explosive device a very tense evening in the heart of london let's take you now to deal of user charlotte potts a who is closely following this developments there charlotte what more have you learned. well the police responded to this incident at about 2 pm to a stabbing male suspect was wrestled down by civilians on london bridge and police intervened shot that suspect and she subsequently died right there at the scene so this is what police has been telling us a number of people were injured witnesses reporting that they've seen several people coming out of the building that appear to have been stabbed they were bloody and we don't know how many people were indeed injured by this suspect that died at london bridge this was not a random incident the police said they have declared an act of terror a terror incident so there was clearly a motive behind that incident behind that suspect but we don't know yet what that motive was the police was very careful not to go into details there and we know that the counter terrorism unit is now investigating the incident while the mayor of london said dick

tense evening and there in the heart of london daily correspond charlotte potts is a following of developments very closely for you charlotte what more have you learned. well it was a busy day today black friday so a shopping day lots of tourists our employees that this london bridge leads into the heart of the financial center here in london with many banks and insurance companies and the big skyscrapers there and in the midst of all that a male suspect started stabbing several individuals we don't know how many people were indeed injured at this point but they are being treated in the hospital surrounding london bridge so this male suspect was then wrestled by a civilian and subsequently shot and killed by police on the scene and as we've just heard there from the police officer himself this suspect appeared to be wearing a suicide vest that sets what witnesses responded and it turned out to be fake but this is one of the reasons why police here are treating this as a terror incident the counterterrorism unit is investigating at the moment and this is what we know so far from the police now