04/06/2017 Breakfast

Counter-terrorism police are still on the scene.

In the first incident, a van swerved onto the pavement

and ploughed into pedestrians, eyewitnesses say the driver seemed

He and two other men left the van in nearby Borough Market,

where several people were attacked with knives.

They were running in. They were going into all the pubs. I cannot

remember all of them. I was saying run, run, run.

Police responded within eight minutes.

Armed officers shot dead three attackers.

The suspects were wearing what looked like explosive vests, but

were hoaxes. The Prime Minister has

left the campaign trail She'll hold a meeting

of the Government's emergency Cobra committee in Westminster

later this morning. On Breakfast this morning,

we'll bring you the latest from the scene and keep

you up-to-date with Good morning from Central London,

where six people have been killed and several injured

during the country's second terrorist attack in

less than two weeks. Officers responded to reports

of a vehicle ploughing into pedestrians on London

Bridge just after 10pm. Three men got out of the vehicle

and started stabbing people on the bridge and at

the nearby Borough Market. All three attackers,

who were wearing fake explosives vests, were shot

and killed by police. At least 30 people have

been taken to hospital, and a number of others with minor

injuries were treated at the scene. You may find some of the images

in his report distressing. Just after ten o'clock on the busy

streets of London, police are responding to reports of an ongoing

serious incident. Get on the ground now! . SIRENS. What is happening? A

white van has driven into pedestrians on London Bridge. When

it stopped, it's rear doors were flung open and several men flew out.

They went on to the busy restaurants and pubs around Borough Market

stabbing people. When I first saw them, they said "this is for Allah,"

and they stabbed this girl 10- 15 times. She said help me, but I

couldn't. This was the scene as armed police entered one bar. They

needed to know immediately if the attackers were still there. As

people fled the area, they were told to put their hands on their heads.

Again, in a confused situation, the police needed to tell the attackers

from their victims. This image from the scene shows at least one of the

attackers lying on the ground wearing what police have said was a

fake explosive vest. In the background are other bodies. Armed

response officers responded quickly and bravely, confronting 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 London Ambulance Service says at least 30

casualties have been taken to 35 different hospitals. One of those

stabbed was a British Transport Police officer. His injuries are

serious, but not life-threatening. Andy Moore, BBC News.

I am in Central London at London Bridge where the attack took late

last night. There is a lot of activity. Police have cordoned off

the area. There are helicopters above making sure security is as

tight as possible as the investigation continues. Many people

at the scene were witnessing what seemed a terrifying sequence of

events. A white van ploughing into people on a bridge and then three

men got out and attacked people with knives.

With me now is Caroline Breniere, Morgan Mounier, and Kaine Pieri,

who saw what happened on London Bridge.

They were there. What did you see? I was walking out of London Bridge

Station with my friends. We were going to get the bus at London

Bridge and we started noticing that the buses were stopped and there was

a van parked on the pavement. Lots of police were gathering around the

van. The door opened and a lot of people started running. We did not

know what happened. VEHICLE NOISES. We apologise for the noise. What did

you see? You saw the van and lots of people running around. Did you see

the police presence, anyone injured? When we came out of the station, we

saw two police cars near the van. They were coming very fast. Police

officers were running. We saw armed police getting into the van and

opening the doors and getting inside. They were chasing someone

and running. They asked everyone to move immediately. What did the

police tell you to do? We have had reports of people being told to walk

away with hands on their heads as police tried to identify who was

involved? We arrived just moments after. At the start, police did not

seem to know what they were doing. We started going down the street and

that is when they put the cordons on. They said go and leave. We

subgroups of some of the first people that were maybe there with

shocked faces. -- saw groups. I saw someone calling to announce someone

had passed away. It was shocking. They cordoned it off 500 metres down

theiryou were here overnight. Where were you planning to go in the

eveningthere. How did your plans change? We are three journalist

students coming back from the festival story in south London.

Coming out of the London street station we were wondering what to

do. We were at the crossroad between Borough Market and London Bridge us.

I said there were so many police, something is not right. The buses

have stopped. That is when we were told to leave. Morgan, what were

police telling you to do? The police started screaming at one point and

telling us to step away from the danger zone. People were hesitant

and did not know what to do and were staying around the area. They

started being more insistent. When they opened the doors of the van, we

realised they were searching something and it wasn't just a road

accident, that something had happened. It is very distressing

what you must have seen and we don't want you to say anything that might

upset you, but can you tell us what you saw in terms of people being

cared for, people being injured, and how the emergency services and

police were dealing with it? We did not see anyone being injured on

site. We just think there were people at the scene and they were

coming up the street. Some were crying and some were sitting on the

floor and calling people. But police officers were just asking to move

without really saying where we should go. Some were not really

taken care of. I know people leaving near Borough Market, near the train

station, two people said come to my place. So... A real feeling of

everyone working together and helping. Definitely. It was quite a

long time that the first ambulances arrived, but they rushed up through

and lots of people were kind of trying to talk to each other and

understand what happened. I think there is such a feeling of shock. No

one knew what was going on really. It looks like it could be an

accident. I don't know what it really looks like. But it was

definitely wrong. Thank you very much for your time, everyone. We can

hear helicopters overhead at the moment. Counterterrorism police are

on the scene still investigating. One of the hospitals, St Thomas' was

put on lockdown, as many were. We have the latest from there from

Helena. This was one of three hospitals put

into lockdown, they said, for the safety of patients and relatives in

the hospitals. It is confirmed that St Thomas's here is one of six

hospitals treating the injured from last night's attack We know from the

London Ambulance Service they say they brought 30 patients to various

hospitals across London. In terms of the injuries of the people, we have

not been told that information yet. But some will have been brought from

London Bridge itself. And the others from the second incident, from the

Borough Market area. We also know from British Transport Police that

one of their officers was on duty last night responding to calls for

help from the public. They were injured. In a statement, they said

he has suffered injuries to his head, face, and lack. His family is

with him, but his condition is not life-threatening. -- leg. We have

also been taught by the Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner that

we can expect the number of injured to rise as the day goes on, but to

confirm, at least 30 people this morning are being treated at

hospitals across London. This investigation is still ongoing.

Counterterrorism police are still at seen. It at London Bridge and

Borough Market, which is down there. Helicopters are keeping an eye on

the scene. The Prime Minister has left the campaign trail and has

returned to London. Theresa May will chair a Cobra committee meeting. We

can talk to someone out the front. Good morning.

We expect the Cobra meeting to take place in the next couple of hours.

Theresa May, the Prime Minister, has returned to London to chair the

meeting, with senior officials and cabinet ministers, and the Mayor of

London, Sadiq Khan. We expect them to talk about what happened last

night, as well as the wider security implications and presumably the

threat level. When there was the terror attack two weeks ago, the

threat level was raised from Severe to Critical, which means a terror

attack is expected as being imminent. We would expect them to

talk about that as well. There was also Operation Temperer which saw

1000 armed forces personnel put on the streets of London to help

bolster the police efforts going on. We presume all of that will be

talked about at the meeting today. The context of this, we are a few

days away from the general election. There has been no word as yet as to

whether the campaign will be suspended. Again, when this happened

a few weeks ago, the campaign was suspended for a few days.

Thank you very much. You are watching BBC News, coming to you

from Central London and London Bridge, where there has been a

terrorist incident last night at the six people were killed, dozens were

injured and taken to hospital, after a van ploughed into people on London

Bridge and three men attacked people with knives. Counterterrorism

officers are still at the scene investigating and making sure it is

secure. We will keep you up-to-date throughout the day on BBC News from

Central London. For now, back to the studio with Ben.

Thank you very much. We will be back with her for all of the latest

reaction from the scene with her soon. But I will bring you

up-to-date with the reaction we have had last night.

"My thoughts are with everyone affected, and I'd like to thank our

emergency services, who were first on the scene,

and will be working throughout the night.

You can see the next person on the screen, Donald Trump.

US President, Donald Trump, offered America's support, saying this.

"Whatever the United States can do to help out in London and the UK,

And the popstar, Ariana Grande, who is due to perform

at a fundraising concert for the Manchester victims

That was just two weeks after the attack in Manchester.

As we said, it is the third terror attack in the UK since March.

Tonight, a concert for the victims will be held at the Old Trafford

Cricket Ground, headlines by Ariana Grande in her first performance

since that night. Security is already tight, but it

will get even more tight. Indeed. I spent the day here as the final

preparations were being made. It is fair to say security was very tight.

