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Article snippet: LONDON — It was a warm, drizzly Saturday night, and the bars at Borough Market here were packed, as usual. Tucked below an offramp of London Bridge, near the banks of the Thames, the market is a warren of narrow streets populated with trendy bars and restaurants, where some people had just finished watching the Champions League soccer final. Then came the loud bang of a crashing van. Then came three men slashing at patrons with knives. Then screams, sirens, chaos — and, finally, gunfire as arriving police officers shot and killed the three assailants. “A huge group of people started running towards us,” said Graham Forester, who was in a taxi arriving at Borough Market as the attack unfolded. “One woman screamed at my cabby, telling him to turn around. One guy fell over really badly, while he was running, and I saw a pool of blood on the pavement. “A group of young girls, dolled up for the night, were running in their high heels, crying.” Parts of the area around the market remained cordoned off by the police on Sunday morning, as the authorities continued to investigate the three men who carried out Britain’s third terrorist attack in less than three months. Seven people were killed, with dozens more injured, some in critical condition. Little was known about the assailants, but if their goal was to sow fear by striking a location filled with people, Borough Market and nearby London Bridge were ideal targets. Popular with tourists and teeming with night life, Lo... Link to the full article to read more