London Bridge and nearby Borough Market in London are in lockdown after two separate terror attacks. There are also reports of a third incident at Vauxhall, but police say it is not related.
What we know
- London Bridge and Borough Market are in lockdown after a white van ploughed into pedestrians on Saturday night around 10pm injuring up to 20 people. Police have confirmed one person has been killed.
- Police are treating the London Bridge and Borough Market incidents as terror related. The Vauxhall incident is an unrelated stabbing incident.
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UK armed police respond to multiple incidents in central London
British police rush to an incident on London Bridge on Saturday after witnesses say a van ploughed into pedestrians. Armed police are also responding to an incident at nearby Borough Market.
At 0025hrs 4/6/17 the incidents at #LondonBridge & #BoroughMarket were declared as terrorist incidents.
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
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- The BBC is reporting police are looking for up to three armed men.
- A BBC reporter on the bridge at the time says she saw police arrest and handcuff a shirtless man just after the incident.
- There are reports the men jumped from the van with 30-centimetre long machetes, slashing at passers by.
- London's Metropolitan Police have issued a chilling tweet warning Londoners to "Run, Hide, Tell" if confronted by a dangerous person.
#Londonbridge #boroughmarket #vauxhall pic.twitter.com/a7OciBEBjH
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017 - Police were seen charging into The Blue Eyed Maid bar in Borough High Street.
- Police boats are searching the River Thames for anyone who may have fallen from the bridge.
- Federal Labor MP Sam Dastyari says he was at a restaurant near the attack and was evacuated past the "horrific events". He, like others in the busy restaurant area, was locked upstairs where he was dining. He was then escorted out by police.
London police are amazing.had us in lockdown then evacuated us past the site. Horrific scenes. (2of3)
— Sam Dastyari (@samdastyari) June 3, 2017
- There is footage emerging of Londoners leaving restaurants under police escort with their hands on their heads, while hotel guests were evacuated from their hotel rooms in their pyjamas.
- London Bridge underground station has been closed at the request of the police, as have the Network Rail stations of Waterloo East, Charing Cross and Cannon Street.
- British Prime Minister Theresa May says the "terrible incident" in London is being treated as a "potential act of terrorism".
- Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says it is too early to tell whether any Australians were involved.
- Shortly after the London Bridge van incident, police were called to Borough Market where there were reports of at least three people with knife wounds and shots fired.
What we don't know
- How many people are injured?
- Who is responsible?
- Whether the incidents are co-ordinated or a coincidence?