Soldiers are being deployed on London's streets as the terror threat level is raised to critical amid fears the Parsons Green bomber could strike again, Theresa May announced tonight.
EDITOR'S NOTE: If I lived in London, I would be hard-pressed to decide which I feared more, attacks from Islamic terrorists or a government who is unable and unwilling to even utter the words 'Islamic terror attack'. After 20 years of embracing Islam and allowing Muslim migrants to completely change the English culture, I am sure that the ruling British elites are flummoxed as to why they get attacked so often by Muslim terrorists. Mrs. May, I will tell you why. When Muslim terrorists smell weakness of any kind, they attack. And you and your Parliamentary talking heads are soft, weak, and the perfect targets for Islamic terrorists.
Operation Temperer will see military personnel replacing police at key sites such as nuclear power plants to free up extra armed police for regular patrols. Scotland Yard said it is making 'excellent' progress in hunting the suspected terrorist who set off an improvised bucket bomb on a packed commuter train by Parsons Green tube station in west London at 8.20am.
Mrs May said in a statement from Number 10: 'The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre has now decided to raise the national threat level from severe to critical - this means their assessment is that a further attack may be imminent.'
Minutes later Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley suggested there may have been more than one person involved stating that police were 'chasing down suspects'.
Police identified the suspected terrorist using CCTV but the investigation has been overshadowed by an extraordinary diplomatic row triggered by Donald Trump
The US President tweeted just hours after the rush hour blast that police had the attacker 'in their sights' and should have been 'more proactive' in catching 'the loser'.
Scotland Yard hit back and said Mr Trump's comments were 'pure speculation' while senior officers refused to name the suspect.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack tonight, saying its 'soldiers' had 'planted IEDs'. The crude bucket bomb - which had a timer - went off at 8.20am inside a tube train packed with commuters, including children and a pregnant woman.
The device was hidden in a builder's bucket and could have killed dozens but failed to properly detonate and sent a 'wall of fire' through the carriage at Parsons Green injuring at least 29 people.
Terrified passengers were seen covered in blood with scorched hands, legs, faces and hair – others suffered crush injuries during a stampede as they 'ran for their lives' over fears the 'train would blow up'.
Officers are hunting for the bomber across London amid claims he could be armed and may have planted other explosive devices. An officer at the scene told MailOnline: 'We believe there is a second bomb - there is a man with knives on the loose.'
In a pre-recorded television statement, May said military personnel would replace police officers 'on guard duties at certain protected sites which are not accessible to the public'.
She said: 'The public will see more armed police on the transport network and on our streets, providing extra protection. 'This is a proportionate and sensible step which will provide extra reassurance and protection while the investigation progresses.'
Speaking moments afterwards, Assistant Commissioner Mike Rowley said: 'We are making excellent progress at the moment as we pursue our lines of inquiry to identify, locate and arrest those responsible.
'We have hundreds of police officers trawling through CCTV footage, detectives have spoken to tens of witnesses and we have taken a large number of calls to the hotline... for members of the public.
'Indeed members of the public have sent in so far 77 images and videos of the scene which they have sent in to our appeal website and these are now being assessed for evidential value.'
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack this evening through its Amaq News Agency, saying its 'soldiers planted IEDs'. However, the group has often made false claims in the past.
Photographs show what experts believe is a 'unsophisticated' bomb in a flaming white bucket inside a Lidl freezer bag with Christmas lights protruding from the top - a type of fuse encouraged by ISIS in its online manuals.
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