London Bridge attack terror police swoop on home in Ilford in latest early morning raid

COPS carried out a series of dramatic dawn raids this morning and made their fourteenth arrest as they close in on the terror network behind the London Bridge attack.

A terror gang ploughed through crowds on London Bridge before launching a stabbing attack on revellers, with seven killed in the third attack on Britain in three months.

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Officers have raided a series of properties across east London with several people seen led away in handcuffs for questioning as the Met bids to stamp out any residual terror threat.

Gunshots, stun grenades and controlled explosions have been reported by witnesses at some of the properties cops have stormed in Newham and Barking and Dagenham.

Cops raided a home in Ilford at 1.30am on Tuesday and are continuing searches at the property. No one has been arrested at this stage.

This morning, a 27-year-old man was arrested under the Terrorism Act, the Met confirmed, as police searched an address in Barking.

Officers made 12 confirmed arrests in Barking on Sunday after raiding two properties, with all those arrested since released without charge.

Meanwhile, a Moroccan man was arrested in Limerick after ID documents were discovered at his home in the name of attacker Rachid Redouane.

He was being questioned at a garda station in the city by detectives attached to the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) on suspicion of using forged documents, according to the . He has since been released without charge.

Seven women were among those arrested on suspicion of terror offences, most at a social housing flat believed to belong to be home to ringleader of the killer gang “Abz” in Barking.

Controlled explosions were carried out by officers entering the property in King’s Road.

Less than half a mile from Abz’s apartment, cops arrested a mother as she cradled her baby daughter.

Officers blew down her door at the Barking and Dagenham Foyer — a centre housing those at risk of homelessness — at 7am and took the 38-year-old woman away.

Abz’s sister was held following another operation in nearby East Ham.

Cops confirmed shortly before 6am on Monday that officers had conducted more raids in Barking and  Newham with a number of people detained but no arrests made.

Searches of the properties are continuing today.

A Met spokesperson said: "At around 04:15hrs on Monday, 5 June, officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command investigating the London Bridge terror attack entered two further addresses - one in Newham and another in Barking.

"A number of people have been detained and are at present being spoken to."

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A large area of an East Ham street was cordoned off on Sunday afternoon

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A person was detained after a series of arrests across east London

Neighbours reported hearing stun guns detonate in Dagenham this morning as heavily-armed cops detained several people at another address.

“Multiple shots” were heard, with witnesses claiming to see police running down the A13 in the East London borough just after 4.30am.

Dramatic pictures show heavily-armed cops getting out of an unmarked navy blue van at the side of the busy road.

Witness and taxi driver Naveed Saleemi said: "We saw the flashes from grenades.

“I saw banging carrying on in the yellow house and they remained there for less than 10 minutes.

“Then we saw or five or six males arrested being brought out in their shorts and T-shirts and they were handcuffed by police."

It has also emerged police in Pakistan raided Khuram Butt's family restaurant and home last night.

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The terror trio killed seven and left 48 injured - 21 critically - after mowing down revellers on London Bridge before going on a rampage wearing fake bomb vests and wielding hunting knives.

As armed cops fired on them a member of the public was caught in the crossfire, with police confirming the person did not suffer critical injuries.

Terror group ISIS claimed responsibility for the mass killing more than 24 hours after the atrocity through their affiliated news agency Amaq.

Despite the warped death cult's claims, Amaq recently claimed that an arson assault on a casino in Manila was ISIS-related. But CCTV footage released shortly after suggested the incident was a botched robbery and not terror related.

The ringleader of the attack has been revealed as an ex-London Tube, KFC and Topshop worker, known as Abz, 27.

He was pictured lying dead wearing an Arsenal strip after cops gunned him and his two sick accomplices down following the depraved assault on Saturday night.

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WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR:

• ISIS has claimed responsibility after a van ploughed through pedestrians on London Bridge just after 10pm on Saturday
• Three jihadists wearing fake bomb vests began knifing bystanders and pub-goers
• Staff at one pub barricaded the doors as the attackers tried to storm the building before the three terrorists were shot dead
• At least seven victims were killed and 48 people were injured with 32 - 15 critical - still being cared for in hospitals across London
• Four cops including British Transport Police officer among those injured
• The first three victims have been named as Canadian national Christine Archibald, a charity worker from British Columbia, James McMullan, 32, from Hackney, east London, and Aussie nurse Kirsty Boden, 28, who worked at Guy's hospital
• Theresa May has confirmed the terror threat level will remain at 'severe'
• Cops raid block of flats in Barking, East London, reportedly home to one of the attackers, and arrest 12 as well as sealing off East Ham flat - they have since been released without charge. Another man, 27, was arrested in Barking on Tuesday morning and remains in custody
• Police and piece together the chaos
• The Met opened a casualty bureau for those concerned about family and friends. There are two numbers to call: 0800 096 1233 and 020 7158 0197
• All the main political parties aside from UKIP suspended campaigning but have since resumed it as Mrs May confirmed the election will go ahead
• One Love Manchester Concert goes ahead as youngsters refuse to let terrorists stop them attending
• Sick ISIS thugs celebrated attack and called for more atrocities
• London Bridge Underground and National Rail stations re-opened on Monday
• Gunfire heard in Dagenham as heavily-armed cops detain several people during raids linked to the attack
• Families have shared desperate appeals for information to find loved ones still missing after the atrocity with a nanny and Frenchman among those who vanished
• The attackers have been named as 22-year-old Moroccan-Italian named as Youssef Zaghba, Khuram Butt, who starred in Channel 4 show The Jihadis Next Door, and pastry chef Rachid Redouane, 30.

Did you see the London Bridge terror attack, or know anyone involved? Please contact The Sun newsdesk on 020 7782 4100, text 07423720250 or email [email protected]

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Explaining the challenge of combating the terror threat in Britain Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Cressida Dick said tens of thousands of people are "subjects of interests".

She added:  "What we are seeing generally is firstly some quite low-tech attacks against targets which are easily accessed and we are also seeing people who seem to be highly volatile going perhaps from behaving quite normally to making a plan and carrying out an attack in a very short space of time."

Ms Dick said cops needed to "step up a gear" and look at what the Met can do to combat "a changing threat".

The PM has delivered a firm warning to those who harbour extremists in what looked like a turning point in terror policy today after the latest terror attack struck in the heart of London.

Following the third terrorist attack in three months Theresa May defiantly confirmed Thursday's General Election will go ahead and issued a warning to jihadis and those who harbour them as she said "things need to change".

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