London: Britain's main parties on Sunday suspended their election campaign for the general polls for the second time in two weeks after a terror attack in London, which killed seven persons and injured 48 others.
The main parties that suspended the election campaign, include the ruling Conservative party, Opposition Labour and Scottish National Party.
The ruling Conservative party announced that it was suspending its campaign following the attack, just days before the polls on June 8 involving a van and three terror suspects, who were shot dead by Metropolitan Police armed officers.
"The Conservative party will not be campaigning nationally today. We will review as the day goes on and as more details of the attack emerge," a Tory party spokesperson said.
The Opposition Labour Party also said that all planned campaign events for today have been called off.
"The Labour Party will be suspending national campaigning until this evening, after consultations with other parties, as a mark of respect for those who have died and suffered injury," party leader Jeremy Corbyn said.
The Scottish National Party (SNP) has also called off its campaign for on Sunday.
However, the suspension will not include local campaigning, and local candidates will have the freedom to use their judgement.
London mayor Sadiq Khan said he is "passionate believer in democracy" and would not want to see the election date being affected by the latest incident.
"There can be no justification for the acts of these terrorists and I'm quite clear we'll never let them win nor we will allow them to cower our city or Londoners," he said.
A white van hit pedestrians on London Bridge last night before three men got out and stabbed people in nearby Borough Market, a very busy area of central London.
Scotland Yard said the three men were wearing what looked like suicide bomb vests, which later turned out to be fake.
All three suspects were shot dead by armed officers on the scene within eight minutes.
"We are treating this as a terrorist incident and a full investigation is already under way,"said Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley.
Britain's ruling Conservative party, Opposition Labour and Scottish National party today suspended their election campaign for the general polls for the second time in two weeks. The campaign was previously suspended after the Manchester attack.
The latest attack is the third terrorist strike in the UK this year, with campaigning also suspended for three days last month after suicide bomber Salman Abedi killed 22 victims at a concert in Manchester on May 22.
Earlier this year, on March 22, terror suspect Khalid Masood mowed down four pedestrians to death before stabbing to death a police officer on duty at the UK Parliament.
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