this is starting to look a lot like the march 22nd incident when a man named khalid masood who used a sedan car and crashed into pedestrians on westminster bridge, got out of his car, stabbed to death a police officer before he was shot to death himself. so again, this is starting to look like something like a copycat attack. but with more people involved. the fact that there were three people here, ali, means that the police are going to be looking for even more witnesses. in all of these incidents, all of these european terror attacks, it always looks like lone wolf attacks. that's because consistently there's been just one perpetrator. but with three people involved, the police are now going to be looking for even more people who may have helped them, who may be ideologically or strategic connected to those who perpetrated the crime. so moving on from here, the dragnet following on from these three perpetrators is going to be huge. we're going to see something like the manchester attacks, where police arrested now more than a dozen people. we're going to start to see a huge manhunt

this is starting to look a lot like the march 22nd incident when a man named khalid masood used a sedan car and crashed into pedestrians on westminster bridge, got out of his car, stabbed a police officer before he was shot to death himself. this is starting to look something like a copy cat attack but with more people involved. the fact that there were three people here means that the police are going to be looking for even more witnesses. in all of these incidents, all of these european terror attacks, it's always looked like lone wolf attacks. but with three people involved the police are now going to be looking for even more people who may have helped them, who may be ide ide ideal -- we're going to see something like the manchester attacks where police arrested more than a dozen people. we're going to see a huge manhunt not just across london but across the entire country and likely into other countries as well as police try to suss who was behind it. >> police saying in addition to the fact that six civilians were killed and the three men who were the suspects were killed, that th

police have said very little, perhaps a little less, met police, when parliament was attacked by khalid masood they need people to remain calm, vigilant and alert and they have put out the advice about being aware of what's going on, running from the scene, if something is happening, hiding and telling the police, reporting what is going on, that's very important so they've put that advice out. it shows they are trying to get those messages out. quite dramatic advice? , yes and quite dramatic advice? , yes and quite dramatic advice? , yes and quite dramatic advice but thoughtful. the advice in the states is sometimes different, it involves fighting back ina different, it involves fighting back in a situation like that, that is on the advice here, the advice is get out of the area, tell police but if you can't, i'd. it shows that they wa nt to you can't, i'd. it shows that they want to get the message across directly to the public —— hide. the way police koeman occasions work now is to work directly with social media —— communicates and work now. talk directly to the public and hope people get

when the metropolitan police, when london and parliament was attacked by khalid masood, they said they calm, to remain vigilant, and to remain alert. they have also put out the advice about being aware of what is going on, running from the scene if something is happening, hiding, and telling the police, reporting what is going on. that is very important also. to that with that advice out. it shows they are trying to get the message is out. quite dramatic advice. it is, and it is being thought about, they haven't just very together tonight, the thought about the best way to do this and the advice in the united states is different, it is about fighting back but in the uk, the advice is to get out of the area and tell the police and if you cannot get out, then hide. it shows you they want to get the message across directly to the public because the way that police communications work nowadays is to talk directly via twitter and social media to the public. don't worry about what people like me are going to say. talk directly to the public and hope that people can get on with their lives wh

with us today is shailesh vara from the conservatives, khalid masood mood from labour, baroness sheehanm the liberal democrats, bob —— bob dhillon from ukip, and leanne wood from plaid cymru. following the horrific terror attack in manchester last week, campaigning for the election had been suspended. of course it has now resumed. but the events of manchester are still very much on people's minds. i was in the city reporting and i am from manchester. there were a lot of questions being asked in the aftermath. let's begin the debate today with talking about what happened in manchester, looking at some of the issues that came from it. let's go to our first question. in light of the recent atrocities committed in manchester, should muslims do more to condemn terrorism within their communities? shailesh va ra within their communities? shailesh vara from the conservatives? let me express my deepest sympathies and condolences for the family and friends of those who tragically lost their lives in what was basically a very wicked and evil act. it has been condemned by the whole world. as faras

accounts we have so far to have planned this and carried it out together but the first of that, khalid masoodtect. the middle attack of the three, the bombing in magister, is entirely different. there's a lot of evidence that salman abedi went abroad to libya, he came back to manchester shortly before the bombing, he rented various flats, there is some evidence that it's possible he constructive his device in some of those flats. so that does look different. the first and the third look quite similar. it's important to understand, i remember the bombings in 2005, the 7/7 bombings, how we had the first attack and two weeks later another attempt to kill and maim on the london underground, luckily one that didn't come off. one attack often leads to another. the security situation is heightened, plotters become concerned they might be discovered and pulled into the net of investigation going on and they move forward with their plans, it's something the security services have to be very aware of and they very much will be in this case. they will be worried. obviously there was a lot of praise for

