i'm on borough high street, between borough station and london bridge, north of borough tube station and in the last ten minutes police vans have been arriving here, ten police officers got out of the first one and put on helmets and took out shields, a second lot came around five minutes later. i asked if they were armed and they said they had taser is. there's clearly an ongoing police incident in this area closer to london bridge —— tasers. the central aim of the police is to keep the roads clear, to keep all pedestrians and cars off the roads, they are pushing... they are doing it again now. police officers are now running further up this road carrying shields and there's clearly an ongoing incident in front of us. one eyewitness i spoke to around 15 minutes ago said that he saw police officers shooting ata that he saw police officers shooting at a tapas restaurant called vindissi near borough and he was playing the audio from his mobile phone of that incident. we are 200 and is north of borough station. there are police officers with their shields and helmets shouting for us to

borough of above the royal borough of kensington and chelsea headquarters. the demonstration continues. we will have continuing coverage here on bbc news. today at five — i'm reeta chakrabarti in west london — where police have confirmed 30 people are now known to have died in the grenfell tower inferno. the bbc understands more than 70 people may be dead or missing in total. the cause of the fire is still unknown. the police have taken the lead in the investigation and if criminal offences have been committed it's us who will investigate that. frustration and anger at a rally outside kensington town hall — as crowds gather to add their voice to growing calls for answers and justice. it looks like people are actually trying to get in to the council... to make their point directly. the queen and prince william visit a relief centre where some of the hundreds left homeless are staying in temporary accommodation. the prime minister visits survivors in hospital — following criticism of her not meeting residents at the tower block yesterday. we are in west london

market area and from their borough market area and from their borough market beyond that is southwarkat direction is fitting to what we've heard. i spoke to a security manager in this area who looks after the security staff working in pubs and bars and he's given me the names of a number of different bars and pubs where he thinks there were attacks going on. the two are very close and that means they are very likely to be linked. i know this from talking to a colleague on a radio network a few minutes ago, the 5 live programme on—air at the moment has spoken to a man, an eyewitness, who spoke to an attacker with a red and black top, the man i spoke to agree with that, s0 the man i spoke to agree with that, so this is piecing together information that feels a bit more confirmed but the health warning stays in place, these are eyewitness reports and they can be wrong. indeed. the prime minister has gone s0 indeed. the prime minister has gone so far as to say that it is being treated as a potential act of terror and the cobra committee meets tomorrow, the emergency committee that convene

market —— vicinity of borough market —— vicinity of borough market.was happening right there outside borough market. we saw a few people being given cpr by...i we saw a few people being given cpr by... i don't know who it was, it certainly was not people in uniform. and that is it. so we had to leave our bus there our driver has now gone home and ijust arrived home a few minutes ago and we were unable to move our bus because it's part of the area of the crime scene. so, um, our bus is there, we don't know how long it will be standing there for. it may be a few days. we're glad you are safe even if your bus is there. you say you saw people being treated in the road. have you any idea of the number, how many people were affected ? the number, how many people were affected? i counted eight. the driver and i saw eight people lying down on the pavement. some looked like they were lying on the actual road rather than on the pavement, in the road. the problem is that she was concentrating on her driving and i had was concentrating on her driving and ihada wa

ifollowed them and went down towards borough market and went down towards borough market and then weran into the tavern, they stabbed a bouncer, they ran in all the pubs and bars, i cannot remember all of them but they were stabbing everyone. things were being thrown at them, i tried to help people but at them, i tried to help people but at them, i tried to help people but at the end of the day, i was defenceless. what did you actually see them do? they were running up and saying that this is for allah, they ran up and stabbed a girl may be ten times. she was asking for help that i could not help her. i tried to pick up a chair but there was a bike liked to it. i tried to frighten them but i could not do anything. you will see me under cctv at borough market chasing them, throwing bottles and glasses. i know it was silly but i was trying to save people ‘s lives. it was silly but i was trying to save people 's lives. did they try and attack you ? save people 's lives. did they try and attack you? do you have an injury? they tried to stab me. i threw things at them and hit one of them

boroughs in london.n that people have felt, that alongside such wealth in this borough, there is obviously clearly a lot of poverty, and great frustration felt by people that that poverty has been allowed to exist alongside that wealth, with a feeling that poorer people have not had afair feeling that poorer people have not had a fair dealfrom feeling that poorer people have not had a fair deal from the council, from the government, from the people who have maintained their building. a lot of people saying they have been desperately let down. they even feel that this is an issue of corporate manslaughter, some people have put it as they have been speaking to each other in this crowd at this protest today. they want a full and proper investigation, that a public enquiry is not good enough, that public inquest should be held, and they want a separate investigation into the refurbishment of g re nfell tower last investigation into the refurbishment of grenfell tower last year, that £10 million refurbishment