Anyone helping to construct the stage was being searched. Security

sniffer dogs were being used to check vehicles entering or leaving

the site. It is fair to say that security will be increased bearing

in mind the events last night. Police are saying they are confident

in the security measures in place around the ground for the event

tonight. Road blocks are in place already. Road closures will increase

near the start of the night's event. Police are also asking the thousands

of people due to come into night not to come with rucksacks or backpacks.

They say that is because of the extra security and the amount of

time it will take to check all of those. Clearly, events in London

overnight are on the minds of people. As far as we are aware, this

concert will go ahead as planned. But as we have heard, Ariana Grande

has tweeted saying we are thinking of all those affected by the events

in London. We will be back with you later, but for now, thank you for

that, at Old Trafford, the location where the concert will take place

later this evening. You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News. Six people have been killed and more

than 30 injured in central London in the second terrorist attack

to hit the UK in two weeks. Some of the later editions of the

newspapers have coverage of that. The Observer here this morning has a

headline about twin terror attacks. The Prime Minister has abandoned

campaigning. She will return to London to chair a Cobra emergency

committee meeting in response to the attack. The picture there is

pixelated but it is thought to be one of the attackers who you heard,

earlier, was wearing a fake suicide bomb vests. Police have made that

clear. On the front of the Sunday Telegraph you see a picture there of

a normal Saturday night out in London Bridge. The area is quite

popular on Saturday nights with bars, festivals and all sorts of

events taking place. A busy area known for a good number of tube

stations and over overground trains as well,. Police say they were made

aware of the incident at eight minutes past ten and eight minutes

later they had engaged with the attackers but, of course, the

investigation now continues and as you heard a little earlier,

emergency services are still at the scene there are in London Bridge.

This is the Mail. Six dead as van runs amok. Targeting pedestrians on

the bridge and then the attackers leaving the van and entering the

Borough Market area. Again, our market, a popular area with bars,

restaurants and pubs. Very popular and very busy at that time on a

Saturday evening. It is approaching 18 minutes past six so let's bring

you up today with the headlines. Six people have been killed and over 30

injured in central London in the second terrorist attack to hit the

UK in two weeks. A white van hit several pedestrians on London Bridge

just after ten o'clock last night. Three men and left the vehicle and

stabbed a number of people before being shot dead by armed police.

We will pause now and have a check on the weather. Hello, then. A good

morning to you. The second half of the weekend is very much like the

first. Astoria sunny spells but showers as well. Some showers will

be on the Heavyside. A couple of showers showers scattered around at

the moment, a chilly start out there as well and a couple of fog patches

as well. On the satellite picture you can see an area of Cloud racing

towards the south-west of England and Wales and this will bring

slightly more persistent rain in these areas through this morning as

it tracks eastward through the date and break up into showers with sunny

spells in between. Showers per ton across northern England but a fair

amount of dry weather here throughout the day and plenty of

showers across Northern Ireland Scotland although perhaps not as

many as they were yesterday. For the middle of the afternoon, plenty of

dry weather and sunshine across the bulk of England and Wales. Some

heavy showers pushing across southern and central areas. Some

showers scattered across Wales and one or two across northern England.

Here there will be a fair amount of sunshine through the afternoon with

temperatures around 16 or 17 degrees. A fresh feel to the weather

and showers for Northern Ireland Scotland but as many as yesterday.

They could still be a heavy one with a flash of lightning and a rubble of

wonderful not during this evening a few showers will push across eastern

England, continuing through time in Scotland but they now attention

turns to the western rain moving into Scotland from Northern Ireland

and this trailing weather front which will become a big player in

our weather as we had through tomorrow because this band of rain

is just going to continue to work its way in across Wales and

north-west England, especially. Could see a lot of rain in these

areas that could cause issues with localised flooding. Rain moving in

as well across the south-west with hefty showers across northern

Scotland and made on the day we will see some strong winds especially for

coasts of the south-west. Not a great day in store, I must say. 14-

19 degrees. This wet weather is associated with a couple of

different areas of low pressure. The first one sliding across Scotland at

this next one developing and this really will hang around for quite

sometime, hang around into Tuesday. What it means is that fall northern

and eastern Scotland, Tuesday will be wet. Persistent as the rain piles

up. A blustery day elsewhere. I cold there was a mixture of sunshine and

showers. Temperatures 14- 18 degrees. Now, back to London.

Thank you very much. I am in central London this morning near London

Bridge where a terrorist incident, the second in less than two weeks to

hit the country took place. Men in a van ploughed into people on London

Bridge. Over six people have been killed and 30 others injured. After

the van ploughed into people, three men got out and started attacking

people with knives. The incident took place on London Bridge and

Borough Market, a popular area on Saturday evening when people were

congregating and drinking, a sociable area, very popular with

many tube stations and overground stations. A busy area. People were

told to run, to get away from the area as it emerged that this

incident has taken place. Emergency services were on the scene within

minutes, making sure that people were being treated and the area was

secured full I'm joined now by Sir Brian. Thank you for joining us. You

lived five minutes from this area. When did you first hear of something

happening? I was looking at my Twitter feed and saw reports coming

in, put on the television and saw very frightening and worrying

incident unfolding. I was explaining what this area is like. It is busy

and on a Saturday night, people congregate. A great and sociable

area. What kind of scale would the police have been dealing with in

terms of securing people in the area? There would have been hundreds

of people, not only in bars and restaurants but they tend to spell

out onto the street. It is a quiet sort of side road off Borough High

Street where the market is so they would have been faced with,

literally, hundreds of people to cope with. And what would they have

been told? When they first heard that this happened at eight minutes

past ten and called to the scene, what would the first priority for

police have been? According to the assistant commissioner, police were

on the scene within eight minutes of the call. They were obviously

reports of men with knives and so the first response would have been

from armed officers, probably. We have armed response vehicles all

over London, ready to respond to this sort of incident and to respond

is really a credit to the plan is that the police have laid this sort

of incident. Threat level now is at critical, we understand that the

attackers were shot. What would have been the process in terms of armed

police and how to react to these men? Our understanding is, and there

has been a photograph that was widely shown, which shows that at

least one of these people with knives had what looked like a bomb

belt which turned out, according to the Assistant Commissioner, to be a

fake bomb dog. But what we were potentially dealing with, what the

officers were faced with Mark were people who were violent who

potentially could have been suicide bombers. Therefore officers had to

make split-2nd in those very difficult circumstances and decided

to shoot the people. What would the response of being to restaurant

owners? We hear of cores that many restaurant owners were keeping

civilians inside to keep them safe. Then we were told that many people

were told to run, to doorway with hands on their heads to identify

themselves. The difficulty is that in the immediate aftermath of any

incident like this there is confusion. It is difficult to pin

down exactly what has happened and in this case exactly how many people

were involved stop so although people may have seen three people

with knives that could have been more people and therefore the police

were quite concerned for quite a while but there may have been other

people on the loose too dangerous. We see police around us at the

moment and hear helicopters overhead. Police be doing now in

terms of the investigation? Police will be let urgently looking into

the background of the three people who died. We heard that in

Manchester within... Within one hour or so, they knew the identity of the

bomber. That is what they are going to be looking for. They are going to

be preserving the scene for forensics so that they can present

evidence to the coroner around exact what has happened but they will be

urgently looking into whether or not there are other people who perhaps

assisted these three people who have been shot. Thank you for joining me.

You will be with us all morning and we will keep you up-to-date with the

investigation as it continues. Counterterrorism police are on the

scene in the latest reaction from here in London Bridge where the

attack took place last night. Then, to you. Thank you very much. We will

return in a few moments. I would like to recap a few are just joining

us this morning the latest news. Six people have been killed in a

terrorist attack in central London. The response, some of the

motivations, we have a doctor with us, security and terrorism expert

from the University of Bradford. That morning. Let's talk first of

all about what we know. Because on one hand primitive attack using a

vehicle and driving into pedestrians and a knife attack after that. It is

not bearing of the same hallmarks as the Manchester attack two weeks ago.

