Fairfax Media correspondent Latika Bourke reports
Latika Bourke lives in the neighbourhood and is reporting from the scene.
A group of people just ran past very distressed. Multiple unmarked police cars speeding around. Armed police sighted earlier. @smh @theage pic.twitter.com/m8qZulhUsb
— Latika M Bourke (@latikambourke) June 3, 2017
Police presence is intensifying. #londonbridge @smh @theage pic.twitter.com/pqreGyWIaI
— Latika M Bourke (@latikambourke) June 3, 2017
Two incidents unfolding
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
A witness told the BBC she saw a speeding white van veering into pedestrians. The witness said the van hit five to six people.
Reuters television pictures showed dozens of emergency vehicles in the area around London Bridge.
London's transport authority said London Bridge rail station had been closed at the request of the police.
Police say they are dealing with an incident that happened around 10pm on Saturday, local time, but gave no further details while the London Ambulance Service said it was sending multiple resources to the incident. A Reuters reporter near the scene said she saw 10 police cars rushing towards London Bridge.
One witness told Reuters that she saw what appeared to be three people with knife wounds and possibly their throats cut. This has not been confirmed by police.
British police have rushed to an emergency incident on London Bridge after a van ploughed into pedestrians on Saturday night.
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