London stays defiant in face of latest attack: “It is time to say enough is enough”

TORONTO — The latest ******** in London is the third militant ****** in ******* in less than three months, coming on the heels of the March 2017 killings on Westminster Bridge and last month’s ****** ******* in **********. British Prime Minister Theresa May said ******* must be tougher in stamping out Islamist extremism after ********* ****** at least seven people by ramming a van into pedestrians on London Bridge and stabbing revellers in nearby bars.

“It is time to say enough is enough,” the Conservative leader said outside her ******* Street office, where British flags flew at half-staff.

“We cannot and must not pretend that things can continue as they are,” May said, adding that ******* was under ****** from a new breed of copycat militants.

One Canadian was among those ******. At least 48 people were ******* in the ******.

A ****** officer stands behind discarded medical equipment near Borough Market. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

*******’s Prime Minister Theresa May speaks outside 10 ******* Street. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs

********* walk accross London Bridge after is was reopened. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

This weekend’s ****** comes just as the UK heads into its high tourism season and just as ******* releases its visitor figures for 2016, when visits were up 4% on 2015 to 37.6 million while global spend was up 2% to £22.5 billion.

The U.K. saw record-breaking spend from Canada, with visitors from this market spending £634 million (Cdn$1.1 billion) across the UK last year, a new annual spend record and up 25% on 2015 figures, according to VisitBritain.

Canadian visits were up 17% to 828,000 in 2016, compared to 2015.

Before this weekend’s ****** 2017 was looking strong with VisitBritain forecasting 38.1 million global visits. ******* was enjoying a strong start for North America with visits from January – March 2017 up 17% (760,000 visits) compared to the same period last year.

Over the weekend London ****** arrested 12 people in the Barking district of east London in connection with the ****** and raids were continuing there.

With files from Reuters.