i would ask people to avoid london bridge and borough market to allow us bridge and borough market toi have said, is led by the counter terrorism command, and we ask for help from the public in the following way. anyone with images or a film from the event tonight, someone in the area, uploaded to www. ukpoliceimageappeal. co. uk. you will find that tweeted out on various newsfeeds. and, of course, our thoughts are with people who we re our thoughts are with people who were involved and those concerned with loved ones in the area. they should contact the casualty here are on 0800 0961233. -- the should contact the casualty here are on 0800 0961233. —— the euro. that numberagain is on 0800 0961233. —— the euro. that number again is 0800 0961233. we are increasing police presence across london. in forthcoming days, you can expect to see more police resources a cross you can expect to see more police resources across the capital. i asked the public to be vigilant and contact us with concerns. —— ask. mark rowley, assistant commissioner of he met police, giving a press briefing. let me te

the vehicle continued to drive them from london bridge to borough market.s left the vehicle, attempting to stay number of people, including an on duty british transport police officer who was responding to the incident and he risk received serious injuries, fortunately not life—threatening. his family has been informed. armed response officers then responded very quickly and bravely and confronted the three male suspects, who were shot and killed in borough market. the suspects had been confronted and shot by police within eight minutes of the first call. the suspects were wearing what looked like an explosive vests, but these were later established to be hoaxes. the ongoing operation is led by the met, working closely with british transport police, city of london police and london's ambulance and transport services. at this stage we believe sadly six people have died in addition to the three attackers shot by police, and there are at least 20 casualties taken to six hospitals across london, but numbers are still rising. i'd like to repeat oui’ are still ri

and in the area are borough market area. and in the area a re lots of borough market area.of pubs and cafes and have spoken to one eyewitness there who ru ns spoken to one eyewitness there who runs security for a number of those establishments and he said that he was getting reports by phone of people being stabbed in the cafe. it means that this took a bit of time to develop. people were stabbed and then there were phone calls made. he went out and saw attacks happening in front of his eyes and was deeply shaken. he saw a woman in her early 20s stabbed severely and go to the ground very badly injured. he described one of the attackers having what the play canisters taped to his body, we have seen a picture from a photographer who seems to suggest this is a correct description. we don't want those canisters are. then there was some sort of police intervention, shots fired, we are sure about that, but police haven't said anything about the shooting. i think that's important. we need to understand why it is. to me, it suggests they are trying to work out exactly what shots we

fabio works in borough market. he worked in a pub there, and he worked very hard tonight to try and make sure people were safe. fabio, thank you for joining us. let's go back to matt bradley. he's on the scene in london. matt, you and i spoke an hour ago. so much has developed in that last hour. we now know police have killed three assailants. you had discussed with me reports of controlled bombing, or detonations, some explosions that were being heard. tell me more about this. >> reporter: well, ali, we don't know that much. it wasn't really mentioned in-depth in the press conference by scotland yard. but we know this, basically from social media, from what we heard from people in the area. they said they had heard three to four explosions, and for an hour or two there, a couple of hours ago, there was a lot of speculation that this was a continuous part of the terror attack, that these were explosions in anger, if you will. it turned out that the police then stated that these were controlled explosions that were

afterwards we got reports of a disturbance at borough nightclub, borough market, a popular and packedocation on a saturday evening. the reports were of men carrying knives police have confirmed that there were several stabbings in that area and they have responded with gunfire. around 20 minutes ago, the metropolitan police fourth confirmed they were attending an incident will further we, further west in vauxhall. not much more information about what that incident is but tellingly the metropolitan police on the social media issued security advice which is the usual drill that they would do in these situations but not something they would have had to do before which suggest that the incidence is ongoing. they have told people to run, hyde, tell if you are caught in an attack. according to them, this incident is ongoing. we have heard from downing street which says the prime minister is in contact with officials and is being regularly updated. thank you very much. as is often the way in an incident like this, facebook has activated there i am safe facility so if you have family that you

>> there's borough market security. it's people who are hired by the organizers of the borough market. and any time after 4-5:00 p.m. we start having bouncers for each bar in the area. >> but obviously nobody armed? >> no. >> but the police who arrived -- when you first saw police at the borough market, were they armed police? you heard gunshots. >> they were all armed police. >> did you see a lot of other people injured? you heard knives and you said there was somebody you saw being stabbed. did you see a lot of people getting injured? >> i saw a lot of people laying on the floor. for me to witness this for the first time it's real shocking. you just act in the moment. >> fabio, we count on the fact that people who experience this for the first time get the correct human instinct and do what you did to try and find shelter for people. our gratitude to you for that. i'm sorry you had to witness what you did. fabio lamass worked in a pub there and he worked very hard tonight to try and make sure people were safe. >>> let

