London Bridge: Fatalities after car and stabbing attack

Multiple casualties reported after
van hits pedestrians on bridge, with reports of stabbings at nearby Borough Market. Witnesses said scores of police officers were on the scene [Reuters]

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Van hits pedestrians on London Bridge
Reports of multiple stabbing attacks at Borough Market. Shots fired.
Third incident in Vauxhall unconnected More than one fatality, multiple injuries Armed British police locked down London Bridge late on Saturday after a vehicle slammed into pedestrians and
stabbing attacks were reported nearby in what appeared to be a coordinated attack.
London's Metropolitan Police declared the events at London Bridge and Borough Market as "terrorist incidents".
"Witnesses say a white van rammed
into pedestrians hitting several people before coming to a halt," said AlJazeera's Yao Chin, reporting from
London.
"Another witness said three men got
out with long blades and randomly
started stabbing people along Borough High Street. Other witnesses have also mentioned seeing knife victims."
The BBC reported that more than one person had been killed. The London Ambulance Service said it had taken at
least 20 people to six hospitals across the city, and had treated a number of people at the scene for less serious injuries.
Police said in a statement that officers "responded to reports of a vehicle incollision with pedestrians on London Bridge" and then "to reports of stabbings in Borough Market," a busy area of restaurants and bars at the south end of the bridge.
"Armed officers responded and shots have been fired," the statement said. Police ruled a third incident - a stabbing in London's Vauxhall area initially thought to be linked to the other two scenes - to be unrelated. Britain's Sun newspaper said as many as seven people were feared killed and
that two attackers were shot dead by police near London Bridge - but there was no immediate confirmation from police. Some media reports said police were seeking another attacker. Police told pedestrians leaving the scene near the bridge to raise their hands over their heads as they exited
the area [Reuters]
One of the men suspected of being
involved in the attack was shown in a photograph lying on the ground with canisters strapped to his body after he was shot by the police.
The possible attacker was shown on
the ground outside the Wheatsheaf
pub in Borough Market near London
Bridge.
Another man was seen lying on the
ground a short distance away in the
photograph.
"There is a huge police presence,
emergency services are all over the
place," said Al Jazeera's Oliver Varney from the scene.
Metropolitan police Tweeted a photo
telling Londoners to "run, hide, tell".
Source: Aljazzera news