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Trump touted his blocked travel ban as police responded to 'terrorist incidents' in London

Minutes later, Trump sent another tweet: "Whatever the United States can do to help out in London and the U. K., we will be there - WE ARE WITH YOU. GOD BLESS!"

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump listens to questions from reporters while appearing with Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma after their meeting at Trump Tower in New York, U.S., January 9, 2017.

US President Donald Trump touted his proposed travel ban in response to several ongoing police operations in London, where multiple casualties were reported Saturday night.

"We need to be smart, vigilant and tough. We need the courts to give us back our rights. We need the Travel Ban as an extra level of safety," Trump tweeted, before authorities in London could confirm full details of the incidents.

Minutes later, Trump sent another tweet:

"Whatever the United States can do to help out in London and the U. K., we will be there - WE ARE WITH YOU. GOD BLESS!"

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London police said they believe six people and three suspects are dead following terrorist incidents at the London Bridge and nearby Borough Market.

British police responded to the incidents across London on Saturday evening, after witnesses reported a vehicle mowing down pedestrians on the London Bridge, and subsequent stabbings at Borough Market.

The US Justice Department last week asked the Supreme Court to reinstate Trump's executive order banning travel to the US from six majority-Muslim countries while it appeals a lower-court ruling that upheld a nationwide block on the ban last month.

The DOJ's petition asks the high court's nine-justice panel to rule on the legality of Trump's order. In a May ruling halting the order, the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals argued that the travel ban "drips with religious intolerance, animus, and discrimination," citing in part Trump's campaign-trail rhetoric that called for a "total and complete shutdown" of Muslims entering the US.

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