the borough incident happened a few minutes ago. this was before the first incident a guy in the car was coming screaming down this street past us and then hit a few pedestrians. he hit quite a few. and he there were a few bodies that were flown up. not into the water, thank god, but hit them and then the side of the barrier of the road. >> now, you saw this vehicle. can you describe it for us? >> it was a black kind of normal every day car, like a four-door car. london is a very, very busy city so we were walking down and the car was about maybe about a kilometer away from us and we saw some bodies flying up. so it was just a basic four-door pedestrian car or i don't know how you would explain it. but, yeah, just a basic car like most londoners would have, a middle class londoner would have for driving. >> with me is a cnn law enforcement analyst and retired fbi supervisor special agent. he, too, has a question for you. >> calum, it's james. can you actually see the vehicle right now? because the concern from law enforcement's pers

the vehicle continued to drive from london bridge to borough market.he suspects left the vehicle, attempting to stab a number of people including an on duty british transport police officer who was responding. he received serious injuries, fortu nately received serious injuries, fortunately not life—threatening. his family have been informed. officers then responded bravely and quickly and confronted the suspects who were shot and killed in borough market. the suspects had been confronted and shot by police within eight minutes of the first call. the suspects were wearing what looked like an explosive vest that were later established to be hoaxes. the ongoing operation is led by the met working closely with british transport police, and the ambulance and fire services full of at this stage we believe that sadly, six people have died in addition to the three attackers shot by police. there are at least 20 casualties taken to six hospitals across london but numbers are still rising. i would like to repeat our request for londoners to avoid the areas of l

boroughs.may actually want to go to another pa rt may actually want to go to another part of london where perhaps they have a greater support network, where they have friends and relatives. we are ensuring that within three weeks, people will be rehoused so they have a home to go to. so immediate support... do you accept that you miss read the mood? you didn't go to meet residents and they really resented that. this was a terrible tragedy that took place. people have lost their lives and others have lost everything, all their possessions, their home and everything. what we are doing is putting in place the support that will help them. but this is a terrible tragedy. i have heard horrifying stories from the fire brigade, from the police and from the victims themselves who were in that tower, but also from other local residents, some of whom, of course, haven't been able to go back to their homes either. what i'm now absolutely focused on is ensuring that we get that support on the ground. asi th

they say shots were fired in borough market. we do not yet have confirmation of they are the ones that fired them. it may well be that the incident did not involve anything other than police gunfire. but, your experiences - people do have access to weapons. significant dangerous weapons often. >> taking this incident first. what we know, we have heard of multiple stabbings. reports of multiple stabbings. >> one second i'm so sorry to interrupt you again. a statement from the prime minister. following updates from police and security officials i can confirm that the terrible incident in london is being treated as we said as a potential act of terrorism. and she continues, this is a fascinating investigation you want to express my huge gratitude to the police and emergency services on the scene. our thoughts with those who are caught up in this dreadful event. i'm sorry you can continue. >> taking what you know and what we have heard from eyewitnesses and officials about tonight's incident, we have had reports of multiple stabbing

assailants armed with blades at the restaurant and borough market. the man another through battles and shares at a man after he stabbed a woman inside the restaurant. the joint terrorism analysis center which is like our homeland security is determining if they should raise the terror threat level tonight. regardless there is an ongoing active investigation of this terror attack. the second terror attack in a couple of months in london. plus last week's attack in manchester. london is an internet international city that has a lot of tours. finding shelter is a concern tonight. you can imagine how fearful people are. some reporters from scott determining how the fear is resulted in some people raising their hands and putting hands overhead as they walk out of the terrorist areas. they don't know why they put their hands on the heads just they thought it was the proper thing to do. having fear of what might on full. we have more from washington. the state department has advice for americans who are in london at this hour. >> in situations like these th

trying to get away from borough. at the moment, the nature of this incident and because of it, the nature of the injuries. we have some out on the line now, she was an eyewitness who lives across the road from london bridge station. thank you forjoining us. can you tell us wear when this incident began?” you forjoining us. can you tell us wear when this incident began? i am opposite the police station, not london bridge station. obviously we hear sirens but we were suddenly hearing far more than usual. or licking clearly say is that the response has been absolutely incredible. currently we are seeing armed police getting their gear on opposite us but at the height of things i could see 30 or a0 vehicles just down our road, about a mile or so just down our road, about a mile or so away from the bridge itself. you say you are used to hearing emergency service vehicles but the speed of the response has been commented on a number of times. did that strike you as well? absolutely. straightaway i knew something was going o

