Another terrible incident in Britain. It sounds like a van crashed into a crowd on London Bridge, three men stepped out and shots were fired, and then they stabbed people. Other possible incidents of terror are being investigated.
London police respond to multiple incidents including van crash into London Bridge crowd https://t.co/LGwAnI4UQp pic.twitter.com/KIC8FNCCt5
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 3, 2017
Witness says he saw an individual “lying on the floor” who “looked in a bad way” following incident at London Bridge pic.twitter.com/5chkYuFlHh
— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 3, 2017
New video shows many police cars rushing to incident at London Bridge, there are some helicopters flying around the city center. pic.twitter.com/lwjjihgQlj
— Tennessee (@TEN_GOP) June 3, 2017
There are reports of a stabbing and shootings. But these are unconfirmed.
Armed police incident at London Bridge amid reports of car mounting pavement and stabbing attack #LondonBridgeAttack pic.twitter.com/X7Tqm6OmOS
— Darren Oatway (@DarrenOatway) June 3, 2017
Police blocking the roads towards London Bridge while people evacuate the area pic.twitter.com/RvexcmAitb
— Leo Lord-Jones (@leolordjones) June 3, 2017
We’ll update with more information as it becomes available.
More from the Daily Mail:
A white van has reportedly ploughed into 20 people in a suspected ‘terror attack’ on London Bridge station, amid reports of ‘rapid gunfire’.
There are unconfirmed reports that least seven people have been stabbed as witnesses told of bodies ‘strewn’ on the road at the landmark in central London.
One witness said she saw three people with what appeared to be their throats cut on London Bridge.
Others said they saw three men, described as being ‘of Mediterranean origin’, jump out of the van and began ‘randomly stabbing people’ along Borough High Street with 12-inch long knives.The car, believed to be a B&Q vehicle, was reportedly veering in an ‘S shape’ at 500mph across the bridge and has driven towards the Shard and is south of the river. The drivers have not been caught.
Terrifying footage from the scene shows police officers shooting ‘Clear the scene now!’ as panicked pedestrians flee.
#BREAKING video: several London police officers enter bar at London Bridge telling people to get down. pic.twitter.com/eMRYSwr1ea
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) June 3, 2017
UPDATE:
#Londonbridge #boroughmarket #vauxhall pic.twitter.com/a7OciBEBjH
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
Officers are now responding to an incident in the #Vauxhall area. 3/3
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
Info available at this stage: from 2208hrs officers responded to reports of a vehicle in collision with pedestrians on #London Bridge. 1/3
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
|@guardian is reporting that this is the van that is believed to have struck pedestrians on London Bridge. Latest: https://t.co/2gfodB5W17 pic.twitter.com/TYGaYKATOM
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) June 3, 2017
UPDATE:
Several arrests captured on social media – these may be false suspects though.
Police just tackled a man to the ground and started searching him. Police shouted it's an "active situation" #LondonBridge pic.twitter.com/E4NdIAJG0S
— Peter Yeung (@ptr_yeung) June 3, 2017
This link was removed as it’s not from his incident and being spread falsely.
UPDATE:
ANOTHER ATTACK JUST TOOK PLACE; two men carrying knives stabbing people #LondonBridge pic.twitter.com/P1NnZAC8Ox
— AskSue RadioShow (@AskSue) June 3, 2017
UPDATE:
CNN say there are three incidents, three different attacks.
https://twitter.com/BasedMonitored/status/871133501566799873
London: Witness telling that he saw police shooting into Brindisa Tapas bar at Borough Market #LondonBridgepic.twitter.com/ub5Xs2rRAL
— Pamela Moore (@Pamela_Moore13) June 3, 2017
Here’s a terrible eyewitness account:
“A van came from London Bridge itself, went between the traffic light system and rammed it towards the steps. It knocked loads of people down.
“Then three men got out with long blades, 12 inches long and went randomly along Borough High Street stabbing people at random. I saw a young girl stabbed in the chest.
“I said to the guy in my cab I was going to try to hit him, I was going to ram him. I turned around and tried, but he side-stepped me.
“Then there were two police officers running towards him with their batons drawn, they didn’t know what was happening.
“There was a guy with a really long blade stabbing randomly people.
“I told people to turn around and run away. It sickened me to the pit of my stomach. An absolute animal.”
Chris described the attacker as tall, small with a goatee beared, short cropped hair holding a big, long blade. He said all three were of Mediterranean appearance.
Really looks like a terror attack.
Update:
Something at Monument Station:
Police now urgently telling crowd to leave the area around Monument Station. This followed shouting at someone inside the station. #London
— Matt Bradley (@MattMcBradley) June 3, 2017
Police have entered Monument station, we have been moved back here again @LBC @LBCLondonNews @GlobalsNewsroom pic.twitter.com/QtLECuCP3v
— Oliver Jones (@OliverSJones) June 3, 2017
Scene outside London's Monument Station as armed police & K-9 units rush into the Tube. pic.twitter.com/v4vRqJ9SKL
— Mac William Bishop (@MacWBishop) June 3, 2017
The scene now at #London Bridge, from the north side at Monument Station. pic.twitter.com/cACZeO3nb5
— Matt Bradley (@MattMcBradley) June 3, 2017
Update:
An apparent eyewitness:
Shaken. Was at the London Bridge bar the terrorist attack took place at. Saw multiple bodies. Had to hide in the bar's kitchen for an hour.
— Destiny 2 (@MoreConsole) June 3, 2017
I'm now safe. On the train home. I don't know how many people were hurt. Me and the men in the kichen armed ourselves with knives. Scary.
— Destiny 2 (@MoreConsole) June 3, 2017
Update:
Met Police have confirmed the incidents at London Bridge and Borough Market are terrorist incidents pic.twitter.com/fvtacc7R6n
— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 3, 2017
It looks like the third incident was just a regular stabbing?
BREAKING NEWS: #London Bridge, Borough Market declared "terrorist incidents," Vauxhall stabbing is not connected, police say. pic.twitter.com/MjXoBV7qH8
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 4, 2017
Update:
Eyewitness says killers yelled, “”this is for Allah” as they ran towards victims.
Eyewitness tells BBC terrorist ran at people with knife shouting "this is for Allah". #LondonBridge pic.twitter.com/L05y3SlFPz
— Klay Volk (@KlayVolk) June 4, 2017
Update:
Here’s a good timeline of what happened, as we know it now.
This is how the terrorist attacks in London unfolded, less than 2 weeks after the suicide bombing in Manchester https://t.co/oHegjgNKyi pic.twitter.com/6PlHWDbBTs
— CNN (@CNN) June 4, 2017
We posted another twitter eyewitness account here.
And it looks like the perpetrators might have been caught on camera here.