'Newspapers hail Muslim response after attacks'

As attention turned to the hunt for people still missing after the string of attacks on the city centre, the press lauded those compelled to assist.

With Islamic extremists claiming the slaughter as their own work, newspapers also hailed the Muslim response to the attacks.

"Thursday's atrocities once more brought out the best of Britain," said The Sun, Britain's biggest-selling daily, before saluting the "heroes" of the services who "gave of themselves to save life".

Recalling Londoners' gritty stoicism in the face of relentless World War Two bombing, "Brits are still made of the right stuff," the tabloid reckoned.

The Sun, the Daily Mail, The Independent and the Daily Star featured front-page pictures of the missing, with many newspapers carrying full pages of those still lost with information on their last known whereabouts.

The Daily Mail also hailed the stoic attitude of those caught up in the atrocities.

The Daily Telegraph reckoned British Muslims had shown no doubt who they identified with after the bombings, saying condemnations of past atrocities had come, rightly or wrongly, with political "buts" tacked on.

The Independent, featuring a full front page of a missing Muslim woman, echoed the same sentiments inside.

Citing the locations of two blasts in areas with large Muslim populations, "Muslims were targeted just as much as any other group of Londoners," it said.

"Any talk of Muslims in general being "sympathetic" must be exposed as the vile calumny that it is."