>> i was just between borough market and the bridge. i was coming out of london bridge station, having done a story with my colleague, and we were wondering what to do. as we were crossing the road on -- just in front of where the pub, where the van stopped, the white van, we saw all these police starting to arrive and people started screaming running around confused. then we saw armed police raiding the van -- >> so you saw the van as it was ramming people or after it had stopped? >> i think it was moments after it had stopped. we were really confused at that moment. then we saw the people running, screaming -- >> that's video you shot -- >> that's what i shot, yeah. because i'm a journalist myself. so i just thought, you know, what's happening -- i knew something was wrong. my friends did too. so we backed away. and that's when the police were running literally screaming get out of here, get out of here. they thought there might av. been a bomb. >> did you see any of the assailants? >> we don't know because as i say people were runnin

not the borough market end but the other end, towards the monument.lue light seemed to be in the vicinity of borough market so our driver lynne and i assumed that whatever or whoever it was was happening right there outside borough market. we saw a few people being given cpr by... i don't know who it was, doctors, i'm not sure, it certainly was not people in uniform. and that's it. so we had to leave our bus there. our driver linda's now gone home and i just arrived home about two minutes ago. we were unable to move our bus because it is part of the area of the crime scene for a so, yeah, our bus is there and we don't know how long it will be staying there for, possibly a few days. we are glad you are safe, even if your bus is there. you say you saw people being treated in the road. have you any idea of the number, how many people were affected? i counted eight. eight people? lynne and i saw eight people lying down on the pavement. some looked like they were lying on the actual road, rather than on the pavement itself, on the road itself. the problem

they lived above borough market.ey were staying in the shard, celebrating yourfifth wedding anniversary. tell me what you saw? we were looking out and we happen to see groups of people on the bridge and we noticed that there we re the bridge and we noticed that there were people tending to them and we thought there might have been a road traffic accident and we realised there were multiple groups of people and soon after that, the police arrived and ambulances arrived. we could see borough market, we saw the police cars moving down there. we saw police arrived and scatter, there were a number of gunshots, trying to move people into safe spaces, and then armed police arrived and they were starting to evacuate people from the area. what reaction were you seeing in the hotel? we understood lots of residents were told to leave their homes and buildings were under lockdown. we call down to the concierge and he said the hotel is on lockdown but it is safe. no one is coming in or out. we were advised to stay put. we had a b

they began stabbing people at borough market. attackers wearing fake explosive vests were shot and killed by police. at least 50 have been injured and some with minor injuries were treated at the scene. it began in what is becoming a familiarand it began in what is becoming a familiar and horrifying way. the white van on the left was driven down the pavement on london bridge malling down people out for a drink ona malling down people out for a drink on a warm summer's night. —— mowing. the van crashed, but it wasn't over. the van crashed, but it wasn't over. the three men came out of the van and headed over to southwark cathedral. they went down the stairs andi cathedral. they went down the stairs and i went over the edge to see the van and where it was going. there was a barfull of van and where it was going. there was a bar full of people there having a good time. they ran straight into them. i am not too sure. i think they were saying this is for allah. this was an indiscriminate attack with knives in a crowded area of pubs an

a mile to mile and a half from the borough market. we've seen in the last minute or so an ambulance leaving that area with lights flashing. the picture that is emerging at the moment as best we can tell is that an area perhaps circumference of about a mile all around borough market and london bridge, we're on the south side of the river here, has been cordoned offer and police seem to be in some sections, going through and checking people. but at this moment, this location wore in, compared to when we were talking earlier where the activity was absolutely frenetic, this has sort of settled down. you've been trying to go to your highways around the corner? >> yeah. >> what's the situation for you? can you get to your house? [ speaking foreign language ] >> the road's blocked. >> you can see for soms residents in this area they aren't even able to get back to the houses. that gives you an indication of the police cordon. the scale of the operation. this is an area where there would be tens of thousands of people living. though it's a bu

they started stabbing people in borough market.s packed with customers. 30 people have been hospitalized. they say three suspects were shot and killed. we have this picture taken by a witness which shows two men on the ground and you can see they are wearing explosive vests that are fake. earlier metropolitan police sent out a message, run, hide, tell, it urged people to get to safety, barricade themselves if they can. what is the latest you're hearing from police in london, samuel? >> we're getting a much clearer picture of how they responded to the incident. but they do believe that there were only three assailants and that those three assailants were shot though they're not 100% certain of that. what we now know is that at exactly 1008:00 local time, they get a call saying there's been an incident on london bridge and we hear a car is ramming into people, flinging them into the air, maybe 20 or 30 people and there's armed vehicles patrolling london day in and day out and they're amung the first to respond to the incident on lond

on london bridge and in southwark at borough market. bridge which you see now in these live pictures and police say there has been more than one fatality. stabbings took place nearby and shots were fired. hello. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting on bbc one in the uk and on bbc world news. a major incident is taking place in london tonight with reports of multiple casualties in different locations. armed police have closed a major bridge after a vehicle swerved off the road, hitting a number of pedestrians. police say there's been more than one fatality. officers then responded to reports of stabbings nearby and shots were fired. the first incident happened at london bridge, one of the major arteries between the north and the south of the city. the reported stabbings took place in borough market which is nearby. the british prime minister theresa may has described the incidents in london as a "potential act of terrorism."

