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24:19
A security guard who oversees a number of pubs in the area has told the BBC he saw four people stabbed by three attackers.
The man, who was deeply shocked and asked not to be named, said he was at the Market Porter pub when a colleague at another bar said there was a stabbing at the Borough Bistro pub nearby.
He said he went towards this pub and saw that “everybody started running” and there was screaming.
The eyewitness added that he saw three attackers, one of whom had a long knife and stabbing people, including a girl in her early 20s.
24:14
Natalie and Ben were coming up to the entrance of the underground on Borough High Street when they saw lots of people running.
The married couple witnessed someone being stabbed.
Ben said: “I saw a man in red with quite a large blade, I don’t know the measurement I guess maybe 10 inches. He was stabbing a man…he stabbed him about three times fairly calmly.
“It looked the man had maybe been trying to intervene but there wasn’t much that he could do he was being stabbed quite coldly and he slumped to the ground.
The attacker and another man walked off quite “boldly”.
“A table was thrown, a bottle was thrown at the individual with the knife and then we heard three gunshots and we ran,” he added.
(These things never do get better, do they. It never turns out “just some bumps and bruises but everyone ok.” No. Deaths being reported now.)
23:51
The BBC’s Nick Quraishi at the scene says he is now able to corroborate earlier reports of gunshots being fired.
Reports suggest it may have been more than one incident:
– A van hitting people at London Bridge and three people then jumping out of the vehicle and attacking members of the public;
– A separate incident at Borough Market
– Police have now said they are responding to a third incident in Vauxhall
It is understood that police are looking for three suspects who may be armed.
23:47
An eyewitness told LBC radio what he saw tonight.
The taxi driver said: “A van came from London Bridge itself, went between the traffic light system and rammed it towards the steps. It knocked loads of people down.
“Then three men got out with long blades, 12 inches long and went randomly along Borough High Street stabbing people at random.”
Via Twitter:
As well as #LondonBridge officers have also responsed to an incident in #BoroughMarket. We have armed police at the scenes.
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
Via the Beeb.
23:47
An eyewitness told LBC radio what he saw tonight.
The taxi driver said: “A van came from London Bridge itself, went between the traffic light system and rammed it towards the steps. It knocked loads of people down.
“Then three men got out with long blades, 12 inches long and went randomly along Borough High Street stabbing people at random.”
23:33
Will Orton was at a pub nearby when the incident happened.
The 25-year-old said: “Lots of people came running inside, we didn’t really know what was going on.
“We thought maybe there was a fight or something outside. And then there were almost hundreds of people coming inside.
“The bouncers did a really good job, they shut the doors and locked everyone in,” he added.
“There was panic – it seemed like it was literally outside the door.
“People were coming inside and saying they had witnessed people being stabbed.
“It seemed like it was happening immediately outside the entrance.”
Police are searching for three suspects – reports
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23:27
Police are now searching for three suspects, a BBC reporter at the scene says.He says there are also reports that some people have been stabbed.
The priority for the police is now to get people – many whom where enjoying a nightout in central London – out of the area.
The police cordon is being moved further and further out, our reporter adds.
I was out in London last night. I didn’t know about the attacks until I got home but I would have been at St. Paul’s Cathedral around the time that the attacks started.
‘enjoying the night out’
How dare they engage in such blatant provocation?
I go from time to time for a drink at the Market Porter and around Borough Market. It’s a lively area, one of the best part of London for a casual evening out. Crowded at week-ends too, so no end of targets for the mad ones there…
Fuck it! I’ll go back there on my next evening off for a pint or three! Support the local economy and all that!
Still, some people have the right priorities!
https://www.indy100.com/article/people-are-relating-to-this-man-and-his-pint-london-bridge-terrorism-attack-borough-market-7771861
I saw that. Spirit of Britain wot wot.
The guy with the pint may indeed be demonstrating the Spirit of Britain, but ironically he is also breaking the law. One is not allowed to take a glass out of a pub unless the outdoor area is a part of the premises. The lucky bugger probably happened upon the only situation where so many police officers would overlook such a flagrant breach of the law.
I wonder if any over-zealous do-gooder has reported him to the police as per the arse who reported Stephen Fry for breaking Ireland’s blasphemy law? I wouldn’t be surprised if they had, what with petty-mindedness being the Spirit of Daily Mail Man.