On Saturday night terrorists carried out two attacks on residents of the British capital. The first incident took place at 22:00 on London bridge — minibus drove into a crowd of passers-by. After that, the vehicle jumped the three attackers and shouting «In the name of Allah!» began to finish off the victims with knives. The attack affected up to 20 people, at least two of them died.
#London: Five terrorists with hunting knives “jump out of van and start slashing people’s throats” https://t.co/5xKfUgkZQQ pic.twitter.com/0gOHSJxrd0
— Pamela Geller (@PamelaGeller) June 3, 2017
Immediately after the first incident a few men massacred in one of the bars in borough market, located a short drive from the bridge on the South Bank of the Thames.
Police are responding to incidents at the #BoroughMarket and #LondonBridge — they are just a few minutes distance away from each other pic.twitter.com/KEKxaeH9vi
— TheJournal.ie (@thejournal_ie) June 3, 2017
According to eyewitnesses, the victims of the attack in terror trying to save their lives: they were hiding in back rooms, under tables and behind chairs. Those who managed to escape, suffered multiple stab wounds.
VIDEO:Witness telling that he saw police shooting into Brindisa Tapas bar at Borough Market #LondonBridge pic.twitter.com/qW6qoNnCQs
— Alan Fisher (@Alanfisher100) June 3, 2017
Police confirmed that two of the attackers managed to kill of a firearm. Immediately afterwards at the scene found the man in a suicide belt.
Photo of the alleged attacker with canisters strapped to him https://t.co/RJZyKqia2Q pic.twitter.com/ADgdmGD2an
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 4, 2017
Both incidents were classified as terrorist attacks.
At 0025hrs 4/6/17 the incidents at #LondonBridge & #BoroughMarket were declared as terrorist incidents.
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
The police began an emergency evacuation of buildings within a radius of 1.6 km from where the first attack was closed nearby the railway station and urged residents to avoid the area near London bridge and borough market. The bridge arrived on the bomb squad.
According to the London ambulance service, 20 people were hospitalized in 6 Metropolitan hospitals, and the rest of the victims assisted in place.
As a precaution, law enforcement officers cordoned off the three hospitals.
In parallel with attacks on the bridge and the restaurant reported assault with a bladed weapon in Vauxhall, but the police said that the incident is not a terrorist attack and is not associated with the previous two.
The incident at #Vauxhall is a stabbing and is not connect to the incidents at #LondonBridge & #BoroughMarket
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
The UK suffered from actions of terrorists the second time in the last 2 weeks — in late may, 22 people were killed during a blast at the concert Ariana Grande in Manchester.
