04 June, 2017
The incident on Saturday started shortly after 10pm when a van swerved off the road on London Bridge into a crowd of pedestrians, police said.
December 5: A man attacked three people with a knife at the Leytonstone tube station in East London. London Ambulance Service reports 48 casualties were taken to six hospitals across London. The attack unfolded quickly, and police said officers shot and killed the three attackers within eight minutes. The stabbers were wearing fake explosive vests, police also said.
Eyewitnesses described the moment three men started attacking random passers-by in the popular food stall with 10in blades, with one witness claiming a woman's throat had been cut.
Video broadcast on British TV showed a man on the ground who appeared to have canisters strapped to him.
Ukip has refused to join Labour and the Conservatives in suspending their general election campaigns following the suspected terrorist attacks in London Bridge.
Police have advised taking a "run, hide, tell" approach, encouraging people to escape the scene and find refuge before calling the emergency services.
"A man suddenly appeared in the restaurant with a massive knife - some people in the restaurant believe there may have been another man - but it was so chaotic it was hard to tell", the witness said.
But May said the attack was driven by the same "evil ideology of Islamist extremism" behind last week's Manchester suicide bombing that left 22 people dead, and the Westminster attack in March, which killed five.
"Following updates from police and security officials, I can confirm that the bad incident in London is being treated as a potential act of terrorism", Prime Minister Theresa May said.
An on-duty British Transport Police officer received "serious injuries" including head, face and leg wounds, as he responded to calls for help from the public, Scotland Yard said. For Germany, I can reinforce: "We stand firm and determined with the United Kingdom in the fight against every form of terrorism". In March, a vehicle ramming and knife attack in Westminster left five people dead, and two weeks ago a bombing outside of an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester killed 22 people, including young fans.
Police have so far been scant with details, saying they will release information when they can.
The area is always bustling on a Saturday night. It was the third terror attack in Britain in less than three months. "I froze beacause I didn't know what to do", Mark Roberts, 53, a management consultant, told Reuters.
Four suicide bombers attacked commuters in London, killing 52 and injuring hundreds.
Renan Marquese, a sous-chef at a tapas restaurant, said he was working when he heard chaotic sounds outside the restaurant. The men then pulled knives and got out at the crowded area of Borough Market and attacked victims on the street and at pubs, Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick, said in a statement.
Police said shots were fired and urged people to flee the area.
British police said they were dealing with "incidents" on London Bridge and nearby Borough Market in the heart of the British capital Saturday, as witnesses reported a vehicle veering off the road and hitting several pedestrians. She was shot and stabbed by a rightwing extremist, who was given a life sentence for the murder.
When it stopped, he said three people got out and he thought they were going to help the people who had been hit.
The attack occurred with the United Kingdom still reeling from a bombing in the northern town of Manchester last week in which 22 people were killed.
