Police have released images of the fake explosives belts worn by the men who carried out the London Bridge attack. BBC reports.
Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba wore the belts as they stabbed people in Borough Market.
The officer leading the investigation said use of the belts was a “tactic” he had not seen before in the UK and one that created “maximum fear”.
The belts were still on the attackers, who murdered eight people, when they were shot dead by police.
Each belt had three disposable water bottles covered in adhesive tape attached to them.
Commander Dean Haydon, of the Metropolitan Police, said anyone who had seen the belts on the night would have thought they were genuine.
“I have not seen this tactic in the UK before, where terrorists create maximum fear by strapping fake explosives to themselves,” he said.
“It makes the bravery of those police officers and members of the public who tackled the terrorists even more remarkable.”