Two members of the public have died after a knifeman wearing a hoax suicide vest launched a terror attack on London Bridge.
The suspect was shot dead by police after he stabbed “a number” of people in central London. Two of those people died and three were taken to two London hospitals.
Counter-terror police have now taken over the investigation as Scotland Yard confirmed the incident was being treated as a terrorism.
Videos from the scene purported to show bystanders tackling the suspect to the ground, taking his knife and pinning him down before police intervened.
The London Mayor Sadiq Khan confirmed that some of those stabbed have been “seriously injured” as he applauded the “breathtaking heroism” of bystanders “who literally ran towards danger” not knowing what it was they were faced with.