in the first, khalid masood was on his own, a lone wolf. difficult for the police to detect.g in manchester, is entirely different. there is a lot of evidence that from an abedi went abroad to libya, he came back shortly before the bombing, he rented various flights, there was some evidence that it is possible he could have constructed his device and some of those flights, so it does look different. but the first and third look similar. and i think it's important to understand, i remember the bombings, to 77 bombings in 2005 we had the first attack, and two weeks later, another attempt to kill and maim on the london underground and luckily one that didn't come off. one attack often leads to another, the security situation is heightened, plot has become concerned they may be discovered, there may be pulled in to the net of investigation going on and they move forward with their plans. it's in the security services have to be a werrap and they very much will be in this case. obviously, there is a lot of praise for the security services and they talked about all of the plots the

khalid masood was 52. for example, in february, 2016, a radicalized 15-year-old german girl in contact with isis stabbed a police officer in hanover. y ou have those who have criminal records and those who do not. those who trained with terrorists and those who have not. those who are well-educated or affluent as well as those who are poorly educated or from a lower socio economic background. all were drawn into the terrorist orbit and planned attacks in europe. the thirst aspect is the range -- the third aspect is the range of weapons now used by terrorists. since november 2015, belgium, france, germany and the uk have seen operatives acquiring expertise and materials toassemble suicide bombs without having their plans thwarted. there has not been a lack of willing volunteers to carry out these suicide missions, including salman abedi who committed the attack in manchester. the use of vehicles. there have been no publicly disclosed instances in which vehicular attacks have been thwarted. we've seen the co

in fact, khalid masood was 52. is something happening here on age? possibly.bracket. there was a lot done in colleges, trying to break down social stereotypes, particularly around islam and muslims. a lot of young people get their information from social media and the mainstream media, which can be culpable with painting negative stereotypes. we also work with people that are a lot older. we did some outreach around the far right specifically in prevent. we found a lot of younger people were quite well integrated let's talk a little bit about the media coverage. there was some anger today that we have drawn the comparison between these two types, but people say you just dismiss one lot as mental health problems and the other lot are organised terrorism? it's a very common response. there are two things, whenever there is an attack by a muslim, the media portrays it as a coordinated, coherent culpability on behalf of all muslims. that's not fair, nobody says it is all muslims, everybody is careful to make sure... i'm not saying everybody does that, i am saying

march, it was a wednesday evening, four people were killed, including the assailant, a guy named khalid masood. ever since nice we've seen attacks like this, everyday vehicles used as weapons of mass carnage. it alarms americans and westerners and all of us around the world, because it reminds us of how vulnerable we are in many of these soft targets. >> when you look at what might be the next steps for metropolitan police, mi-5, whoever my be brought in, brought to bear here, given the large number of resources they have there available in london, what do you think they're doing, going through at the moment in terms of the next steps? >> well, the first thing, as you see, the visible police firstor all agencies to secure the perimeter. you also saw in the earlier footage, they were pushing back reporters, pushing back civilians from a tthe area. so they're cordoning it off. you heard reports of people on the back of police vehicles. so they may even potentially have suspects at this end. so right now, what you're going to see the police basically, you know, seal the areas off, get control of

the murderous assault at westminster in march by khalid masood was the first in a series of deadly terror huge strain on the police. it was followed by the suicide bombing at manchester arena and the van and knife attack at london bridge and borough market. after that police put a three—month emergency planning to affect, emergency plan into affect, known as operation rosette. it's designed to intensify counter—terrorism activity, in particular the capacity of police to investigate plots. but with 700 staff looking into many enquiries, police are having to find resources from elsewhere. bbc news understand that as part of operation roset some staff will be temporarily removed from the public enquiry into undercover policing. some war crimes investigations will be suspended. and officers will be transferred from regional organised crime teams to work on counter—terrorism policing. mark rowley says the counter—terrorism policing network isn't able to operate at full strength because of the demand for detectives investigating other crimes, including child abuse. in a letter to amber rudd, mr