On the other hand it seems relatively organised in that there

were three attackers. Yes. Absolutely. Here we are again, we

are fitting exactly in this position and we try to exactly figure out

what happened. Of course at this stage we really want to refrain from

too much speculation. But when you do look at the picture, when you

look at exactly what has happened last night, unfortunately it is very

consistent with some of the other atrocities that we have seen in

recent months. Not only in the UK but across the continent. To a very

large extent, the atrocity that we witnessed last night is similar to

what happened in March in London. That atrocity was conducted by a

single man which is obviously different. But the nature of that

attack, the nature of the activity was very similar. And we look at the

nature of what this is inspired by, whether it is inspired or

co-ordinated by ices. We have seen a suggestion that people may be taken

up the cause. Nobody has claimed any responsibility yet so I really do

not wish to speculate. As I mentioned, it is an atrocity that is

consistent with some of the other atrocities that we have seen

conducted by ices. I must reflect on that, last week, ride the of Rama

Dond, we were warned by their spokesperson he came up with this

announcement that during the month of Rama Dond disorganisation,

Islamic State, is going to pacify their operations. Not only in the

Middle East but actually in the West as well. Of course, you need to

remember that in previous Rama done in 2016, they claimed that they

killed or injured over 5000 people. Although nobody has claimed any

responsibility yet it over the last week or so there is Islamic State

repeatedly have been warning us about intensifying their operations

in places like London. A one to ask you about the timing because during

the holy month of Rama done we have heard calls previously from the

leaders of ices claiming that people should use whatever tools they have

at their disposal. Just make the comparison with us for 2016. We we

saw that last month during the month of Ramadan. Of course, we did. You

must remember that last year the previous spokesman called on their

supporters, their believers, people who truly believe in the message and

the practices of Islamic State that they should use any tool at their

disposal to attack unbelievers. They should use their cars, they should

use... I don't know, any tool to create maximum fear and maximum

destruction. Of course, shortly after that announcement at spokesman

was killed and now we have a new spokesperson for the organisation.

And, yet, we see exactly the same message. If you look at the IS

magazine that they publish, in their Ramadan it edition we saw more or

less the same message. They called on their supporters to randomly

attack unbelievers. And you are absolutely right. We do not want to

get into the realms of speculation as it is still early days. I wonder

if we have seen this rise in attacks in response to specific overseas

policy or governor policy and, of course, the timing now in the run-up

to the general election, they must be significant.

We don't know who has done this. No one has claimed responsibility. In

the last few weeks, there has been a dynamic debate about the root causes

of terrorism, certainly in the regards to transnational Jihad.

Without any doubt, British and Western foreign policy has a role.

We cannot ignore 2003 and Libya in 2011. But at the same time, it would

be reductionist to reduce everything right now only to a reaction to

British foreign policy, though it is important in the equation. When you

widen the framework and the picture, you see that some other countries

like Germany also have been a victim of this type of atrocity. Germany

had a very humane approach to the Syrian refugee crisis, for example.

I mean, they open their borders and hundreds of thousands of refugees

are merrily from Syria and Iraq went to Germany. -- primarily. And more

broadly, they stood up to the UK and US and did this. Germany, despite

unproblematic foreign policy, I still targeted by organisations like

Islamic State and Al Qaeda. It is good to hear from you. A security

and terrorism expert. I know you will stay with us. We are continuing

coverage of the attack last night in London. Back to Naga.

Thank you very much. I am in Central London where the attack took place.

Six people have been killed and several injured

during the country's second terrorist attack in less

We understand a van with three men ploughed into people on London

Bridge. They got out of the van and started attacking people with knives

on the street. Emergency services, we understand, were at the scene

quickly reacting. Behind me you can see the strong police presence.

Counterterrorism services are still investigating the incident and

making sure security is tight and the investigation can continue

without interference as much as possible. We can understand now that

Mark Rowley, the assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan

Police, has been reacting to this. We can hear from him.

We have been responding. We are treating this as a terrorist

incident and a full investigation is already under way by the Counter

Terrorism Command of London. You will understand knowledge of the

incident is still growing. At the moment, what we understand is as

follows. At eight minutes past ten last night, we began to hear reports

of pedestrians being struck by a vehicle on London Bridge. The

vehicle continued to drive the Borough Market. The suspects left

the vehicle attempting to stab a number of people, including an on

duty British travel police officer who was responding to the incident.

-- British Transport Police Officer. He was hurt, but survived,

thankfully. The three male suspects were confronted and shot and killed

in Borough Market. They were shot and confronted by police within

eight minutes of the first call. The suspects were wearing what looked

like explosive vests, but they were later established to be hoaxes. The

ongoing operation is led by the Met working with the British Transport

Police, and the London ambulance and fires services. It is sad, but we

have found out that six have died at least in addition to the three

suspects, and 30 have gone to hospital to six hospitals in London,

though the numbers are still rising. I would ask people to avoid London

Bridge and Borough Market to allow us to continue the investigation.

This investigation, as I 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 were involved and those concerned

with loved ones in the area. They should contact the casualty here are

on 0800 0961 233. -- the euro. That number again is 0800 0961 233. We

are increasing police presence across London. In forthcoming days,

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 tell you what is happening

at London Bridge. Just down there is Borough Market is an London Bridge.

It has been cordoned off for obvious security reasons. Helicopters have

gone overhead to make sure security is kept while police officers

investigate the scene and take forensic evidence and look at

exactly what has happened, making sure the area is secured. Mark

Rowley was talking about loved ones and people being concerned about

loved ones. There are many hotels in this area and it is very busy. Lots

of residents living here have been told to leave the area. Hotels in

the area have been putting up people. They have fed them and

watered them and making sure they are warm. That is what people have

not been allowed to go home. This is the second there attacking two weeks

in this country with six people killed and at least 30 injured after

a van ploughed into people on London Bridge last night shortly after

10pm. The men left the vehicle and started attacking people with

knives. We have heard restaurant owners were keeping people inside

the restaurants. We have heard the men were banging on the windows

threatening the people inside. It was a situation of panic and great

fear, as you can well understand. We understand the Prime Minister has

left the campaign trail and will chair a Cobra meeting later. We are

in Westminster ahead of that meeting. Ellie Price can keep us

Good morning. We are expecting senior officials and cabinet

ministers and the Mayor of London and the Prime Minister to chair this

meeting in the next few hours. They will be brought up-to-date with what

is going on in the investigation along with the wider security

implications. When the terror attack happened at Manchester less than two

weeks ago, there was a lot of talk of the threat level being raised, as

well as Operation Temperer, which was introduced in which 1000

personnel from the armed forces were introduced to London to help bolster

the efforts of the police here in the capital. We expect conversations

like that to take place again. All of this is of course within the

context of the general election which will take place in a few days'

time. No official word as yet as to whether campaigning will be

postponed, though we would imagine that it would do, certainly for

today, after the Manchester attacks had similar pauses. Some don't have

that luxury with the general election taking place on Thursday.

It is unlikely the general election itself will be postponed, but there

is definitely a sense that if and when the campaign goes ahead in the

coming days, it will be rather muted with what politicians will be

prepared to say. Clearly, security will be a key issue.

