POLICE have arrested 12 people including four women during a dawn raid at a block of flats in Barking where one of the London Bridge terrorists reportedly lived.
One witness said a suspect who tried to flee was shot while others reported hearing gunfire and explosions as police swooped on the east London address at 7am on Sunday.
Several men were pictured laying face down in the road handcuffed, while others were later led from the flat alongside four women. The arrests marked the first by police over the attack which killed seven and wounded 48, including 21 people left in critical.
A second raid by armed officers was then caught on film less than a mile away on Barking Road, East Ham, at 3.30pm as officers pointed their weapons to a first floor flat above a Paddy Power shop.
The Metropolitan Police would not confirm whether the operation is linked with last night’s terrorist attack, or give any further details about the raid. Witnesses claimed at least three people had been taken from the scene.
Twelve people were arrested in a raid in a tower block in Barking, east London, this morning in connection with the attack
A witness said one of the men attempted to flee from police and was shot before being put in an ambulance, while another said a woman taken from the flats also needed medical attention
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