tragedies they are not accustomed to. griff standby. and naveed, one of the amazing things here as e was reading the information, the suspect aged 48 who was taken to the hospital as we were talking about it for a mental health assessment taken down by members of the public, and that really gives you a sense of what happened, and also if you will, the mood in the neighborhood as all of london that griff was talking about, and this is happening again, and those heroes they will be caledd this morning in london stood up and did something about this. undoubtedly. i know that there is a report and video circulating around the social media about this, and you are right. it is certainly really nothing else to the add to that, but that it is seeming that people stepped in and they were able to
by the metropolitan police who did believe this is a potential tryst attack the. and it is very similar to what was said by prime minister theresa may saying it is a potential tryst atta potential terrorist attack, and that is what she is saying now. and that also, it is politically motivated or political violence, and potentially, that this is an attack against muslims, a hate crime. griff as a washington post bureau chief, what story are you pursuing today heading into the auoffice if you are not alreadyn a office and the team? well, quite a few. one is exactly the witness accounts, but right now, we have not heard from the people who
couldn t be in another location, but they say that this is the only player at the scene. so that answers that the question. i think that you have, and lucy have effectively reported one dead and eight injured so we have a number there. so as the daylight approaches, we are getting a clear picture. and the londoners are getting the information they will want to know as they are asking the questions. gr griff witty is with us. and now, as folks are getting up now, and getting the latest pieces of information, and this may be the first time they are hearing about this story if they went to bed before midnight. that is right. for a lot of people, it will feel all too familiar, and of course, two incidents in the past few months in which a driver has intentionally rammed into pedestrians. the incident on westminster bridge in march when four people were killed when a driver hit a group that was kros ing tcrossi
and they have to lay out the proof in the initial appearance and hearing. what is happening right now, griff, according to what the met is telling us, is that those injured were take n to three ara hospitals, and where might those hospitals be? are they the very close by? yeah, there are a number of them, and it is a densely pop u populated area, and so there are a number of hospitals in the area. one clarification that the police have said that there are 10 injured total, and eight taken to the hospital, and two who were treated at the scene and were not deemed, and it was not deemed to take them to the hospital. so 10 total injured and 8 people taken to the hospital. right. you are saying those hospitals are closeby, and we did update that 10 were injured in the incide incident, and you clarified what they said in the release that eight people were injure and
confirm. maybe you have been able to listen here, griff of the witness who came to the camera saying that he saw three individuals, and two ran away, and the london police are saying that they have again the one 48-year-old that they have been able to apprehend, and saying that there are no other suspects that they were able to apprehend at the scene. from your reporting or from your bureau, are you hearing anything about two others that might be out there considering as suspects? well, it is certainly not from the police. and certainly, the police are very clear in saying that the single individual, and they are also clear that they are not out there hunting for other individuals at this point. in the hour or so after the attack, there was a police helicopter hovering overhead that i could hear from my home,