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'Multiple casualties' after incidents at London Bridge, Vauxhall and Borough Market 'Multiple casualties' after terror incidents at London Bridge and Borough Market
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London Bridge has been closed after a major incident on Saturday night, with the Metropolitan police confirming ‘multiple casualties’.London Bridge has been closed after a major incident on Saturday night, with the Metropolitan police confirming ‘multiple casualties’.
A witness told the BBC that a van had veered off the road at London Bridge and struck people, while the Met responded to a second incident at nearby Borough Market where shots were fired. The Met also responded to a third incident in Vauxhall. A witness told the BBC that a van had veered off the road at London Bridge and struck people, while the Met responded to a second incident at nearby Borough Market where shots were fired. The Met also responded to a third incident in Vauxhall that was later ruled to be unrelated.
Guardian journalist Kate Lyon has spoken to witnesses at the scene at London Bridge, who report stabbings have taken place: The prime minister, Theresa May, told Sky News the event was being treated as a potential act of terrorism.
Lara Al-Ostta was having drinks with a friend at the Old Thameside Inn underneath London Bridge when she said people came running into the pub and telling everyone to run away because “people are stabbing each other”. Guardian journalist Kate Lyons spoke to witnesses at the scene at London Bridge, who reported stabbings had taken place.
Al-Ostta said she ended running up on to London Bridge – and she and her friend were told by the police to run away. While on the bridge Al-Ostta took video, seen by the Guardian, of at least three injured people on the bridge, being tended to by emergency services. Lara Al-Ostta was having drinks with a friend at the Old Thameside Inn underneath London Bridge when she said people came running into the pub and told everyone to run away because “people are stabbing each other”.
Al-Ostta said she ended running up on to London Bridge – and she and her friend were told by the police to run away. While on the bridge, Al-Ostta took video, seen by the Guardian, of at least three injured people on the bridge being tended to by emergency services.
“I saw people moving, but we thought fuck this is a serious thing,” said Al-Ostta.“I saw people moving, but we thought fuck this is a serious thing,” said Al-Ostta.
Stephen Tull, who is homeless, was under the bridge at the time of the attack when he heard a bang. He says he ran up on to the bridge to help and saw one man who jumped out of the van and began attacking people.Stephen Tull, who is homeless, was under the bridge at the time of the attack when he heard a bang. He says he ran up on to the bridge to help and saw one man who jumped out of the van and began attacking people.
Other Guardian journalists at the scene are continuing to get eye-witness testimony of how the attack unfolded. Olivia Doyle, 23, was travelling across London Bridge in a car with three family members, arriving to the sound of sirens. Other Guardian journalists at the scene are continuing to get testimony from witnesses of how the attack unfolded. Olivia Doyle, 23, was travelling across London Bridge in a car with three family members when she heard sirens.
She told the Guardian: “We arrived to see paramedics running to injured people. There were two people lying on the north end, on the east side of the bridge, just off the pavement. There were bits of what looked like car wreckage. We thought it was bits of bike or something. I saw four or five people lying on the ground, but everyone I saw was alive.She told the Guardian: “We arrived to see paramedics running to injured people. There were two people lying on the north end, on the east side of the bridge, just off the pavement. There were bits of what looked like car wreckage. We thought it was bits of bike or something. I saw four or five people lying on the ground, but everyone I saw was alive.
“It seemed like some kind of vehicle had knocked people down. They were two or three minutes walk apart, it obviously wasn’t an accident. “It seemed like some kind of vehicle had knocked people down. They were two or three minutes walk apart, it obviously wasn’t an accident. I saw armed police officers shouting at people to stay in their cars, and pedestrians running past us off the bridge.
“I saw armed police officers shouting at people to stay in their cars, and pedestrians running past us off the bridge.
“We got out of our car and started running, then realised that we’d be better off in the car and we could be blocking the road, and the road was clear behind us except for a taxi that had been abandoned.”“We got out of our car and started running, then realised that we’d be better off in the car and we could be blocking the road, and the road was clear behind us except for a taxi that had been abandoned.”
Earlier, Will Heaven, a Spectator journalist who was passing London Bridge minutes after the incident, told Sky News what he saw: “It was about 10 past 10. I was in the back of an Uber cab driving south over London Bridge. Earlier, Will Heaven, a Spectator journalist who was passing London Bridge minutes after the incident, told Sky News: “It was about 10 past 10. I was in the back of an Uber cab driving south over London Bridge. Suddenly on the lefthand side on the bridge there was somebody down on the pavement with a small crowd around them, clearly concerned. I thought someone had collapsed.
“Suddenly on the left hand side on the bridge there was somebody down on the pavement with a small crowd around them, clearly concerned. I thought someone had collapsed. “We drove a little further over the bridge. There was another person in the road itself. The penny dropped that something quite serious was happening. The traffic came to a standstill. The Uber driver said something bad is happening here. We could hear sirens coming.”
“We drove a little further over the bridge. There was another person in the road itself. The penny dropped that something quite serious was happening. Footage is emerging of the public reaction to the incident on London Bridge. People in a bar were ordered to get back from doors and take cover as the incident unfolded.
“The traffic came to a standstill. The Uber driver said something bad is happening here. We could hear sirens coming.” Holly Jones, a BBC reporter at the bridge when the incident happened, said a van had swerved off the road into a crowd of pedestrians. “A white van driver came speeding – probably about 50mph – veered of the road into the crowds of people who were walking along the pavement,” she told BBC News.
Footage is emerging of the public reaction to the incident on London Bridge. People in a bar were ordered to get back from doors and take cover as it unfolded. “He swerved right round me and then hit about five or six people. He hit about two people in front of me and then three behind.I’d say there are about four severely injured people. They all have paramedics assisting them at the moment,” she said.
Holly Jones, a BBC reporter at the bridge when the incident happened, said a van had swerved off the road into a crowd of pedestrians.
“A white van driver came speeding – probably about 50mph – veered of the road into the crowds of people who were walking along the pavement,” she told BBC News.
“He swerved right round me and then hit about five or six people. He hit about two people in front of me and then three behind.”
I’d say there are about four severely injured people. They all have paramedics assisting them at the moment,” she said.
Transport for London warned people to avoid the area. Metropolitan Police said they were dealing with an incident but gave no further details.Transport for London warned people to avoid the area. Metropolitan Police said they were dealing with an incident but gave no further details.
London Bridge rail station has been closed at the request of the police.London Bridge rail station has been closed at the request of the police.
Latika Bourke, a journalist from Fairfax Media, has posted footage of people fleeing London Bridge as emergency services continue their work.Latika Bourke, a journalist from Fairfax Media, has posted footage of people fleeing London Bridge as emergency services continue their work.