it began on london bridge and ended in the borough market area.these pictures from the borough market where we know there were three attackers with knives who got out of the van that initially had driven on london bridge into pedestrians, careening through that area. people flying into the air, as described by eyewitnesss, and then stabbing some folks inside a restaurant in borough market. an eyewitness describing witness eing a woman stabbed in a neck d another individual stabbed these pictures are extremely disturbing but you can see just how devastating and how quickly these three attackers operated. in fact, we now have learned from police in the last hour or so when they came out with their statement that these three attackers are dead. they were killed, shot by law enforcement within eight minutes of the initial call. >> and as for the knives themselves, witnesses described the knives asthma she machetes. large knives in this savage attack. the white house says that the president offered his condolences to theresa may and first responders an

then we started hearing about borough market. that's when there were a number of men attacking people with knives there. those two areas are right next to each other. it's unclear whether the same three men raced from the bridge to borough market or whether these were two different groups, maybe coordinating, maybe not. just happened to attack nearby. it's all so unclear. we're trying to get definitive information as soon as we can. this is an evolving situation. the police are trying to contain the situation itself, much less launch an investigation. so talking about anything definite is impossible. >> that's the difficult part of this job that you're out there. we have very sketchy information. it is the middle of the night. many londoners may have gone to sleep and may not know this is hatching. matt, stand by for me. i want to bring in contain pierry who witnessed the attack in london. tell me where you were and what you saw. >> we were just coming out of london bridge station and about to get the bus to go home. we had to cr

for people who don't know borough market, it is a real foodie for people who don't know borough marketrealfoodie haven, it attracts tourists from all over the world, but it is also a place loved by locals. i have been speaking to many of them today, some of whom were caught up in the carnage. they have talked about the panic that in student as the attackers burst into bars and restau ra nt attackers burst into bars and restaurant is, and they have also praised the brilliant and fast work of the emergency services. i think you get the sense that because of the location, this was an attack not just on london but on londoners and their way of life. they are said to me today that they will not be terrorised, they will not live in fear, they will continue to enjoy their great city in the way that they always have. but as you say, this is the third terror attack in britain in as many months, and there are questions being as the day about how, about why they were able to strike in this way again. thanks for now, that is sophie long at london bridge. let's hear a little bit more from people wh

the borough market. >> our thanks to you for joining us. stay safe. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm ana cabrera. >> and i'm john berman. police respond to go what they're calling terror incidents in london this hour including reports after vehicle plowing down pedestrians on london bridge and others being stabbed in a nearby market. >> a witness tells cnn he saw a van speeding and swerving down london bridge in what looked like an attack to purposefully hit people a. man said several people were hit and afterwards says bodies were on the ground not moving. one person jumped off london bridge in an attempt to get away from the bridge. now five or ten minutes later a witness tells us gunshots could be heard at near by borough market near the bridge. >> they're bheved to be police responding to reports of a stabbing inside a restaurant at the market. you're looking at people huddling inside there trying to hide. a man ran into the cafe with a large knife. the ma

borough market and london bridge. according to reuters. borough market on the map there. you can see in the lower left-hand side of the screen. i want to add more information coming in to us from a discussion that we at nbc news had with holly jones, who is a bbc reporter, who is on the bridge earlier. and i will just read some paraphrased notes coming from holly jones from the bbc in terms of what she told us. she said a man was arrested, shirt off. that he's been handcuffed. that he's in a police car. and this is from earlier, just within about the last hour. that holly saying she did not who know that person was. she said that she was walking. on the north side. a white transit van, male driver about, 50 miles an hour, according to what she said, turned into the pavement, hit several pedestrian that's were in front of her. hit some people behind her. she said that they were french in terms of, i believe she is alluding to the victims here. the victim on the ground said she doesn't know where her boyfriend is. and then again, this bbc reporter told us here at nbc, that

not long after, there were reports of stabbings taking place at nearby borough market. police responded and shots have been fired. police have said that the incidents at london bridge and borough market are being treated as terrorism. we know there will be a meeting of cobra, the government emergency committee, in the morning. the risk level was raised to critical and then reduced to severe after the manchester attacking. armed police responded after this attack. there was a picture taken of what is believed to have been one of the assa ila nts believed to have been one of the assailants on the ground having been intercepted and shot by the police. this is a man who had canisters strapped to his body. we don't know quite what those canisters were, but it is clear from that photograph there were canisters strapped to his body. this image, taken by a documentary photographer, gabriele sciotto, shows two men lying on the ground. a little earlier we spoke to the photographer gabrielle sciotto he came in after one man stabbed someone. someone he came in after one man stabbed