Thank you very much. I am in Central London at London Bridge near Borough

Market where the attack took place last night. We have been getting

several eyewitness accounts coming through. I should update you, the

Metropolitan Police have confirmed that a British Transport Police

Officer was seriously injured as he responded last night. Lots of

information coming through. Police are still continuing the

investigation and trying to make sure the area is secure. Lots of

eyewitness accounts coming through. We can tell you and show you now one

person's experience last night. Gerard. He tried to confront the

attackers. This may be confronting. So I walk up to London Bridge,

I go passed the NatWest bank, come under the train bridge,

the next minute I saw a geezer on the floor going, "I've been

stabbed, I've been stabbed." I looked at him, there was blood

on him, "Someone's stabbed my mate, The next thing I saw three Muslim

guys run up with knives, they ran up started stabbing this

girls, the three of them, I was defenseless,

I couldn't do nothing, mate. They attacked her, then they stabbed

another guy I think if I remember rightly, I was a bit shocked,

they started running up the road, I started going, "Everybody run,

they're terrorists, run, run, run, they're

stabbing everyone." I followed them went to the NatWest

bank towards Borough Market, I started running up to the Tavern,

they stabbed the bouncer, they were stabbing,

running in all the pubs, all the bars, I can't

remember all of them, I was going to people,

"Run, run, run!" I was throwing bottles at them,

pint glasses, stools, chairs, I tried to do as many things

as I could but that the end If I had fell over they

would have stabbed me. You said they were stabbing

everyone, what did you see them do? They were running up

saying this is for Allah, and they ran up and stabbed this

girl I don't know how many times, I couldn't do nothing,

I tried to help, I threw something, there was a bike on the floor,

I tried to pick up a chair but it was locked to it,

just to get them away When you look at the CCTV,

the police will, they will see me on the CCTV at Borough Market

chasing them and throwing bottles at them and glasses,

that's a silly thing to do but I was just trying

to save people's lives. Did they actually

try and attack you? I threw something at them, a stool,

a chair, and as I threw I hit a couple of them on the head,

hit a couple of them like that Then they ran towards me

to try to stab me and if I slipped over I would be dead now,

I would have been killed That was the account of an

eyewitness at the scene last night at London Bridge and Borough Market

where six people were killed by attackers who drove a van and

ploughed into people on London Bridge and then got out of the van

and stabbed people with knives. We understand 30 at least have been

injured. Joining us is the leader of Southwark Council. You live close to

this area and heard the sirens as the incident took place. That is

right. I was at home and heard the helicopters and sirens and some of

the controlled explosions during last night. It was a horrific thing

to know what's going on so close. I give condolences to the family and

friends of those who have died and those who have been caught up in

this truly horrific incident. Absolutely. Thank you for that. Have

you been told what happens in terms of security in this area? Obviously,

police lead in areas, incidents like this. We set up an emergency area

for the Burrough. For those who cannot get home. It is a well oiled

machine which stepped in to action in times like this. But the police

are the key lead agency at this time. Can you tell us about this

area, you are so well versed in it. It is usually lively on a Saturday.

It is. It is amazing. I was at an event celebrating this part of our

borough. I was with someone who was the early chair of the Borough

Market. The area has transformed in the last 15- 20 years. It is an area

people enjoy spending weekends during the day and night. As you

know, the air is full of bars and restaurants and the noise and

vibrancy. It is terrible to know such a vibrant area of the city has

been impacted in this way. London Bridge is at the other side of the

city. Of course, London Bridge, a busy station as well. But Borough

Market, filled with lots of bars and a impact area. There are little

lanes and it is historic. It is sitting right next to a cathedral.

We work closely with them, Borough Market, the cathedral, all of the

company organisations in this area, to keep it going. After so much

work, making it so iconic, it is so sad to think this happened last

night. What have you been told in terms of security right now? What

happens next in terms of getting people back home? Obviously, the

cordon will remain in place for as long as police the German. We will

give any help to those who need it. -- determine. Police believe that,

obviously. We obviously want to see things get back to normal as soon as

possible. But obviously, police must investigate. Obviously, we have to

reflect on what happened and think about those impacted by last night's

event. Just going back to last night, where did you first hear of

it and what would your role have been in terms of leader of Southwark

Council? I knew and many knew when the BBC News flash came up on my

phone. It was making sure that everyone was in their emergency

roles. That was what I was doing. As someone who is a local resident

themselves, to the UK people, who have experienced very second attack

in the last two weeks, what would you say? We take so much pride in

the fact so many different backgrounds are living together

here. That will continue. Nothing will change because of what happened

last night. This will remain a diverse melting pot and they

wonderful part of London. I just think that the terrorist, they have

caused a great deal of grief, but achieves nothing last night in terms

of how the borough will go on. Thank you. That sentiment is reflected

among Londoners as we saw after the Manchester attacked as well. --

attacks. Six people have killed and nearly 50

injured in central London in second a terror attack to hit the UK in two

weeks. A white van hit several pedestrians on London Bridge just

after ten o'clock last night. Three men then left the vehicle and

stabbed a number of people before being shot by armed police. We will

pause for a moment and take a look what the weather is doing this

morning. The weather for the second half of the weekend is very similar

to what we had for the first half of the weekend. Sunny spells in places

but also some showers and some of those showers will be on the

Heavyside. A chilly start out there with one or two fog patches as well

and also a few showers already. If we look at the satellite picture you

can see an area of cloud pushing across the south-west of England and

Wales. This will bring an area of more persistent showery rain

eastwards through the morning that will break up as it moves into parts

of the Midlands in central southern England this afternoon. Lots of

showers in Northern Ireland Scotland although not as many as they were

yesterday. Showers as well for the of England, East Anglia and the

south-east may stay dry. By four o'clock the south-west, Wales

actually not looking too bad. Spells of sunshine we showers drifting

further east across parts of the Midland. Far south-east probably

staying dry so much of the afternoon. Showers across the north

of England but plenty of fine weather here. A cool fresh buildable

weather. Northern Ireland Scotland, yes, quite a few showers but not as

as many as they were yesterday. Some of them, however, could still be on

the Heavyside with -- with the odd rumble of thunder. Turning out

attention to the west, heavy rain moving through and you can see a

line of rain hanging back to the west. That will be a big player in

our weather because this line of wet weather or will just set in across

parts of Wales and north-west England. Some areas could see heavy

rain hour after hour and that could cause issues with flooding.

Certainly travel disruption as possible. Probably dry for much of

the dry to day across the south-east. Hefty showers to the

north-east. As we move through Monday night and into Tuesday we

have two areas of low pressure which will hang around as we go on into

Tuesday, bringing further heavy rain across north-east Scotland and the

persistence of this rain is the big thing. It will go on for quite

sometime which could cause issues. A blustery cold day elsewhere on

Tuesday with a mix of sunshine and showers.

Thank you very much, then. If you are waking up to us on BBC breakfast

this morning we are bringing you news of a horrific attack that took

face in London Bridge in central London here yesterday evening 's

shortly after ten p.m.. Ex- people were killed and 30 injured. We have

reports that a van with Freeman ploughed into people on London

Bridge, killing six people and then the three men got out of the van and

began attacking people with knives. The incident happened on London

Bridge and Borough Market, a thriving and bustling area where

many people congregated last night. Our home editor has been talking to

two eyewitnesses who live above the market and saw the events unfold

yesterday evening. I should warn you that some accounts may be

distressing to viewers. Around about ten past ten we were watching a film

with our windows wide open and we heard a commotion, you know?

Smashing glasses, tables and chairs being tipped over and lots of

screaming. I jumped out and look out the window on to Southwark Street

and saw lots of people screaming and running in trying to get out of the

way of something. Most people trying to run down into the underground

station, rundown Borough High Street. People were running

everywhere. We had people yelling that there had been a stabbing. It

was when I saw a lot of people running down into the underground

that I thought it seemed a lot more serious because it was mass panic.

Not just a fight or something. There was one ambulance had gone to the

stabbing, one young guy seemed to come out of the pub and he was

knocking on windows of the ambulance service in a panic saying that he

needed his friend -- that his friend needed help. Whether he was stabbed

inside or outside the B said his friend was stabbed he was in the

pub. There was another guy in his 40s standing on the other side of

the ambulance and looking the other window saying I have been stabbed

and he was covered in blood. No police at this stage? They were

trying to get to London Bridge. Until this one guy walked out in the

road and managed to grab the attention of one of the police cars

and basically force them down that road and said look, you have to go

down stony street. He is down there. So one police screeched down stony

street and then within about five seconds there were six gunshots. It

sounded like six clear gunshots. I am convinced that I heard some sort

of baying and lots of people running out of the slug and letters and then

armed police running in their and it was in that area, the Borough High

Street area we had a series of gunshots. I looked out the window

and there were loads of armed police and they were mentioning that there

were three guys with three devices strapped to them. I shouted down and

asked what we would do and they told us to stay here. And then it was

when everything seemed to calm down... There was not a lot of

people around and not many people, a lot of police. We looked out the

window and the bomb robot turned up. I've that point I shouted down. They

had cleared everyone out of the area. I shouted down and asked what

we should do. One officer said get out, you must get out of the

building now. Just run. All you have to do now is run as far as you can

down Southwark Street. We had to run in the middle of the road the time

we were running, it was just us. In my memory there were at least two

casualties. I think I saw three. Two or three people in the middle of the

road getting attention. It must be emotional. How are you feeling? I

feel a little bit odd. A little bit in shock. It is like I just

experienced something... But I love London. This is where I am from. It

feels like it is one of those things where you will not be shaken by it.

