there and also how exactly they came to be in london bridge with the intent to maim and eventually kill people. two people dead as you said this hour. three more remain in hospital. and members of the government and security services and the police are meeting in downing street for an emergency gathering. back to you. if you have any more information please let us know. and for more on the possible motive behind today s attack let s go to cnn s nick paton walsh in london. still some unanswered questions about the suspect but it sounds like authorities are starting to put together the pieces. reporter: yeah, if you look at the kind of device it seems to have been strapped to the individual, that harks back to 2017 attacks which were linked to jihadists but at the same time police are saying a little bit more detail about how this attack began across the river and you could make out the
then clear of any people around him and boom boom, the police shoot him because they believe he had is wearing a suicide vest which turned out to be a fake suicide vest. but the speed and we ve heard officials in london embrace the courage but as a londoner i think londoners are aware this sort of thing could happen. some people will run and that is absolutely normal and right that people should run away but it is clear there are people in london who will see this and respond to it and take it on. very brave individuals there who helped this from getting worse i think. peter burgen, the suspect was wearing a hoax bomb. it is the same location roughly as similar attack in 2017. what is the likelihood that this was isis-inspired or isis want to be type of person. this is almost an exact replica of two years ago, the fake suicide vest and the stabbing and death by police.