the vehicle continued to drive then from london bridge to borough market. vehicle, attempting to stab number of people, —— the suspects left the vehicle, attempting to stab a number of people, including an on—duty british transport police officer who was responding to the incident, and he received serious injuries, fortunately not life—threatening. his family has been informed. armed response officers then responded very quickly and bravely and confronted the three male suspects who were shot and killed in borough market. the suspects had been confronted and shot by police within eight minutes of the first call. the suspects were wearing what looked like an explosive vests, but these were later established to be hoaxes. the ongoing operation is led by the met, working closely with british transport police, city of london police, and london's ambulance and fire services. at this stage we believe, sadly, six people have died, in addition to the three attackers shot by police, and there are at least 20 casualties taken to six hospitals across london, but numbe

if not this location, if not borough market, if borough market is an armed encampment they can still find a mcdonald's. i challenge anyone to drive down the street tomorrow or today and see a place where there isn't a crowd of people that wouldn't be vulnerable. what we have to do is put more people into this and delve deeper into the communications and the type of propaganda that is coming over from isis and the type of people who are consuming this propaganda. >> the cordon has just been lifted as you are speaking around us. the road is quite busy now where it was closed off. what does that suggest to you? that the investigation is conclusive so far? >> i would suggest it depends on whether that has been completely released. if so that's a very quick crime scene investigation. i would guess they're still working in certain areas. but right now, max, the real effort is not necessarily the crime scene. it is going through all their records, all their files, all the information that they might have on these guys. they're going to be close friends maybe even brothers but they are going

we are in the richest borough in the uk and in this very borough in the uk and in this very borough we people lived and the safety measures were totally inadequate. and they are working as fast as they can to recover bodies. what we are all doing is, as quickly and with as much dignity as we can, recovering those that are still inside.

>> i live right across from borough market. i know there was people hiding over at borough market. and i didn't personally see anybody fall. but i know that, you know, unfortunately it is saturday night, and there's a lot of people intoxicated in the area, and more difficult to escape. a lot of the people are having more trouble than others. we let some people into our building, and tried to help them. that's about all we can do. >> and you're close to borough market which is also being cordoned at the moment. >> across the street. >> across the street. if it's safe, what do you see out the window happening at borough market? because it is, as you may have heard, the second location that is now under cordon and under focus. >> yeah. i can actually go down very quickly and see it better, a better view, a safe view but a better view. >> as long as you're in a safe location and within the constraints of law enforcement. >> mm-hmm. yeah. definitely. i'm makingy way dowtairs now. >> what floor do you live on? >> i live on the fifth floor, which is the sixth floor in american terms. i ca

moments later police responded to a unknown number of stabbings at borough market. this is a series of bars and restaurants that runs right along the south side of the london bridge. this, as you might imagine, peak time on a warm london night so the local businesses were packed with people. london police have told a number of uk media outlets that the death toll currently stands at two. we have not yet confirmed that number and as we have learned in many of these incidences, the early information on casualties is likely to change. as for suspects, there are reports, one it may have been incapacitated by police but again, no confirmation and we believe the man hunt continues now into the early hours of sunday morning they are in london. the attacks coming less than two weeks after the bombing at the manchester arena which killed 22 people and left more than 100 others hurt. this attack in london marks the third time in three months. remember, back in march. [inaudible] killed four people when he drove a vehicle into a crowd on the westminster bridge. he then stabbed

she is in borough market. that is where they were able to get ahold of these suspects and shoot them dead. now, of course, the big question is, isa, who are these people and how big is the conspiracy there of their group in london. >> reporter: and that's the big concern, christi. we heard from the commissioner just moments ago, cressida dick, who was basically saying we believe that the three men that were taken down, it was just those three, but they can't confirm for sure because what they now need to look at is whether anyone else has been involved with them in terms of planning, of carrying out these attacks. so they won't go very far in telling us exactly who they were, where they came from, or any information about them. as you can imagine, people here waking up on this sunday morning, really shaken by this very terrifying experience. i'm at borough market. just behind me you can see police still here. this area is still cordoned off. further down, that is the bridge where the van plowed into those peop

street and into borough market.ed to secure as much evidence as they can for that, and counterterrorism investigations are notoriously keen to get every last little detail, so that will be a big operation, a disruptive operation. it is likely that will go into tomorrow, so that will cause some problems. but they don't want to leave a ny problems. but they don't want to leave any evidence behind on that scene as they tried to build a picture of this. of course, while police manage this in enormous investigation, the assistance they are giving to greater manchester police, and the investigation following the attack on westminster bridge in march, police have to deal with the fact that against their officers have found themselves at the front line of this. four officers were injured last night, one from british transport police who is seriously ill in hospital, free from the metropolitan police, one of whom was an off—duty police officer, who tried to tackle one of the attackers last night and he himself sustained seri

