this is as we all know the third terrorist attack experienced in the last three months. a march of similar attacks to place just around the corner on westminster bridge. two weeks ago, the manchester marine was attacked by a suicide bomber and now london has been struck once more. at the same time, the security and intelligence agencies and police have disrupted five credible plot since the westminster attack in march. abby: just last hour. if you re just waking up, another terrorist attack at one of london s busiest spots about an hour ago as you just saw prime minister teresa may address in the thread. the learning thai people reportedly arrested in east london in connection to those attacks. true to that what we ve been covering all morning.
several hospitals across london. many have life-threatening conditions. on behalf of the people of london and behalf of the whole country, i want to thank and pay tribute to the professionalism and bravery of the police and the emergency service and the courage of members of the public who defended themselves and others from the attackers. and our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and with their friends, families, and loved ones. this is, as we all know, the third terrorist attack britain has experienced in the last three months. in march, a similar attack took place just around the corner on westminster bridge. two weeks ago, the manchester arena was attacked by a suicide bomber. and now london has been struck once more. and at the same time, the security and intelligence
well. so as we ve been discussing, it s important to put all this in context. this, the officials and experts are saying, is most similar to what happened on westminster in march. in other words, a bridge, a vehicle that ran people on the bridge. then the attacker who got out and in that case ran to parliament and was killed. in this case, attackers, multiple attackers, who got out, went to borough market, and attacked people inside areas of recreation, inside bars, inside restaurants, and the like. so they re trying to figure out what this kind of new element of terrorism is, and it s very, very difficult. as cressida dick said, she said, you know, it s very, very hard to predict and very hard as you can see to prevent these kind of thing, but the police are saying
many have life-threatening conditions. on behalf of the people of london and on behalf of the whole country, i want to thank and pay tribute to the professionalism and bravery of the police and the emergency services. and to the courage of members of the public who defended themselves and others from the attackers. and our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and with their friends, families and loved ones. this is, as we all know, the third terrorist attack britain has experienced in the last three months. in march, a similar attack took place just around the corner on westminster bridge. two weeks ago, the manchester arena was attacked by a suicide bomber. and now london has been struck once more. and at the same time, the security and intelligence agencies and police have
amanpour, who s in london, as close as she can possibly get to that london bridge area. reporter: that s exactly right. and as you ve been saying, the death toll was raised earlier this morning to seven. 48 people still in about five or so hospitals around london. some of them in critical condition. the metropolitan police say they have killed, as far as they know, all the attackers. all the eyewitnesses spoke about three attackers. all those who actually saw these people spoke about three, and the police shot three dead within eight minutes of having first received a call. that was in the borough market area, which is full of bars and restaurant, which is apparently where the killers went after ramming their van on to the curb on london bridge and then going down these stone staircases from the bridge to the river level, the embankment, as we call it, where borough market is. it s a food hall. in this big food hall is a network of bars and restaurants, little places where people