British Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday the United Kingdom’s threat level would remain at “severe,” which means another attack is “highly likely” following this weekend’s terror attack in London.
“JTAC, the independent Joint Terrorism Analysis Center … confirmed that the national threat level remains at severe, that means that a terrorist attack is highly likely,” May told BBC.
“It is now clear that, sadly, victims came from a number of nationalities,” she continued. “This was an attack on London and the United Kingdom, but it was also an attack on the free world.”
Seven people were killed and 48 injured Saturday when three men in a rented van plowed into pedestrians on London Bridge. The men then got out of the van and attacked people in nearby bars and restaurants with large knives.
The attackers were shot dead by police.
The Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement from its Amaq news agency, according to SITE Intelligence Group.
The attack in London is the third terror attack in Britain the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for this year.
In March, a similar attack occurred on Westminster Bridge, and two weeks ago, a suicide bomber detonated a device during an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester.
Following last month’s attack in Manchester, the United Kingdom raised its threat level to severe. May said at the time the terrorists “will not win.”
“At terrible moments like these, it is customary for leaders, politicians and others to condemn the perpetrators and declare that the terrorists will not win,” she said. “But the fact that we have been here before, and the fact that we need to say this again does not make it any less true.”
