and moments after that, the police shot and killed the male suspect. we understand from the police that the suspect had on his person what they called a hoax explosive device. we are freezing that, cutting that short for obvious reasons, because it is graphic. but moments after that last frame, the police shot and killed the male suspect. we also understand from the police that a number of people were wound ed in attack. no reports of any deaths. i want to go to the chairman of the uk foreign affairs select committee. thank you so much for joining me. thanks. i was. there are no committees in the uk at the moment. that is a bit of a wrinkle in the uk election process. but you are a former military officer. you todo have experience in the intelligence world.
has said the incident was terror related. they confirmed a male suspect was shot and killed, that he had a hoax explosive device on him. nic robertson, the london mayor thanking members of the public for risking their lives. i m looking at a tweet from boris johnson. i want to thank the emergency services and immediate public for their bravery. you can see in one video a man walking away from the suspect on the ground and is holding the large knife or a large knife. we certainly heard witnesses describe a large knife. this man is in civilian clothing. so he looks like a member of the public. i don t think it s unusual now in london to recognize the fact that in these types of situations people, members of the public, will step up and try to intervene if they can. you know, render a situation safe. we also saw someone in civilian clothes wrestling that man on the ground. what are authorities doing
picture is obviously going to be, is this a seasoned campaign by isis in european capitals in the run-up to christmas. especially when french intelligence and other european intelligence officials were not seeing a lessening of the threat and had their guard up. there will be political questions asked. officials across europe also asking could this happen here. the london metropolitan police moments ago declaring this a terror incident, saying that a male suspect was shot and killed at the scene, that he had what was called a hoax explosive device on his person. he was shot and killed. it is very much an ongoing situation as you can see there. we ll take a quick break. we ll be right back with more. in providing significantly clearer skin. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to.
body of the suspect is a hoax explosive device. reporter: the knife is seen pulled from the scuffle yet still ordinary londoners appear to have thrown themselves at the assailant to prohibit him. i want to thank those members of the public who physically intervened to protect the lives of others and for me they represent the very best of our country and i thank them. i was also in the boston marathon attacks in 2013. i m also a very similar experience and sort of to minutes or so long before it happened and a similar thing of having a flood of people running and not knowing what was happening and just fear. huge amount of fear on their faces. and you could feel it as well in the energy of just everyone stressing out. the identity and motive of the suspect remains unclear.
cnn s nina dos santos is tracking this from london. what are you hearing at this hour? reporter: well, things are looking calm outside of the london bridge station but it was a different picture about seb hours ago. when the specter of another deadly terror attack made its presence felt on the capital streets. [ sirens ] reporter: terror once again in the heart of london. passengers on this bus became witness to a shocking scene. it looked like members of the public were fighting with a man. it looked like he was trying to be pinned down on the pavement. it looked like a shine of light from the man on the floor and we realized it was a knife and then the police ran over with guns and it ended with the man being shot. reporter: police say they were called to the area just before 2:00 p.m. following reports of a stabbing. after being apprehended by ordinary londoners, a suspect wearing a hoax explosive device was shot dead by officers.