Breaking - London Bridge Terror Attack

Police are responding to reports a van has hit pedestrians on London Bridge in central London.

Witnesses have said that armed officers are understood to be at the scene after a white van hit pedestrians.

The Metropolitan Police say they are dealing with an incident on the bridge.

Transport for London said the bridge has been closed in both directions due to a "major police incident".


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40146916

Reports of gun shots and stabbing as well.

Something going on in cheetham hill too.  A petrol station close to the arena was cordoned off and had a 15 strong pilice guard.  Someone arrested and a blue ford vehicle had been taken from the scene.

Fuck sake.

[size=35]Loud bangs and helicopter circling[/size]

[size=30]We’ve also had reports of loud bangs in the Northern Quarter and reports of the police helicopter circling near Longsight. As yet GMP have not confirmed whether this police incident is related to the Arena attack. We’re careful not to publish speculation so will let you know as soon as GMP update us.[/size]

[size=30]This is the all of a sudden sensationalist manchester evening news[/size]

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As well as #LondonBridge officers have also responsed to an incident in #BoroughMarket. We have armed police at the scenes.

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As well as #LondonBridge officers have also responsed to an incident in #BoroughMarket. We have armed police at the scenes.

I think this is where the stabbings have happened.

"One witness said she saw three people with what appeared to be their throats cut on London Bridge.


Others said they saw three men, described as being 'of Mediterranean origin', jump out of the van and began 'randomly stabbing people' along Borough High Street with 12-inch long knives."

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As well as #LondonBridge officers have also responsed to an incident in #BoroughMarket. We have armed police at the scenes.

I think this is where the stabbings have happened.

Maybe but the reports I've seen is that a white van run down people (from 6 to 20?) and that men then stabbed the victims on London Bridge (not Tower Bridge that many people think is London Bridge).

There are reports of gunfire but no one seems to know where?

Its unclear if it is the people from London Bridge who went on to Borough Market, or whether there are two (or more) separate incidents?

BBC which is my main source of news will only report confirmed news.

They have not yet reported news of stabbings or gunshots.

They just by chance had a reporter on the bridge at the time - who is now being interviewed by the police as a witness - who reported 6 people on the ground at London Bridge and nothing about stabbings or shootings.


Borough Market is in walking distance of London Bridge.

BBC reporter reporting that he had heard gun shots.

Also reporting the police are looking for 3 men from the London Bridge incident, who used knives.

No reports if there are two separate incidents or one that then led on to the second.

3 incidents so far  london bridge.  Borough market and now vauxhall

y2johnny wrote:3 incidents so far  london bridge.  Borough market and now vauxhall

BBC reporting police responding to an incident at Vauxhall.

Vauxhall is a couple of miles away from the other two incidents.

BBC reporter also reporting that police have used firearms.

BBC reporting "more than one fatality".

Once again our thoughts from across the pond are with all of you!

Once again, a bunch of people - somebody's mother, father, brother, sister, son, daughter, wife, husband, friend - get slaughtered.

And for what? So that some losers can maybe score some brownie points with the big man upstairs...or Allah...or whatever you want to call him or her or it...either way it's somebody or something that probably doesn't exist.

It's so hard to believe that people so deranged are actually out there.

RIP.

Seven dead all in the name of Allah according to eye witnesses.

Religion.

it's got fuck all to do with religion. ISlam is the scapegoat. THese are sad sick bastards that think they aren't succeeding in life because of prejudice and hatred against their colour and culture. Anyone can blame their lack of success on something other than than the fact they aren't that good, talented, hard-working or clever.
It's exactly the same as the sad sick English racists who blame their lack of success on immigrants.

In both cases it's a lot easier than accepting they're just not that hard working , bright or talented .

Two sides of the same stupid coin.

wanderlust wrote:it's got fuck all to do with religion. ISlam is the scapegoat. THese are sad sick bastards that think they aren't succeeding in life because of prejudice and hatred against their colour and culture. Anyone can blame their lack of success on something other than than the fact they aren't that good, talented, hard-working or clever.
It's exactly the same as the sad sick English racists who blame their lack of success on immigrants.

In both cases it's a lot easier than accepting they're just not that hard working , bright or talented .

Two sides of the same stupid coin.

Are you for real?

Of course it is to do with Islam - or to be more specific an extreme version of it.

It makes them believe that killing 'non believers' and martyring themselves doing so, gives them immediate entry to their paradise.

How many other people from any other religious belief's go around committing murder of by suicide bombings, simply because they haven't succeeded in life and are a bit dim witted?

None of course.

If your post above is supposed to be some sort of a wind up then it is in extremely poor taste and grossly offensive and disrespectful to all those killed or maimed for life in Manchester and London recently.

You post this on the day of the One Love Manchester Concert as well ffs!!!?

You've clearly lost the plot mate.

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wanderlust wrote:it's got fuck all to do with religion. ISlam is the scapegoat. THese are sad sick bastards that think they aren't succeeding in life because of prejudice and hatred against their colour and culture. Anyone can blame their lack of success on something other than than the fact they aren't that good, talented, hard-working or clever.
It's exactly the same as the sad sick English racists who blame their lack of success on immigrants.

In both cases it's a lot easier than accepting they're just not that hard working , bright or talented .

Two sides of the same stupid coin.

Are you for real?

Of course it is to do with Islam - or to be more specific an extreme version of it.

It makes them believe that killing 'non believers' and martyring themselves doing so, gives them immediate entry to their paradise.

How many other people from any other religious belief's go around committing murder of by suicide bombings, simply because they haven't succeeded in life and are a bit dim witted?

None of course.

If your post above is supposed to be some sort of a wind up then it is in extremely poor taste and grossly offensive and disrespectful to all those killed or maimed for life in Manchester and London recently.

You post this on the day of the One Love Manchester Concert as well ffs!!!?

You've clearly lost the plot mate.

WL on what basis have you decided these people are not muslims? They certainly think they are but apparently you know better. It's a sick twisted version of Islam but it definitely is an interpretation of Islamic teaching.

II didn't say they were not muslims. Nor did specify the degree of what the media calls extremity and what I think of as a twisted interpretation to justify hatred - just as the nazis twisted Christian teachings to justify the Arian race concept.

I said these are sick people driven primarily by their sickness but using Islam as a convenient excuse.