Liam and Claudia they're speaking to mark Easton. They were eyewitnesses

of the attack that happened here at London Bridge and Borough Market

last night shortly after ten p.m.. We understand that six people have

been killed and, of course, it is a fluid situation and the number of

people injured now we understand has been totalled at 48, just shy of we

will keep you up-to-date with what is happening with the investigation

and reaction here from the scene in central London. We will return

shortly. Think very much. We will be back in

just a few moments. I would like to bring in at this point a former

police officer 17 years experience. Thank you for coming in. It is

interesting. We heard in the clip that was introduced there are that

Liam and Claudia were caught up in the events last night. Given your

experience, what will have happened? How do the police respond to this in

terms of clearing the area and making sure people can get to

safety? Identifying what specific area in question, they will have

received, they will have been inundated with calls from people in

a state of panic. So once they have achieved the geographical location,

London Bridge, that is a big area and very busy. I imagine a lot of

confusion because people are not quite certain where any noises

coming from, where people are running and that is the danger. It

is chaos and the armed response vehicles in the area are used to

that sort of response to those of the situation. However then there

are many innocent people and chaos as being concerned and three people

jumping out of a rental van. It has a ready plough down people. Mass

panic across the place and then you also have the problem that it is a

very, very large area between Borough Market and the bridge.

Although it is eight minutes, I think, before the armed response

officers killed three suspects, that will have felt like a long, long

time. Absolutely. I wanted to pick up on that. The first calls were

received at ten awake last night and then we heard from the Met this

morning telling us by 1016, eight minutes later, police were engaging

with the attackers. As you said, however, to us it seems quick just

eight minutes but if you are in the middle of all that it is quite a

long time. Any police officer will tell you the dealing in this sort of

a situation one-minute feels like ten, it really does. And when you

deal with people who do not have a clue what is going on in that area

of London with people who do not speak English, one of your

eyewitnesses was on a tour bus showing people around. They will

have been absolutely terrified, not knowing what was happening. And the

police officers who arrived at the scene, it sounds as if they did

quite a good job of clearing in keeping people's confidence up. In

terms of the police response, run, Hyde, tell. Quite a change in

advice, a significant moment when the police issue tweets or

statements to run, Hyde and tell. That is the advice to people, just

to get out of the situation. Absolutely. Preservation of life.

That is always the way it should be in any senior commanders point of

view when they look at a situation like this strategically it is

preservation of life festival. People come first before anything.

If that means hiding in a cupboard or under a table, anywhere where

terrorists cannot get to you then that is the right advice to give.

Now nearly two weeks since that attack at Manchester. The concert

will take place now to raise money for the appeal. I'm interested in

the police response because we saw the terror threat level was raised

to the highest after that but then downgraded to severe. What we know

about why was downgraded and is this the latest attack a big miss? It is

difficult to say whether or not it is a big miss. People question

whether it should have been lowered. I still believe it is high, it is

critical. To temper that down from bringing the military the streets is

probably better to give people that reassurance would that have stopped

the attack last night? No, I don't think it would have come to be

honest. It is a random act of violence, an atrocity. They got a

rental van and took it over a busy bridge. To stop that you would need

a physical blockade in place. On one hand, a relatively primitive attack.

At the same time you look at at the fact we were told there were three

attackers. It does take organisation. It does. It takes a

mindset for all three of them, by the look of it they appeared to know

they were going to their own death released a very violent injury. If

that is the case these people are heavily radicalised and in a

terribly extreme way. Continuing to police that is nigh on impossible. A

brief word on the Cobra meeting. What will be going on right now? It

is a strategic meeting to get all the intelligence in one place. Very

much a case of filtered information so that she can give the public

reassurance message. However the chiefs of staff and JTAC will be

looking at the overall problem in London. There will also be looking

at regional areas, such as what is going on in Manchester and making

big decisions as to how they police that and use intelligence. The main

thing at the moment is who are these three attackers and how will we get

anybody else involved court. Thank you very much. We will have

continuing coverage of events in London last night you can see some

pictures they are. Just to recap, six people killed, three suspects

shot dead by police. I'm at London Bridge where six

people were killed last night and almost 50 injured in two attacks

just a few hundred metres apart. Counter-Terrorism Police

are still on the scene. In the first incident, a van swerved

onto the pavement into pedestrians. Eyewitnesses said the driver seemed

to be deliberately targeting people. Get down! He and two other men left

the van in nearby Borough Market where several people were attacked

by knives. Everyone in all of the bars, he was stabbing people and I

was saying, run, run, run. Police responded in eight minutes and the

suspects were shot. They were wearing what looked like explosive

vests, but they were later established to be hoaxes. The Prime

Minister has left the campaign trail and has returned to London. She will

hold a meeting of the Cobra committee in Westminster later this

morning. On Breakfast, we will bring you the latest from London Bridge

and keep you up-to-date with the investigation and reaction.

Good morning. You are watching BBC Breakfast. I am Naga Munchetty in

Central London. There was in a tacky last night were six people were

killed and up to 50 injured after three men in a van ploughed into

people on London Bridge and began attacking people with knives. --

there was an attack here. Police responded after 10pm after a call.

They began stabbing people at Borough Market. All three 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

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

on a warm summer's night. -- mowing. 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 and I went over the edge to see the

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 and bars

known as Borough Market. There was an immediate armed response from the

police. Some people tried to fight back. Armed police officers arrived

within eight minutes. Then three attackers were shot dead. One was

wearing canisters taped to his body. Not a suicide vests, say police, a

hoax. In the early hours, a senior met police officer made a statement.

You will understand the investigation is growing, but what

we know is as follows. At eight minutes past ten last night we began

to receive calls a vehicle had struck pedestrians on London Bridge.

The vehicle continued to drive them from London Bridge dupe are market.

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. -- Borough Market. You received

nonlifethreatening injuries, though very serious. Armed offices

responded bravely and quickly and confronted the three male suspects

who were shot and killed in Borough Market. A huge area of Southwark has

been cordoned off. Police officers are carrying off cheques. They need

to make sure there are no others, including checking buildings like

this one nearby. Like the attack in Westminster, a car and knives have

been used as weapons. But this time it was not a lone attack. A group of

men plant this and carried it out. -- planned.

We will keep you up-to-date from Central London. As you heard, armed

officers and emergency services were quickly at the scene after the

incident was reported. We understand St Thomas' Hospital was put on

lockdown after the attack. That is right. We are about a mile away from

you, from London Bridge. Last night, as events were unfolding, this

hospital, St Thomas' Hospital, and two others, were on lockdown. They

said the reason for that was the nature of what was going on and they

had to protect patients endorser relatives inside the hospital. --

and also. This is one of five hospitals treating a number of

injured from last night's attacks. We know that the number has risen.

The latest statement is 48 patients were taken to five different

hospitals across London, including this one. That is from the London

Ambulance Service. In terms of injuries, we are not being told what

they were treated all, but they would have come from London Bridge

and also from Borough Market where the stabbing is the place. --

treated for. We also know from rigger struggler police that one of

their offices that was on duty last night responding to a call for help

from the public were stabbed in the attack. -- British Transport Police.

They are being treated, and they are in critical condition, but it is not

supposedly life-threatening. 80 of the ambulance crews were sent out to

deal with the incidents. Don't forget, though, hospitals in London

would have rehearsed this. Just to recap, 48 patients are in hospital

following the attacks last night. Thank you very much. As was

explained, 48 people are now injured. What people were witnessing

was horrific and shocking. We have gathered eyewitness accounts for

you. We will bring you the latest from London Bridge and Borough

Market. The incident took place just down there, not far from where we

are. We can tell you that Andy Moore has been speaking to eyewitnesses.

It started with a white van. Just one headlight was working. It was on

the wrong side of the road. It was quite weird. It was going pretty

fast. In my mind, I was thinking, maybe the brakes have failed. It

looks weird and out of place. Top of the table fled in panic as three men

got out of the van and started stabbing people in the busy pubs and

restaurants. -- people fled in. There was a smashing and tables

being tipped over and lots of screaming. According to several

eyewitnesses, the suspects were shouting as they carried out their

attack. They ran out saying this is for Allah, and he went and stabbed

this girl, I don't know how many times, 10- 15. She was saying help

me and I could not do anything. The evidence of these people who

witnessed the attack will now be central to the police investigation

into precisely what happened. BBC News.

