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		</div><p>Terrorists behind one of London’s bloodiest attacks could have been targeting Oxford Street but diverted to London Bridge on route, an inquest heard.</p>
<p>Eight people were killed and 48 more were hurt when Khuram Butt, 27, Rachid Redouane, 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22, launched their van and knife attack on June 3 2017.</p>
<p>The three men had mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge before rampaging through Borough Market, the Old Bailey heard.</p>
<p>The court was told a mobile phone was later found in their van with directions to London’s busy shopping district.</p>
<p>Acting Detective Chief Inspector Wayne Jolley said it was possible the attackers could have switched their attention to London Bridge “on route” from east London where they lived.</p>
<p>Afterwards, police also uncovered “viable” petrol bombs in the hire van and fake suicide vests, he said.</p>
<p>The court was shown CCTV of the attackers making their final preparations.</p>
<p>In the footage, married Butt and Redouane appeared to play the role of doting fathers with their young children hours before unleashing carnage.</p>
<p>DCI Jolley told the court that all three attackers were working together by at least January 14 2017.</p>
<p>They regularly trained at the Ummah Fitness Centre in Ilford and went on Sunday swimming trips to Stratford.</p>
<p>On May 14, Redouane was pictured at Butt’s barbecue celebrating the birth of his daughter.</p>
<p>The 12in pink Ernesto ceramic knives used in the attack were bought by Redouane at East Ham’s Lidl at 10.15pm the next day.</p>
<p>On May 29, the attackers were seen on CCTV footage meeting at to the fitness centre.</p>
<p>The following day, Redouane went back to the same Lidl to buy wine bottles for the makeshift petrol bombs.</p>
<p>DNA analysis suggested Redouane also made the fake suicide belts, with help from Zaghba, the court heard.</p>
<p>Shortly before midday on June 3, Butt had gone walking with his family in a park. He was captured on CCTV withdrawing cash to hire the van, accompanied by his oldest child.</p>
<p>The young boy was shown tugging at Butt’s shirt before his father gathered him into his arms at the cashpoint.</p>
<p>Later, Butt made an online booking to hire a van from Hertz.</p>
<p>He had tried to hire a seven-and-a-half tonne lorry but the branch he had requested to collect it from had closed at 11am that day, the court heard.</p>
<p>At around 4.30pm all the attackers were outside Butt’s block, with Redouane accompanied by his child.</p>
<p>CCTV footage showed them travelling together in Redouane’s red Corsa to pick up the hire van and 29 bags of gravel to add weight from a B&;Q store in Harold Hill, Romford.</p>
<p>Redouane dropped off his child before joining the others at Zaghba’s home at Fairfield Road in Ilford.</p>
<p>The attackers stopped off in the van at a Shell garage at 7.54pm, where they bought diesel, drinks and snack bars before heading to Butt’s Barking address.</p>
<p>While there, the attackers loaded up black plastic chairs before setting off at 8.55pm towards central London.</p>
<p>They mounted the kerb and launched their attack on the bridge just before 10.07pm.</p>
<p>Within 10 minutes, the terrorists had been shot dead by police marksmen.</p>
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