for police. this is treated as a terrorist attack, but caution the investigation is still in the early stages. it appears at this time this attacker attacked alone. that is not to say that we are not investigating the full circumstances of how he came to be where he was. reporter: prime minister theresa may described the act of violence as sickening. this was an attack on muslims near their place of worship. and like all terrorism, in whatever form, it shares the same fundamental goal. it seeks to drive us apart and to break the precious bonds of solidarity and citizenship that we share in this country. we will not let this happen. reporter: london s mayor also condemning the incident. this attack behind me in seven sisters, the attack in manchester, the attack on london bridge, the attack on westminster bridge. an attack on our shared values, our shared values of tolerance, of freedom and respect, and we won t allow these terrorists to
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
police aren t sure if the man was killed in the actual attack. the driver of the van, the van s driver, a 48-year-old man is now in custody. right now, authorities believe he acted alone. london s mayor acknowledged it s been a terrible few weeks but they will ultimately fail. reporte this attack behind me, the attack on westminster bridge is an attack on shared values. shared values of tolerance, freedom and respect. we will not allow these terrorists to succeed. all right. i want to take us quickly to the white house. what we are looking at the president trump and the first lady welcoming the president and first lady of panama to the white house for a visit. the world leaders will be visiting, meeting in the ovl
attack on westminster bridge are all on attack on our shared values, our shared values are tolerance and freedom and respect. and we will not allow these terrorists to succeed. nbc s kira simmons is live in london. i can only imagine how on edge people must be after this repetition, month after month. reporter: that s right, andrea, and this is only reminding people that brutal extremism can have many faces, we have just heard in the last hour that the man in his 40s you mentioned is now being held under terrorism legislation here, terrorism laws, let me just step out of the way so you can see more clearly at the scene, this is where a man veered on to the sidewalk and mowed down people who had been in the mosque. you can see there are flowers now, and above that is a sign that says united against all
might be likely. they have also started overnight and this morning putting certain crash barriers and concrete barriers on some of the bridges. we know for sure on westminster bridge, which was the target of the vehicle and then knife attack back on march 22nd. so, we also have a situation here where the mayor of london has been again criticized by donald trump, and that is create a furious response, not just here in london, but around europe. one leader saying, can you imagine if any foreign head of state had criticized the mayor of new york in the wake of the 9/11 attacks? so, there s a huge amount of consternation about the messages coming from the u.s. as well. and in fact, i mean, we ve heard that the mayor put out this statement that he wasn t going to respond to president trump s latest tweet. but this relationship, i mean, there s been bad blood between these two since the travel ban, and it doesn t seem to be getting better. reporter: well, even before that, because during