i m going to tell you, as someone who served in the business, you can look at dozens of people at once. you cannot look at thousands or tens of thousands. when you say they knew this person or they re looking at them, i want to know how up on the radar they are because you can t look at thousands or tens of thousands of people at once. you can t. the fact he was found with a hoax explosive device is that indicative of going to you in the planning? yes, it is. look, one person operated individually. so he was not part of a conspiracy. he was not part as far as we can tell so far, part of a broader plan. what does it tell you if someone goes into a circumstance like this with a knife ichb stead of a gun. you can t maximize casualties which is what terrorists want to do with a gun. and you have a hoax device instead of a real device. it tells me potentially, and we see this in many circumstances, that the individual may have
reporter: the quick response of passersby have been credited with preventing this from being worse. videos show members of the public taking a large knife from him and pulling him down. armed officers arrived five minutes later and isolated the man when he opened his jacket to reveal what looks like an explicit device. he was shot and killed immediately. we believe a device was strapped to the body of a suspect was a hoax explosive device. reporter: the investigation begins. police will be working to id him, going to social media and cell phone records to find out if he was part of a network and if there s an ongoing threat. prime minister boris johnson took time off the campaign trail to brief donald trump. the message we send to them and anyone associated with this type of attack is one that will
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male suspect shot by specialistslonded police and i confirm this suspect died at the scene. a number of others received injuries. when we can provide further updates on their condition we will. due to the nature of the incident we responded as though this was terrorist-related. i m in a position to confirm that it has been declare kd a terrorist incident. i can confirm at this time we believe a device was strapped to the body of the suspect is a hoax explosive device. officers continue to carry out meticulous searches in the area to ensure there is no outstanding threat to the public. those expensive cordons will remain in place for a considerable time and i ask the public, please, continue to avoid the area. live now to london for the
strapped to the body of the suspect is a hoax explosive device. london s assistant police commissioner confirming key details, and london s mayor, sadiq khan, praising the quick response. i want to thank our brave emergency services who responded to today s horrific attack. every day they put their lives on the line for us, running towards danger in order to keep us safe. we re also seeing dramatic video of the incident capturing police approaching a suspect and then firing shots as the suspect lays on the ground. warning to our viewers, this video is disturbing. oh! oh! what the oh, my god. nick paton walsh is on the