Police have shot dead a man armed with a knife in a terrorist attack onLondonBridge. Footage posted to social media appears to show members of the public grappling with a man on the north bank of the bridge before police intervened and shots were fired. Another video shows a body lying on the pavement with armed officers pointing their weapons from several meters away.
The Metropolitan police have confirmed the suspect died at the scene and was wearing what they believe to be a hoax suicide vest. They also said another man was detained and that a number of people were stabbed, with some seriously injured.
The police confirmed they were called to a stabbing at a premises near London Bridge at 1. 58 pm . Reports suggest the attack began around Monument Station, north of London Bridge. Cordons remain in place at the scene.
Social media footage also shows police vehicles next to a stationary white lorry straddling the middle of the bridge. Another video, in which gunfire is possibly audible, shows people hurrying across the bridge in a southbound direction with northbound traffic backed up on the opposite side of the road.
In 2017 eight people were killed and 48 injured when terrorists used a vehicle and knives to attack people on London Bridge and in nearby Borough Market.
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