Very distressing reports coming through about what people witnessed

here yesterday evening at Borough Market and London Bridge when the

attack took place. The Prime Minister has left the campaign trail

ahead of Thursday's general election and will be chairing an emergency

Cobra meeting with senior cabinet ministers. We can go to Ellie Price

with that Whitehall ahead of that meeting. -- who is at. Good morning.

In the last few minutes we had a statement from the Conservative

Party who said they will not campaign nationally today. They will

review as the day goes on and as the details of the attack emerge. So

far, we have not heard from Labour as to whether they will post bone

their election campaign. -- postpone. We understand they are

considering it. All of the main parties postponed campaigning for a

number of days after the Manchester bombing. The general election is

coming up in just four days time. There is a real sense of timing with

this latest attack. There is no suggestion the general election will

be postponed, but it could be. The government would not want this

terror attack to get in the way of this functioning democracy. There

will be a Cobra meeting in the next couple of hours chaired by the Prime

Minister with her senior cabinet ministers as well as senior

security, officials, and the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. They will

discuss, of course, the events in London, exact what happened last

night, as well as the broader security implications. After the

Manchester attack two weeks ago, the threat level was raised up to

Critical, meaning another attack was expected as imminent. They will be

discussing whether that needs to happen again. There was also

Operation Temperer, which was a deployment of around 1000 Armed

Forces personnel on the streets of London to help bolster the lease

efforts here in the capital. No doubt, similar conversations will be

taking place in the next few hours in the Cobra meeting. -- police

efforts. Plenty more to discuss. Of course, the general election

campaign taking place on Thursday. But today, certainly, we have seen

the Conservatives so far have postponed campaigning for today.

Thank you very much, Ellie Price. I am here in Central London, London

Bridge, where the attack took place yesterday shortly after ten o'clock,

eight minutes past ten. We are hearing confirmation from president

and mammal that French people were involved. -- Emmanuel Macron. The

flag is flying at half mast. These attacks took place a couple of

metres apart. One at London Bridge and then at Borough Market. The same

suspects were involved. They left the van at London Bridge and went to

Borough Market. We can now talk to... We will bring your reaction

throughout the morning, eyewitness reaction, and police reaction as

well, as the investigation continues. Counterterrorism police

are at the scene making sure it is secure and the investigation can

continue. With me now is an eyewitness, the managing editor at

Spectator Magazine. Lachie for your time. You witnessed the aftermath.

You are with your wife in a taxi. I was in the back of an Uber with my

wife. We had gone out for dinner. I was on the bridge. I suddenly

noticed someone on the pavement with a crowd around them. They looked to

be in real trouble. I thought maybe they collapsed, fell over, something

like that. Then on the right I noticed there was someone actually

on the road this time, on the other side of the road. The taxi driver

then pointed out other people in front of us on the road who had

obviously been badly injured. I think really quickly the penny kind

of dropped that this was something very serious. What the BBC in terms

of emergency services at the scene? -- what else could you see in terms

of. There were sounds of sirens. Everything came to a standstill.

Behind us, a police 4x4?... I will just interrupts you. There has been

reaction coming through. We can hear from Sadiq Khan. There

is no justification for the acts of these terrorists. I am quite clear

we will never let them win. They will never cower our city of London

is. Six people have been killed. What do you know? I have been in

close contact with the Met Police officers. Six people have been

killed and more than 40 have been injured and taken to hospitals

across London. Some of them, I am afraid, are critical. I want to say

this, though. The emergency services reacted heroically and brilliantly

last night. Not only did they tackled the terrorists. They also

helped people. Fewer people have died because of that and injuries

are less bad as that could have been. They were very quick with

their reaction to apprehend the individuals. Are you confident the

threat is over? Look I have been the mayor now for 13 months. That

reinforces my view we have the best police and security services in the

world. They plan, prepare, and we saw the speed at which they shot the

suspects and help the injured as well. There are certain things I

cannot talk about yet. But I am sure after the government Cobra meeting

later, which I will be attending, we will know what is going on. I will

say this, people should remain calm and vigilant and carry on normal

business. The threat level remains at Severe, set by JTAC, terrorism

experts. We all have to be vigilant. If you see anything suspicious,

please report it to the authorities. What will you discussed at the Cobra

meeting? A Cobra meeting is where various bodies around the table,

police experts, the Prime Minister, people in the government, they will

look at the investigation on falling, which normally happens

after these kinds of attacks. After that, I am sure the police will be

making a statement. It is the second attack of this kind in London. A low

intensity attack, with someone using a vehicle and then knives. How do

you stop this kind of thing happening in London?

Terrorists are constantly evolving to find new ways to attack us and

police are also evolving to find new ways to keep us safe. Londoners will

see an increased presence today and over the next few days. No reason to

be alarmed. One of us we'll need to do is to make certain we are safe as

we possibly can be. I am reassured that we are one of the safest global

cities in the world but we always evolve and review ways to make

certain that we may remain as safe as possible. Many will see what

happened and think it is too dangerous to go out. What would you

tell these people? Terrorist want to disrupt our way of life. They want

us to not enjoy the freedoms that we have come to not mingle and mix on a

Saturday night in the heart of London. They want to stop us voting

on Thursday in the general election and enjoying the democracy that we

have. We cannot allow them to do that. We will not be cowed by

terrorism nor will we let them win. We have shown in previous years and

decades of stoicism and we will show it again over the next few days and

weeks. You mentioned the terror threat before that was brought back

down to severe after being critical. Was a mistake? I don't think so.

They are experts independent from politicians to analyse intelligence.

The last few years the threat level has been severe. That is across the

country. That means an attack is highly likely. In the immediate days

following the Manchester attack it was raised to critical because the

police and experts were still pursuing lines of enquiry and were

uncertain if other people were involved. It is still at a high

level, it means an attack is highly likely and that is what all of us

have a responsibility to be vigilant and if you see anything suspicious,

please report it. Over the next few days in London you will see an

increased police presence. Some of it armed officers at some of it

uniformed officers, some of the plainclothes. All working incredibly

hard to keep us safe. This has happened days before a general

election. The Manchester attack again happened during the election

period, the attack on Westminster again and attack on our democracy.

Is Britain's democracy under attack? Is that the defence you get? We are

making sure we do all we can to keep our city safe but the general

election taking place this Thursday is one of the great things about our

whale life. It is our democracy. The elections are a wonderful thing and

one of those things that terrorists hate. One of the things we can do is

show that we will not be cowed and vote on Thursday and make sure we

understand the importance of democracy, civil liberty and human

rights. Conservatives have suspended campaigning. Do you think that is

the right move to take so soon before a general election? I can

understand why people would not want to be doorknocking today. My

thoughts are with all those caught up in this horrific attack last

night but, you know, the election is on Thursday. I will vote. Some

people have already put in their postal votes. It is important we do

all we can to make sure we are safe. It is one of the things that we will

explore the meeting later today. Is there an argument for postponing the

election? I do not advocate that. I am a passionate believer in

democracy and making sure that we have votes and we recognise that one

of the things these terrorists hate is voting. They hate democracy, they

hate elections and the public choosing who should be our leaders

rather than it being imposed on us. I look forward to voting on

Thursday. A final message to Londoners and people across the UK?

Be calm and vigilant today. You will see an increased police presence

today including armed officers and uniformed officers. There is no

reason to be alarmed by this. We are the safest global city in the world.

You saw last night the consequences of our planning and preparation in

the rehearsals that take place there was a swift response from services

in tackling the terrorists and helping the injured. London Mayor

Sadiq Khan they're speaking from south London. Just recapping what he

said he confirmed that some of those injured in the

attack last night are in a critical condition. He also said that

Londoners will see an increased police presence here in the city

today. He also said that one of the things we can do is to show that we

are not going to be cowed by terrorism and he was speaking, of

course, a few days ahead of the general election and voting will

take place on Thursday. We are not cowed and we will continue to vote

in the general election. He said he will cast his vote on Thursday,

expressing his dismay and anger at the gall of these people who

attacked us in London. To recount, a van was ploughing into people

shortly after ten o'clock yesterday evening on London Bridge are killing

six people. Three men then left the van and attack people with knives.

Around 48 people have been injured and and are in hospital at the

moment. We will bring you the latest reaction from police as they

continue their investigation and from eyewitnesses as well in the

area. Within hours and Eyewitness, the managing editor at the

Spectator. We were talking to you just before Sadiq Khan gave his

statement. We were speaking to you about your experiences yesterday.

