London Bridge Incident - mod warning in OP

Harry Palmr

Shots fired and bridge cleared by police, not Tower bridge (!)

One man was described as being under attack from others with people trying to intervene. Scene cleared and other shots fired.

Mod warning

Beasty wrote: »

You have no more idea than any of us as to who it was. You can speculate as much as you wish elsewhere, but not on this site

And that applies to everyone. Once details are confirmed feel free to discuss them, but do so civilly and stay on topic. Do not try and bring the likes of Johnson and Corbyn into this unless it's commenting on specific references to this incident

Boggles

Here is Tom with the sports.

Billy Mays

Emery hasn't taken being fired too well apparently

Harry Palmr

Whoever started this is now dead by the sound of it.

893bet

Boggles wrote: »

Here is Tom with the sports.

This was funny the first few times.

Thought it was an incident on the bus but the lorry across the road is strange

https://twitter.com/charliereed3r/status/1200420874454806530?s=21

Is that an armed police officer lying down on the left hand side of this video?

https://twitter.com/amandahunter87/status/1200419495338266625?s=21

4068ac1elhodqr

The Mirror said something about a lad carrying a knife (now extinguished).
So it's likely either due to someone's particular skygod, or another run of dreaded bluestory movie about to start in a cinema somewhere near the locality.

AllForIt

Dorothy Fit Cannibal wrote: »

The Mirror said something about a lad carrying a knife (now extinguished).
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Now they're saying he's being detained.

Harry Palmr

Re the white lorry - police fired on that from both sides apparently. So all the elements of a terrorist attack at this point it seems.

But it all be hokum until we get a statement at teatime

Police declare it a "major incident".

Isn't this getting out of proportion!?

Yes, it's a horrific attack on a handful of injured pedestrians, but does it really deserve to be dissected.

Many of these incidents are so small and self-contained, they don't warrant the extreme media attention they gather.

Lackey

Videos on twitter looks like he was disarmed of one knife by public then police shot him

Assetbacked

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Re the white lorry - police fired on that from both sides apparently. So all the elements of a terrorist attack at this point it seems.

But it all be hokum until we get a statement at teatime

Death to anyone who thinks it's acceptable to injure and kill innocent people.

facehugger99

Always rush a gun and run from a knife.

Sky News understands at least one person killed not including the attacker.

harr

Taking no chances on the videos I seen on twitter pulled member of public off him and then bang ...
It’s a fair enough outcome ... could have been wearing a suicide vest or anything.
Well done to the public on tackling him ...

4068ac1elhodqr

Deleted User wrote: »

Police declare it a "major incident".
Isn't this getting out of proportion!?

Yes, it's a horrific attack on a handful of injured pedestrians, but does it really deserve to be dissected.

Many of these incidents are so small and self-contained, they don't warrant the extreme media attention they gather.

'Normalisation' you mean? Perhaps...

Then again, the only reason it became 'small or contained', and only a few were injured - was directly because it 'quickly' became a (contained) 'major incident'.
There is also always the risk it could be part of something larger.

If you were travelling in the area you'd want to be informed that the tube station, the bridge (with hundreds of people on it) and all local roads are closed.

skinny90

one victim killed....

Beechwoodspark

Fcuk the attackers and fcuk the ideology behind it

Prime Minister Johnson responds:

https://twitter.com/10DowningStreet/status/1200431531036225539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1200431531036225539&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sky.com%2Fstory%2Flondon-bridge-police-dealing-with-incident-amid-reports-of-gunshots-11873515

GBX

Here's a better video of the attacker being immobilised

https://twitter.com/wolfgangert/status/1200425549975490560

dinorebel

Deleted User wrote: »

Prime Minister Johnson responds:

https://twitter.com/10DowningStreet/status/1200431531036225539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1200431531036225539&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sky.com%2Fstory%2Flondon-bridge-police-dealing-with-incident-amid-reports-of-gunshots-11873515

Surprised Johnson didn't say he'd personally taken down the attacker.

MeMen2_MoRi_

dinorebel wrote: »

Surprised Johnson didn't say he'd personally taken down the attacker.

He usually runs away from them folk..

Stevieluvsye

Some bang that thing makes

TheBoyConor

Well done to the police and the people who stopped the attacker. I've watch the videos and it's all handled really well.

But why on earth are all the videos cut just at the moment the fatal gunshots are about to be inflicted? Why do people do that? Do they have any idea how frustrating it is to watch?

Fair play to the members of the public who intervened.

Assetbacked

Drawn out court battles and wasted finances on incarceration saved with those few bullets.

Slattsy

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Fair play to the members of the public who intervened.

Stupid really.

Slattsy

Slattsy wrote: »

Stupid really.

Really brave.

Stevieluvsye

Assetbacked wrote: »

Drawn out court battles and wasted finances on incarceration saved with those few bullets.

He'll have plenty of questions to answer going by the video above. Unless they established he was wearing explosives he could have been apprehended with a tazer

Stevieluvsye

Deleted User wrote: »

Really brave.

Brave, but stupid nonetheless. Cops will tell you never to intervene