It has been reported that a white van drove into pedestrians on London Bridge Station. People have taken to Twitter to report the incident.
Van drove into people on London Bridge, this is happening now. Really hope all are ok. We are in the middle of it. #londonbridge #london pic.twitter.com/FE0Oxi0YSD
— Lucuuzzzzz (@mlucs) June 3, 2017
Police are said to be on the scene, controlling the chaos.
This comes just a day before Ariana Grande’s One Love Manchester benefit — a concert to honour and support the victims of the Manchester attack which still has the world reeling. These attacks, occurring with such short intervals, have people wondering — is anywhere safe from terrorism?
This incident also comes approximately two months after a man drove an SUV into a crowd on a sidewalk on Westminster Bridge, killing at least four people.
The bridge has been closed off by police officials and there have been reports of casualties. A witness told BBC that a van drove off the road and struck pedestrians. A BBC reporter who was at the scene at the time of the incident said that there are approximately four severely injured people who are now being treated by paramedics. She later stated that she saw a man with no shirt on being arrested.
Another witness stated that he had heard gunshots a while later and that there were roughly one hundred people on the bridge at the time of the incident. There have also been unconfirmed reports of knife attacks at the scene.
The Metropolitan Police Twitter account has promised to keep people updated.
We are dealing with an incident on #LondonBridge, when we have more information we will update this twitter feed.
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
Officers are on the scene at #londonBridge. More info as we get it.
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
The Metropolitan Police has just reported another incident of random stabbings at Borough Market, located just next to London Bridge, just minutes after the London Bridge incident. They have responded with armed police and shots have been fired. The entire are is on high alert and people are fleeing the scene.
As well as #LondonBridge officers have also responsed to an incident in #BoroughMarket. We have armed police at the scenes.
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
Officers have then responded to reports of stabbings in #BoroughMarket. Armed officers responded and shots have been fired. 2/3
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
Update: Officers are now responding to a third incident in the Vauxhall area.
Officers are now responding to an incident in the #Vauxhall area. 3/3
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
The Metropolitan Police are advising people to run and hide and to call the police when it is safe to do so.
