London Mayor Sadiq Khan accused Donald Trump of seeking to divide communities in Britain

Having ignored the US president’s provocations since Saturday’s attack, with his office saying he was too busy responding to the terror attack to bother with Mr Trump’s tweets, the mayor said Mr Trump was not helping a difficult situation. Seven people were killed in the incident, launched by three armed assailants, and more than 50 were injured.

"Some people thrive on feud and division. We are not going to let Donald Trump divide our communities,” Mr Khan told the BBC.

Talking to Sky News, he added: "I just haven't got time to respond to tweets from Donald Trump. Honestly I've got better and more important things to focus on.”

Mr Trump had launched a series of comments about Mr Khan, whom he has criticized before, in which he said he was being "politically correct”.

Even though Mr Khan has roundly condemned the attack and said there was no reason for people to be alarmed by the sight of armed police officers, Mr Trump had said: "At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is ‘no reason to be alarmed!’”

On Monday morning, Mr Trump published a new tweet, that said: "Pathetic excuse by London Mayor Sadiq Khan who had to think fast on his "no reason to be alarmed” statement. MSM is working hard to sell it.”

SOURCE: Independent