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and pubs that attract people on a pleasa nt and pubs that attract people on a pleasant and balmy summer evening. these are live pictures from london bridge. this was in the studio, a story that has developed into three locations. let s go back now to the first incident that happened. we heard just before 1030 that a white van had mounted the pavement on london but the bridge on the south bank and several pedestrians were it. we were told that police were on the scene and that the police helicopters and boats on the river thames. that was according to witnesses at the scene who said they saw at least five or six people struck by the van. afterwards we got reports of a disturbance at borough nightclub, borough market, a popular and packed location on a saturday evening. the reports were of men carrying knives police have confirmed that there were several stabbings in that area and they have responded with gunfire. around 20 minutes ago, the metropolitan police fourth conf ....
scene with a number of security guards, he said the men were still there, he gave a number of pubs they we re there, he gave a number of pubs they were going in and out of. he said he and his colleagues tried to throw chairs at these men to stop them doing what they were doing and then he s decided to evacuate the area, the its doormat which is what he did. he was deeply shocked when he said this. we also have a woman who describes seeing the van hitting pedestrians near a bus stop, she said she saw six people injured. another eyewitness saw three guys, three men. we have that report of something at vauxhall. we have a witness saying that they saw walking wounded team ta ken witness saying that they saw walking wounded team taken to liverpool street covered in blood and bandages. to sum that up, some sort ofan bandages. to sum that up, some sort of an attack on this part of south london, this time of night on a night like this. some sort of attack using a van. as we sai ....
that they are terrorist incidents. we can cross live to london bridge now and speak to our reporter, nick quraishi. you have got to that location in underan hour you have got to that location in under an hour after the first incident was reported. we can still see people making their way away from the flashing lights. yes. every time you come to me it is calm for a while and then there is intense police activity. policemen beside me are directing some cars that are about to come on to the area that is cordoned off. they will be here in a few seconds. i think i can focus on them. that is what is happening at them. that is what is happening at the scene here. when i came here, this was the only scene that we knew about. london bridge. a car had run into pedestrians. armed police going past it looks like. that was the first thing we heard, london bridge, afan had first thing we heard, london bridge, a fan had run into pedestrians. van. a number of suspects were carrying ....
stabbed some other men, i m not sure about this or whatever happened. a man tried to pull me off the scene andi man tried to pull me off the scene and i rant towards the scene because i noticed this man with an exposed gold on his chest. i ran. they we re gold on his chest. i ran. they were running. belt. the police officer was trying to put himself between him and the crowd. at that point i rant towards them. more police came over. iran s. iran. more police came over. iran s. i ran. within two more police came over. iran s. iran. within two or more police came over. iran s. i ran. within two or three seconds they shot the men. that is what i honestly saw. any questions? the man knew took the picture of, these canisters on his body, what did you think they were? the first time i thought it wasn t anything real. it didn t look real. i m not the person who could honestly say if it was real or not because i have no experience in regard. but ....
casualties taken to six different hospitals. there were reports of people being thrown over london bridge as that vehicle was driven at high speed. police river patrol boats looked for casualties in the water. this is one of the cordons being set up. there will be a cobra meeting, but theresa may, the british prime minister, has already said this is a potential terrorist attack. it comes not many days after the manchester attack were 22 were killed in the explosion at the magister arena but in this attack it appears to be a number of men in that vehicle in that white van, driving across london bridge, and then getting out of the vehicle and carrying out a knife attack. number of eyewitnesses have said they saw these men getting out of the van, many of them with knives, one in particular with a long knife. it appears that the police have apprehended one or more of the casualties, we have been seeing a picture of one of the suspects, one of the suspected assailants, lying ....