in that area are borough market area. in that area a re lots of borough market area.ness who runs security for a number of those establishments and he said he was getting reports by phone of people being stabbed in the cafe. that means that this took a bit of time to develop. people were stabbed and then there were phone calls made, he went out and saw attacks happening in front of his eyes. he was deeply shaken up, he saw a woman in her early 20s stabbed severely and go to the ground very badly injured. he described one of the attackers as having what looked like canisters taped to his body, we've seen a picture from a photographer that seems to suggest that was a correct description, we don't know what the canisters are. then there is some sort of police intervention, shots are fired, we're pretty sure about that, but police haven't said anything about the shooting and i think that's important. we need to understand why that is. to work out exactly what shots were fired before putting out a brief factual statement of what happened, the outcome was how many attackers

that is one couple who live in borough market. let's had now to borough market.h high street and join our correspondent sophie long. what is happening there wed you are, sophie, and what have people been saying to you? i am on borough high street, as you? i am on borough high street, as you say, and further up is london bridge, and that is where all of this happened just after 10pm last night. as you can probably see, there is a huge amount of police activity still in this area. we have seen activity still in this area. we have seen forensic teams make their way down the street. there have also been a number of private ambulance services that we have seen go down there. this is an ongoing investigation, a very fast moving one. we know already that 12 arrests we re one. we know already that 12 arrests were made this morning in barking in east london, and the investigation continues here. there is a large area that is cordoned off. we are diagonally away from you, if you like, but behind that building there is borough market, and we have heard today that there have

we are at the police cordon and borough high street, close to borough market and london bridge, where the attacks unfolded last night, leaving seven people dead and 48 injured. we are hearing from the various hospitals where those injured are being taken. —— have been taken. 21 of them are in what is described as critical care. the police have been giving more details about their operations last night to upper hand and shoot dead the three terror suspects who carried out the attack —— to apprehend. the metropolitan police say eight officers were involved in that operation, firing some 50 bullets. the three men were wearing what appeared to be suicide vests, which turned out to be hoax fests. but the police officers trying to wrap the hem them did not know that. their bravery has been hailed —— trying to apprehend them. so far, police have made 12 arrests in east london. mark rowley, head of national terror policy at the metropolitan police, has been describing the operation so far. the investigation is progressing at a pace, and officers from the met's counterterrorism command and the

once they were there from borough market and we know borough market for those internationals here that don't know borough market it's a very up market area lots of restaurants, stores, food stories. it was a beautiful saturday evening. a lot of people were out there. and drinking. and that time in that time that the first call was made, to when they were apprehended 8 minutes it took the police 8 minutes to apprehending. interesting to point out apprehending shooting them at a point so many people on the ground. of course this coming at a time when we've seen so many terrorist attacks already theer in the country. where the terror there threat had gone down. >> the terror left was leveled lowered just a week ago and people questioning that right now. >> yes, the reason that they were raised was because -- there was never given specifically. but it appeared to be because a bomb was used in manchester and gave the possibility therefore that bomb making cell was on the loose and not within the -- not within the pur vau and oversight of the intelligence authorities. so this was -- it meant

so would borough market have been packed. authorities around the world, in this country and the uk, are always concerned with what they call soft targets. i want to bring in our evan coleman. he's one of our security analysts. he can talk more to this. evan, when i talk about heavily trafficked pedestrian areas and soft targets, what does that mean? >> well, i mean, look. isis is not the first group to come up with the idea of going after these targets. al qaeda, aqap has put out guides, there have been a number of different groups that have homed in on the idea of using vehicles to go after pedestrians, on streets, to go after a concert hall this kind of thing. but if you're looking at what groups have particularly focused in on these kind of soft targets in recent months, it's definitely isis that pops up. in november of 2016, isis actually put out an english language guide to its followers in western countries and it called specifically for vehicle attacks on pedestrian-congested streets and it actually said using a vehicl

sophie long is in borough high street.cosmopolitan area of london, not only in terms of the visitors and the other foreign nationals living in this city, but also in terms of restaurants and bars as well. what is happening there, a day after the attacks last night? iamat night? i am at the police cordon on borough high street about 100 metres down that road beyond me are all the policemen and that is where borough market is. that is where the stabbings took place just after ten o'clock last night. it is a hugely vibrant area as you say and tributes have poured in from around the world. understandably when you think many people who come to london to visit will have come to borough market, but it is also loved by locals. somebody said to me they feel this attack is notjust an attack on london, but on londoners and their way of life. there is still a lot of police activity here. a few moments ago a private ambulance was led out from the cordon by a police car. i have been talking to a lot of people who live locally. rhianna,

