(29 Nov 2019) Police officers escorted people to pick up their belonging left behind in the London Bridge area of the capital, following an attack the police are treating as a terrorist incident. A man wearing a fake explosive vest stabbed several people Friday in London, killing two people before being tackled by members of the public and then fatally shot by officers on London Bridge, officials said.
Metropolitan Police Chief Cressida Dick said two stabbing victims had died and three injured people were being treated in a hospital.
She said police were working “at full tilt” to determine whether anyone else was involved in the attack.
Officers were called just before 2 p.m. to Fishmongers’ Hall, a conference venue at the north end of London Bridge.
Minutes after the stabbings report, witnesses saw a knifeman being wrestled to the ground by members of the public on the bridge before armed-response officers shot him dead.
The violence erupted two-and-a-half years after a van and knife attack in the same area killed eight people, and less than two weeks before Britain holds a national election.
The main political parties temporarily suspended campaigning in London as a mark of respect.
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