The United Kingdom was hit by another terrorist attack on Saturday night. At least seven people were killed and several dozen wounded in central London when a van drove into pedestrians on London Bridge.
Three men then leapt from the van and attacked people in the busy area with machete-like knives.
Police responded with force and shot the attackers dead within minutes, and several arrests were made throughout Sunday.
In March, an Islamist terrorist drove his car into pedestrians on another bridge in London and went to attack others with a machete before being shot dead by police at the House of Parliament. Four people were killed and 50 wounded then.
Ten days ago, a suicide bomber struck at a concert in Manchester, in northern England, killing 23 people and wounding 119.
Jewish leaders: 'We must not let the terrorists succed'
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder condemned Saturday's attack and expressed his condolences to the victims and their families. "We stand together in solidarity with the people of Britain who have been hit by several attacks in recent weeks. Our liberties and our way of life shall triumph."
British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said in a statement: "In the wake of yet another attack, of more loss of life and of more families devastated by terror, every one of us will once again feel the now too familiar sense of horror and helplessness. After Westminster and Manchester we stood together defiant.
"Yet it seems the terrorists believe that where they have previously failed to poison our communities, with their destructive ideology of hatred and prejudice, they can succeed with still more bloodshed and murder. But we must not let them.
“We will not be cowed or intimidated nor will we allow our commitment to the values of peace and tolerance to be diminished. In the face of every attack, however devastating, we must continue to cleave ever closer to these values because ultimately they are what will defeat the evil of terror," said Mirvis.
Gillian Merron, CEO of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said: "We condemn last night's terrorist incident in the London Bridge area in the strongest terms. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and our gratitude is with the emergency services. People of all faiths and none must come together to defeat this evil."
