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LONDON — Police shut London Bridge Saturday evening after a white van mounted the sidewalk and mowed down pedestrians, according to a BBC reporter who was on the bridge at the time. LONDON — Police shut London Bridge on Saturday evening after a white van mounted the sidewalk and mowed down pedestrians, according to a BBC reporter who was on the bridge at the time.
The police said that they were dealing with a major incident on the bridge but that it was too early to suggest a motive.The police said that they were dealing with a major incident on the bridge but that it was too early to suggest a motive.
Holly Jones, the BBC reporter who was on the bridge at the time of the incident, said the van was driven by a male driver and was “probably traveling at about 50 miles an hour.” She said that at least five people were being treated for injuries after the vehicle mounted the sidewalk and hit them a little after 10 p.m. Holly Jones, the BBC reporter who was on the bridge at the time of the incident, said the van was driven by a man and was “probably traveling at about 50 miles an hour.” She said that at least five people were being treated for injuries after the vehicle drove on the sidewalk and hit them a little after 10 p.m.
Police and ambulance workers responded rapidly and evacuated pedestrians and shut down London Bridge subway station. Ms. Jones later said that she saw a man being arrested by police. “He swerved right round me and then hit about five or six people,” Ms. Jones said. “He hit about two people in front of me and then three behind.”
Police and ambulance workers responded rapidly and evacuated pedestrians and shut down the London Bridge subway station. Ms. Jones later said that she saw a man being arrested by police.
The London police have also sent armed officers to Borough Market, a shopping area near the bridge.
Mark Roberts, who said that he was on London Bridge at the time, told CNN that the van was traveling south across the bridge toward London Bridge Station.
The van was speeding and swerving, Mr. Roberts said.
“I was just lucky it swerved across the other side,” he said. “It looked to me that the van was aiming for the people.”
Mr. Roberts said that the van hit several people on the bridge and that about 10 minutes later he heard what sounded like 10 to 20 gunshots.
After the Manchester bombing on May 22, when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the end of a concert by Ariana Grande and killed 22 and wounded dozens, the threat level in Britain was raised to critical, indicating that a terrorist attack was highly likely. But it was reduced to severe again several days later.
On March 22 there was an attack on Westminster Bridge, when Khalid Masood, 52, drove a car into pedestrians, killing four people and injuring 50, including stabbing a police officer to death, before being shot and killed near Parliament. The police treated that attack as “Islamist-related terrorism.”