You were in a taxi and soar as you approach London Bridge, people lying

on the ground obviously severely injured. What did you see? As we got

onto the bridge we were about one third of the way across and I

noticed someone lying on the pavement. Small crowd around them. I

thought perhaps they had collapsed or fallen over or something like

that further on on on the right-hand side on the road, rather than on the

payment, there was someone else lying there. And there were more

people ahead of us, casualties on the road. I realised at that point

that something was wrong. And you saw emergency services come to the

scene shortly after this first call was made around eight minutes past

ten. As we were there there were ambulances arriving. Just after ten

past ten. We saw a 4x4, we saw police jump out of the 4x4, pulling

on helmets and wearing machine-guns. Crowds of people started running

across the bridge to us, kind of northwards and the police were very

much heading in the opposite direction. And then the injured were

being looked after by ambulance teams as we left the bridge. What

were you told to do when you were in the taxi? We understand that many

people were told to move away from the scene with their hands on their

heads as police try to identify who the attackers were. To begin with we

were not really told anything. It was so clear really quickly that

something very bad was happening. I said to the taxi driver can you lock

the doors? Can we stay put? The traffic was not moving at all. Then

we eventually got out. People kept stopping and telling us what was

going on and then someone said not only has a van driven into people

but people are being stabbed at the south end of the bridge. And then we

saw these people running towards us and at that point I said to my wife

OK, let's make a move. So we moved north and the police were already at

about 20 past ten, roughly, the police at the north end of the

bridge were trying to get witness statements. How much longer did you

stay in the area? Were you able to stay in the area, could you get back

home? We wanted to get away quickly and that is what police were

encouraging us to do. At the north end of the bridge we saw a black cab

with its lights on and flagged it down. The cab driver was very

friendly and took us home for next to nothing and I think he realised

we were rather shaken and, yeah, so very nice. That is completely

understandable. We appreciate you talking to us. Thank goodness you

are safe. We will keep you up-to-date from the scene here on

London Bridge. There is an intense and increasing police presence here

as they try to secure the area. Please continue that investigation.

We will keep you up-to-date ahead of the Cobra meeting which will be

chaired by the Prime Minister who has left the campaign trail in order

to head to that meeting. I will be back with you shortly. Let's get an

update on what the weather is like around the country. Good morning to

you. The second half of the week and bring similar weather to what we

There will be showers and there could be on the heavy side. Some

shower clouds across western parts of Scotland, some parts of

north-west England and Northern Ireland in this area of car pushing

and across the south-west and Wales. This is bringing slightly more

organised rainfall eastwards during the morning. It will be breaking up

and there will be more dry spells between the showers as they slide

into the Midlands and Central south England. Showers mostly this morning

in northern England and then they will fade. All the while Scotland

and Northern Ireland will have quite a few showers through the day. By

four o'clock, much of Wales and the south-west starting to dry by the

State with sunshine. Showers creeping across parts of central and

southern England, the Midlands and Lincolnshire. Some parts of northern

England but it generally, northern England having a large amount of dry

weather. The Northern Ireland Scotland, a fair few but not quite

as many here as they were yesterday. Having said that, some could still

be on the heavy side with the odd rumble of thunder. The showers

continue through time this evening but they will fade away and the now

attention will turn out less because we will see rain pushing it through

Northern Ireland across Scotland and north-west England down into Wales.

Murders this line of rain stretching back into the Atlantic. This will

become a big player in our weather through tomorrow because rain is

really going to set in across parts of Wales and particular across

north-west England. This rain will keep coming hour after hour after

hour. Could give localised flooding and cause travel problems. Rain

coming in across south-west into the Midlands turning windy towards the

-- later in the day. The rain comes courtesy of a complex area of low

pressure. A few different areas of low pressure and one of them is

likely to hang around through Monday night and into Tuesday. Hanging on

to the north-east as Scotland. On Tuesday Scotland will see persistent

rain and that could cause some issues here. Elsewhere across the

country it will be a blustery day. There will be spells of sunshine

that there will also be heavy showers and feeling decidedly cool

as well with top temperatures of 12- 18 degrees. Throughout the week

ahead looks unsettled, often windy and there will be spells of heavy

and persistent rain at times. That is all the weather for now. More

later on but for now I had to back. -- and you back.

They're the first incident was a van driving and ploughing into people on

London Bridge. The next, armed men with knives came out and were

attacking people at Borough Market. We know that six people were killed

and 48 are now injured in hospital. We heard from the Mayor, Sadiq Khan,

earlier. He gave an interview this morning from South London where he

spoke about the attack. He said that Londoners will see an increased

police presence in the city today. He also commented on the terror

level threats as well saying that its reduction from critical to

severe in recent days after the Manchester attack was not a mistake.

He has continued to say that we are the safest global city in the world

and the UK threat level does remain severe but he also said we will not

be cowled terrorists. We will not be cowed by this attack and he is not

an advocate for postponing the general election which takes both on

Thursday. Campaigning has been suspended by the Prime Minister who

has returned to London ahead of chairing a Cobra committee meeting

later today. We will keep you updated on all of that. I'm joined

now by the former assistant commissioner for the Metropolitan

Police. Can you tell us what is going on? We can see an increased

presence here, the area is cordoned off and the investigation continues.

The police will be doing an in-depth forensic examination of the scene so

that they can work out exactly what happened and they will be urgently

trying to identify who the perpetrators were and then look at

exploring and who they had been in contact with over the preceding

hours, days and weeks to see whether there are any other people who

perhaps may be planning a similar attack or, at lease, to find out

what the network of acquaintances are. To try and establish exactly

what has taken place. We seen increased presence here. What would

have happened last night after the attack and in the hours following in

terms of policing levels? Clearly, the Metropolitan Police are going to

be wanting to put out, as the mayor said, a reassuring visible presence

on the streets, simply to reassure people. Of course, the chances of

you being caught up in a terrorist incident are still very small, even

though we have had a series of attacks in a relatively short space

of time. You live close to the area. What did

you learn as it unfolded? Police advice was to stay in my flat with

the doors locked. Helicopters were overhead. There were lots of police

sirens and ambulances going to the scene. It was a worrying time. By

the fact that the police got to be seen within eight minutes, armed

police, got to the scene within eight minutes, and very quickly

contained the situation, should be very reassuring for Londoners. Thank

you very much for talking to us. We will keep you up-to-date after an

attack in London yesterday evening at London Bridge. Six people killed,

48 injured. Those are the latest numbers we are hearing at the moment

after a van ploughed through London Bridge, and then three attackers got

out, wearing fake explosive vests, stabbing people in Borough Market.

48 people are injured and have been taken to hospital. A number of

others with minor injuries are also being treated. This report now from

Andy Moore. Just after ten o'clock

on the busy streets of London, police are responding to reports

of an ongoing serious incident. A white van has driven

into pedestrians on London Bridge. When it stopped, it's rear doors

were flung open and several They went on to the busy

restaurants and pubs around When I first saw them,

they said "this is for Allah," and they stabbed this

girl 10-15 times. She kept saying "Help me,"

but I couldn't do anything. This was the scene as armed

police entered one bar. They need to know immediately

if the attackers are still there. As people fled the area,

they were told to put their hands Again, in a confused situation,

the police need to tell This image from the scene shows

at least one of the attackers lying on the ground wearing what police

have said was a fake explosive vest. Armed response officers responded

quickly and bravely, confronting the three male suspects

who were shot and killed in Borough The suspects have been confronted

and shot by police within eight The London Ambulance Service says

at least 30 casualties have been One of those stabbed was

a British Transport Police officer. His injuries are serious,

but not life-threatening. We will keep you up-to-date with

eyewitness reaction and information from the police.

This is BBC Breakfast at Central London. Behind me is where the

attacks took place last night. I can talk to a couple of eyewitnesses who

were here yesterday evening. They were both at the scene yesterday.

What did you see? Where were you? I was walking out of London Tube

Station. We saw the traffic was stopped and the buses were stopped

on London Bridge. We saw a car on the pavement which we thought was a

road accident. We did not know what was going on. We saw police coming

and opening the doors of the van and kind of asking us to step away from

the area. We realised it was dangerous. What else? As Morgan

said, when we realised police were searching the vehicle, we realised

it was serious. We went back to the station. There was shouting to leave

immediately. People were moving. We stayed there for about 15 minutes.

