RT AP BREAKING: UK police declare stabbings near London Bridge terror-related, with suspect shot dead. Police say several people were stabbed in the incident, though the extent of their injuries is unclear.
Armed police and emergency services at the scene of an incident on London Bridge in central London following a police incident, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. British police cleared the area around London Bridge in the center of the British capital on Friday after a stabbing and shooting incident that left several people injured. Police said one man had been detained, and witnesses reported seeing a man shot by armed officers.
Police said the incident began with reports of a stabbing at a “premises” near the bridge; it ended with passersby tackling the fleeing knifeman before he was shot dead by armed-response officers. One video posted on social media showed two men struggling on the bridge before police pulled a man in civilian clothes off a black-clad man on the ground. Shots then rang out.Amanda Hunter said she was on a bus crossing the bridge when she heard shots.
She said the man “pulled his coat back which showed that he had some sort of vest underneath, whether it’s a stab vest, or some sort of explosive vest, the police then really quickly moved backwards, away.”
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