UPDATE: London police have announced 12 arrests.
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12 arrests in connection with last night's attacks in #LondonBridge & #BoroughMarket https://t.co/JCGAWuNpO9 pic.twitter.com/T1SLWAkKF4
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 4, 2017
UPDATE:
AC Rowley confirmed “At this stage, we believe that six people have died in addition to the three attackers shot dead by police."
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 4, 2017
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London is on lockdown as reports of people getting mowed down by a van on London Bridge and reports of others getting stabbed at Borough Market circulate.
British Prime Minister Theresa May said the situation is being treated as a “potential act of terrorism.”
BREAKING: Prime Minister Theresa May says London incident being treated as a 'potential act of terrorism'
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 3, 2017
Police said that on 6/4/2o17 at 12:25 a.m. London Bridge and Borough Market incidents were “declared as terrorist incidents.”
At 0025hrs 4/6/17 the incidents at #LondonBridge & #BoroughMarket were declared as terrorist incidents.
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
President Donald Trump reacted to the news on Twitter, offering the U.K. the United States’ assistance and renewing his call for a travel ban.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/871145660036378624
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/871143765473406976
Here’s what police have said about where they have responded.
Info available at this stage: from 2208hrs officers responded to reports of a vehicle in collision with pedestrians on #London Bridge. 1/3
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
Officers have then responded to reports of stabbings in #BoroughMarket. Armed officers responded and shots have been fired. 2/3
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
Officers are now responding to an incident in the #Vauxhall area. 3/3
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
#Londonbridge #boroughmarket #vauxhall pic.twitter.com/a7OciBEBjH
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
We do not have a confirmed number of total casualties, but the London Ambulance Service announced that at least 20 patients were taken to six hospitals due to the London Bridge incident.
Our latest statement about the incident in #LondonBridge. We have taken at least 20 patients to six hospitals across London. pic.twitter.com/eDRdk48CBu
— London Ambulance Service 💙 (@Ldn_Ambulance) June 4, 2017
We know police responded to three separate locations — London Bridge, Borough Market and Vauxhall.
Vauxhall was later ruled out as the scene of a terrorist incident.
The incident at #Vauxhall is a stabbing and is not connect to the incidents at #LondonBridge & #BoroughMarket
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
Met Police responding to 3 serious incidents in London, all potentially terrorist related – #LondonBridge #boroughmarket #Vauxhall
— Frank Gardner (@FrankRGardner) June 3, 2017
Police were heavily armed and shots were fired.
Reports a van has hit pedestrians on London Bridge in central London, with armed police understood to be at scene https://t.co/aSL75jKWNH
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) June 3, 2017
According to BBC News, this is being called a “major police incident.” One of its reporters was on the bridge at the time and said the man behind the wheel was “probably travelling at about 50 miles an hour.”
“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,” reporter Holly Jones said.
https://twitter.com/TEN_GOP/status/871127314502885376
She estimated that there were “about four severely injured people” who “all have paramedics assisting them at the moment.”
Video shows scene following incident on London Bridge, where witnesses reportedly said a vehicle struck pedestrians https://t.co/9yqPed2zi6 pic.twitter.com/tEA1lyY7P4
— ABC News (@ABC) June 3, 2017
Jones added that the driver, who had his shirt off, has been cuffed.
According to CNN, a man with a “massive knife” said to be a foot long entered a restaurant at Borough Market near London Bridge and stabbed two people inside.
Video circulating on social media shows frightened people being escorted away by armed police, running away and also sheltering in place.
Video of us being escorted away under armed guard – #LondonBridge pic.twitter.com/HhA6FzY4Nc
— Angus Walker (@anguswalkertalk) June 3, 2017
Crowd runs from area around London Bridge following incident in which vehicle reportedly plowed into pedestrians https://t.co/San2hYbSIo pic.twitter.com/KRXd92yTPK
— ABC News (@ABC) June 4, 2017
Witness describes situation on #LondonBridge. #London pic.twitter.com/MIebANv6mv
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 3, 2017
This is so scary. Please stay safe #LondonBridge pic.twitter.com/gzjx7QasNm
— Dan Ansome-Handsome (@D_A_Handsome) June 3, 2017
The massive incident comes just two weeks after a terrorist attack in Manchester, which claimed the lives of 22 and injured 120.