People came down the scene on the phone, some crying, some calm. You

could see people moving around. We did not see injured people. Just

mostly people looking for their friends or running away. Someone on

the phone to relatives, or friends, just trying to tell people they were

safe. We did not see anyone injured on the scene. Thank you so much for

your witness testimony and for talking to us on Breakfast as well.

Eyewitness accounts. We can bring you them through the morning. We can

bring you up-to-date. We understand the Prime Minister has left the

campaign trail and returned to London to chair a Cobra meeting with

senior cabinet ministers as well. I am joined by the MP and Labour have

-- cabinet MP for burns lead. You were nearby. I was just a short way

down the road. What was amazing was the response from Londoners. Cabbies

offering free rides and hotels offering accommodation. People

giving a spare room, even letting people charge mobile phones to get

in touch with loved ones and relatives. We heard from Sadiq Khan,

the London Mayor, this morning, that we will not be cowed in London, life

will go on, terrorism will not push us into a corner of fear. He will be

voting in the campaign for the general election on Thursday. What

does this do for you? It is important that Sadiq Khan's message

is correct, that we will not be subdued. We saw that in London last

night. This part of London, the Southbank, it has 7 million people

visiting a year. They should keep coming and I had to be part of that.

The campaign will change tack slightly. All parties will be

wanting to make sure police have resources they need to make sure

incidents like these are prevented. We see increased police presence in

the area. Tell us what it is like for those not from the area. A

bustling market full of people in Borough Market on a Saturday

evening. Borough Market is incredible. There is the Tate Modern

near Tower Bridge. We have some truly incredible asset here. That is

why there are so many hotels and bars and nightlife. People come here

for that. To see that destroyed in a hellish rampage last night is

incredibly sad. I understand the thoughts of everyone involved. I

give my condolences to those who have lost loved ones and those in

hospital. We will keep you up-to-date with the latest reaction

and police investigation in Central London. For the moment, back to Ben.

Thank you very much. It is approaching 20 to eight. This is the

top story which you can see on the screen. Confirmation six people have

been killed and three attackers shot dead by police after a terror attack

at London Bridge in Borough Market. Eyewitness reports, of course, as

you have been hearing, a van ploughing into pedestrians on the

southern side of London Bridge. Eyewitnesses are saying three people

armed with knives got out of the van and made their way to Borough

Market, which is an area that is very popular. During the day it is a

traditional market, but at night, it is filled with bars and pubs and

nightlife. It is very busy on a Saturday evening. The first report

came to police at eight minutes past ten last night. I will take you to

some pictures coming in to the BBC. This is one bar in the area. People

are getting down and out of the way of the potential attackers. Police

are arriving at the bar. It has been known as a run, hide strategy. You

can hear police shouting instructions to stay down and stay

out of the way. This is a very busy area in London, as I said. Very busy

at that time in the evening. You can get a sense of what people felt and

were going through in the attack last night. One of those was

Gerrard, in amongst the events, trying his best to stop the

attackers. We heard from him a little earlier. We will return to

that, but a warning, some of its content may be distressing to

viewers. So I walk up to London Bridge,

I go passed the NatWest bank, come under the train bridge,

the next minute I saw a geezer on the floor going, "I've been

stabbed, I've been stabbed." I looked at him, there was blood

on him, "Someone's stabbed my mate, The next thing I saw three Muslim

guys run up with knives, they ran up started stabbing this

girls, the three of them, I was defenseless,

I couldn't do nothing, mate. They attacked her, then they stabbed

another guy I think if I remember rightly, I was a bit shocked,

they started running up the road, I started going, "Everybody run,

they're terrorists, run, run, run, they're

stabbing everyone." I followed them went to the NatWest

bank towards Borough Market, I started running up to the Tavern,

they stabbed the bouncer, they were stabbing,

running in all the pubs, all the bars, I can't

remember all of them, I was going to people,

"Run, run, run!" I was throwing bottles at them,

pint glasses, stools, chairs, I tried to do as many things

as I could but that the end If I had fell over they

would have stabbed me. You said they were stabbing

everyone, what did you see them do? They were running up

saying this is for Allah, and they ran up and stabbed this

girl I don't know how many times, I couldn't do nothing,

I tried to help, I threw something, there was a bike on the floor,

I tried to pick up a chair but it was locked to it,

just to get them away When you look at the CCTV,

the police will, they will see me on the CCTV at Borough Market

chasing them and throwing bottles at them and glasses,

that's a silly thing to do but I was just trying

to save people's lives. Did they actually

try and attack you? I threw something at them, a stool,

a chair, and as I threw I hit a couple of them on the head,

hit a couple of them like that Then they ran towards me

to try to stab me and if I slipped over I would be dead now,

I would have been killed That is the eyewitness testimony of

one man caught up in that attack. We should say we have heard from Sadiq

Khan in the last half-hour confirming six people have been

killed and more than 40 injured. The mayor also confirmed some are in a

critical condition. The Met Police have set up a casualty bureau. The

number. That is on your screen. The second one is the local number for

London and the first is the casualty bureau. We have heard more than 40

people are injured, some in a critical condition in London. I want

to bring you some or testimony from other people caught up in that

attack. Two of the witnesses were Liam and Claudia, who live above the

Southwark Tavern. There was lots of screaming and

running and we were watching a film. People were trying to escape

something. People were going down High Street. Running everywhere.

Someone said on a phone there was a stabbing. It was when I saw lots of

people running down into the underground I thought it seemed more

serious. Mass panic. It wasn't just a fight. Something serious. There

was one ambulance which had gone to the stabbing. One young guy seems to

come out of the pub and he was knocking on the window of the

Ambulance Service in a panic saying help my friend, he was stabbed.

Whether or not he was stabbed inside or outside, I don't know, he said he

was in the pub and stabbed. Another person in his 40s said I was

stabbed. He was covered in blood. No police at this stage? No copy they

were trying to get the London Bridge. This one guy walked out into

the road and grabbed the attention of one of the police cars and

basically forced them down that road saying you have to go down Stoney

Street! He is down there. One police 4x4 screams down the street. In five

seconds there were six gunshots. Six clear gunshots. I am not sure if

this is wrong, I have not seen it on the news, but I am convinced I heard

some kind of bang. People were screaming. Armed police ran in

there. It was in that sort of area, the high street area, where we heard

gunshots. I looked out the window and there were so many armed police.

They were mentioning there were three guys with three devices

strapped to them. I shouted down and said what should we do? They said

for now stay there. And then it was when everything seemed to come

down... There were many people around. We look out the window and

the bomb robot turned up. That is when I certainly to go. At this

point everyone was cleared out of the whole area. I said what should

we do? One of the police officers said get out of the building now. He

said just run. All you have to do now is run as far as you can down

Southwark Street. It was just you and me running at that point. In my

memory there were at least two casualties. Yes. Two or three people

laying in the middle of the road getting attention. It must be an

emotional toll. How are you feeling right now? I feel a bit odd. I feel

a little bit in shock. Yeah. I feel like I just watched a film and

experienced a movie. The thing is I love London, this is where I am

from. It kind of feels like it is one of those things where you are

not going to be shaken by it. No. If you are just tuning in, I would

like to give you a sense of what happened last night. Add ten -- and

eight minutes past ten police first heard reports of an incident on

London Bridge. It involved people ploughing into pedestrians and later

a knife attack in the Borough Market. We heard from the Mayor of

London, Sadiq Khan this morning saying that he thinks the London,

and indeed the UK has the best security services in the world. That

he was asked how it is possible to stop this taught of relatively

primitive attack of a vehicle ploughing into pedestrians. He said

that terrorists are finding new ways to do this but so are the police. He

said there will be an increased police presence in London and around

the UK over the next few days and he remains confident that the UK is the

safest in the world. We heard that from the Mayor of London. That was

Sadiq Khan. Many other Commons and reaction coming through to us this

morning. We will bring you up today. We have an Aga at London Bridge.

Let's pause now for the weather. An extra sunshine and showers once

again through this Sunday. There will be long spells of sunshine,

many places will see dry weather through the day that other places

will see heavy downpours and if we take a look at the recent satellite

and radar you can see there are showers or is starting to show their

hand across Northern Ireland and western Scotland. A couple in

north-west England and Wales. An area of more persistent rain working