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London bridge: Witnesses tell of at least six people injured in 'major incident' in central London London bridge: Image shows men lying on ground with canisters taped to body as witnesses tell of terror
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Witnesses told who they saw injured people lying across the pavement and in the middle of the road after police responded to two incidents in the centre of London. A photograph has emerged of two men lying on the ground after having reportedly been shot by the police in what is believed to be linked to terrorist attacks in the centre of London.
People who were out for the evening, said they saw injured people being tended by concerned passers-by on London Bridge. There was a flurry of conflicting reports, but witness spoke of anywhere up to half a dozen people being hurt. The image, taken by a documentary photographer, shows two men in the road near Borough Market — one of whom appears to have canisters taped to his body.
Multiple people are believed to be dead and more injured after a van reportedly plowed into pedestrians on London Bridge just after 10pm on Saturday evening, before police were called to stabbing incidents yards away in Borough Market.
Gabriele Sciotto, who took the photograph, has told The Independent he witnessed three men trying to attack people in the crowds, before officers shot them and they fell to the ground.
“There were three men. Policemen were trying to pull the attackers off the crowd. He managed to pull them off. Then I saw them being shot,” said Mr Sciotto.
“I couldn’t tell who was dead or who was alive. I’m glad I’m alive.”
Amid a flurry of conflicting reports, other witnesses have spoken of anywhere up to half a dozen people being hit by the vehicle, and seeing victims bleeding and receiving CPR on the street.
Holly Jones, a BBC reporter who was on the bridge at the time, described seeing the white transit van hitting people walking nearby.Holly Jones, a BBC reporter who was on the bridge at the time, described seeing the white transit van hitting people walking nearby.
“He hit several pedestrians in front of me. Myself and two pedestrians jumped out of the way,” she said. “He hit several pedestrians in front of me. Myself and two pedestrians jumped out of the way,” she said.
“One of the casualties on the floor was being treated by a paramedic. She says she doesn’t know where her boyfriend is.”“One of the casualties on the floor was being treated by a paramedic. She says she doesn’t know where her boyfriend is.”
Alex Shelham, who was in the Mudlark pub situated just off London Bridge with his girlfriend and friends, said they saw a woman who entered the venue “bleeding heavily from the neck”.
“A woman, probably in her early twenties, staggered into the pub and she was bleeding heavily from the neck and from her mouth,” Mr Shelham told BBC News. 
“It appeared to myself and to my friends that her throat had been cut. People went to her aid. The pub was then closed. 
“We saw police on the roads nearby. As we were told to leave the area by armed police, and started running from there, to my left was a further individual having CPR performed on them by the emergency services.”
She said she had seen “probably about six casualties” on the ground.She said she had seen “probably about six casualties” on the ground.
Ms Jones also said she had seen a man being arrested but it was unclear what connection to the incident he had if any.Ms Jones also said she had seen a man being arrested but it was unclear what connection to the incident he had if any.
Another witness, Will Heaven, a journalist with the Spectator, told Sky News he had been travelling south on the bridge in an Uber when he saw two people on the floor. One of them was on the pavement, the second in the middle of the road.Another witness, Will Heaven, a journalist with the Spectator, told Sky News he had been travelling south on the bridge in an Uber when he saw two people on the floor. One of them was on the pavement, the second in the middle of the road.
"It was about ten past ten, I was back of an Uber when suddenly I noticed somebody down on the pavement with a small crowd around them. It looked like someone hd collapsed," he said. "We drove a bit further and there as another person, this time in the road. Then the penny clicked that something serious had happened....The traffic came to a halt. We looked around and we could hear the sirens." "It was about ten past ten, I was back of an Uber when suddenly I noticed somebody down on the pavement with a small crowd around them. It looked like someone hd collapsed," he said. "We drove a bit further and there as another person, this time in the road. Then the penny clicked that something serious had happened....The traffic came to a halt. We looked around and we could hear the sirens."