the vehicle continue to drive from london bridge to borough market. the suspects left the vehicle, attempted to stab a number of people including an on-duty british constable police officer who was responding to the incident and he received serious injuries, virtually not life-threatening. his family has been informed. armed response officers responded quickly and bravely and confronted the three male suspects who were shot and killed in borough market. the suspects have been confronted and shot by police within eight minutes of the first call. the suspects were wearing what looked like explosive that's but these were later established to be hoaxes. the ongoing operation is led by the mets working closely with british transport police, city of london police in london ambulance and fire services. at this stage, we believe, that sadly, six people have died in addition to the three attackers shot by police. they are at least 20 casualties taken 26 hospitals across london and the numbers are still rising. i'd like to repeat our request for londoners to av

we are spending the morning this morning near borough market, in the wa ke morning near borough marketinvestigation continues. if you look closer, you can see some flowers that have been laid in tribute to those that have lost their lives and those that have been injured. armed police on the scene. let's bring you up—to—date with the very latest developments. police have said this morning that they know the names of the three attackers, but they don't want to reveal them yet for what they are calling operational reasons. the first of the victims has been named as christine archibald. she was a canadian who used to work as ease in a homeless shelter before moving to london. counterterrorism officers have detained more people. there were raids in barking and new. six properties have been searched. the latest information is that 11 people are being held in custody following a series of arrests. we have been speaking to eyewitnesses here this morning. many of those involved in the immediate aftermath, some were members of the public that we re some were members of the public that were caug

outside borough market right next on london bridge.right now we do not know the condition of this man, or frankly whether he is dead or alive. >> it was on that street around 10:00 london time. about five and a half hours ago. witnesses described what appears to be a coordinated attack on the city. at least two people stabbed inside a restaurant at borough market and a van mowing down people, walking along london bridge. many eyewitnesses say they heard gunshots. theresa may called these attacks terrible and she has directed the london police to treat they will as acts of terrorism. >> new developments. a hospital on lockdown. they said due to the ongoing incident in central london, it is on loving down to keep patients, relatives and staff safe. we'll bring you the details as they come in. joining us now, the cnn global analyst, david joins us right now to talk about, an unbelievable string of events in london. the third attack in england in the last few months. there was a manchester attack at the concert. not a week and a half ago.

but in borough market.e prime minister we have been told by - she is being regularly updated on what is happening in london. we may very well see the prime minister. let's listen in. [shouting] >> right police are telling us to leave. >> those are live pictures being provided to us by pete. hope you can hear me. i know the sound quality may not be great but i'm wondering if you can tell us what exactly happened. it looks like it is someone in custody. [shouting] >> apprehended a guy. [inaudible] ladies and gentlemen would you please leave the area! please leave the area! >> sorry about that. >> leave the area! >> it is possible, from the attitude of the police were there saying for your own safety, please leave. we did see one individual being taken into custody there. acting with a certain amount of urgency. police - they are advising people on twitter. they have been providing a number of updates through the evening. they are now telling people to run, hide and - to bring up today, when the story develops

close to borough market. our matt bradley is close to that scene and will monitor that and it would lend itself, you and i, richard, talked about this, the concern there were potentially explosives involved. whether or not they were planted, whether or not they were carried, certainly this was, as you put it, a moving crime scene and that is something we are going to keep an eye on and we will try to confirm as quickly as we can. i want to play for you a piece of video. a piece of video taken in a near by pub. a bar, for those in the united states. again, crowded, saturday night. you see it there on the left-hand side of your screen. police at this point are rushing in. and they are being aggressive. in their instructions to the patrons. this is what we call -- a -- a posture that would indicate that something is still going on. this is video from earlier, but it gives you an idea on a saturday night how crowded these establishments are in that area. if we are to take that map we had on the right side of our

we are committed to rehousing people as far as possible in the borough or another borough.ll want to go to another part of london where they have relatives or support. we are going to make sure people are rehoused so they have a home to go to. do you accept that you misread the public mood, the level of anger? you didn't meet residents and they really resented that? this was a terrible tragedy that? this was a terrible tragedy that took place. people have lost their lives and others have lost everything. all their possessions, their home and everything. what we are doing is putting in place the support that will help them. but it isa support that will help them. but it is a terrible tragedy. i have heard horrifying stories from the fire brigade, the police and from the victims themselves who were in that tower. but also from other local residents, some of whom have not been able to go to their homes either. what i am now absolutely focused on is ensuring that we get that support on the ground. as i say, government is making money available, we eyes showing that we'll get to