the attackers, 27-year-old Khuram Butt, was a supporter of al-Muhajiroun, an Islamist group banned by the United Kindgom that operates under multiple aliases. Before October of last year, Butt worked as a trainee customer services assistant for the London Underground. Although Butt was a British citizen living in east London, he was born in Pakistan, with his

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