04 June, 2017
Also Saturday, a man with a "massive knife" entered a restaurant at Borough Market, just south of the bridge, and stabbed two people inside, a witness told CNN.
The four women, whose faces were covered as they left the building, were escorted by officers into the back of two waiting police vans and then driven away, the photographer said.
Jeremy Corbyn launched a scathing attack on Theresa May's terror record less than a day after terrorists slaughtered seven people and injured dozens more in a strike on the heart of London.
Earlier, Trump retweeted the Drudge Report when it referred to "fears of a new terror attack", although the nature of the incidents had not yet been confirmed by authorities.
Britain was already on high alert following the attack on a concert by U.S. pop star Ariana Grande in Manchester, northwest England, in which seven children were among the dead.
Chancellor Angela Merkel: "Today we are united across borders in horror and mourning, but also in determination", she said in a statement.
"They went "this is for Allah" and they had a woman on the floor, they were stabbing her", said witness Gerard Vowls.
In a series of tweets, the president said: "We must stop being politically correct and get down to the business of security for our people".
BBC's Holly Jones, who was also on the London Bridge at the time, similarly said the van "hit about five or six people" after swerving around her.
The assailants wore fake suicide vests in a bid to increase the sense of panic as they lunged seemingly at random at the crowds gathered around London Bridge and Borough Market, which is full of restaurants and bars.
"We're deeply saddened to hear about last night's horrific attacks in London and our thoughts are with everyone affected", said Greater Manchester Police's Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan.
"As ever, in hard and traumatic circumstances, I am extremely proud of and thankful to our police and emergency services who responded so swiftly and those who will work tirelessly as the investigation into this appalling act continues", she said.
The statement said Mr Putin "expressed his confidence that the response to the incident should be the escalating of joint efforts in the fight against the forces of terror around the world".
Corbyn has also criticized Conservative cuts to police budgets that saw the number of officers nationwide fall by nearly 20,000 between 2010 and 2016 - years when May, as home secretary, was in charge of policing. He opened the door only to see three bodies on the ground.
On March 22, Khalid Masood ploughed a rented vehicle into pedestrians and stabbed a policeman to death before being shot dead.
The national threat level was raised to maximum after the Manchester attack and troops were deployed at key public sites, but reduced to its second highest level last weekend. Several days later it was lowered again to "severe", meaning an attack is highly likely.
Grande, who visited victims of the Manchester attack in the hospital on Friday, found herself confronted with another terror attack.
