Breaking news: Attacks in London

by eddie Sat Jun 03, 2017 10:55 pm

BREAKING NEWS

Breaking news : 'Van hits pedestrians' on London Bridge'

Armed police have been dispatched to an incident on London Bridge where a van has reportedly hit pedestrians, injuring several.

London Bridge station has been closed "at the request of police" following what has been described as a “major police incident”.

One witness told the BBC: “There was a white van driver speeding into several people. It carried on across the pavement around the traffic and towards the Shard area.”

The Met Police said on Twitter: "We are dealing with an incident on London Bridge, when we have more information we will update this Twitter feed."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/van-hits-pedestrians-on-london-bridge-a7771581.html

I was invited down there for drinks with friends tonight. None of us ended up going.

by eddie Sat Jun 03, 2017 10:57 pm

Just had a call from someone I know that three people were seen getting out of the back of the van running down Borough High Street with knives.

by Guest Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:01 pm

Witness Nick tells Sky that he was told that six people have been either shot or stabbed. He saw a man on the floor but could not see what condition he was in.

http://news.sky.com/story/live-armed-police-at-london-bridge-incident-10903581

by eddie Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:02 pm

Oxford street is just up the road, and would be absolutely rammed on a Saturday night, makes me wonder why they picked London Bridge and Tooley Street.

by eddie Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:04 pm

Thorin wrote:Witness Nick tells Sky that he was told that six people have been either shot or stabbed. He saw a man on the floor but could not see what condition he was in.

http://news.sky.com/story/live-armed-police-at-london-bridge-incident-10903581

There was definitely a white van that mounted the pavement. Three men were seen running off from out the back of it.
Police are asking people the stay in the pubs, so clearly there's someone on the loose.

by Guest Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:08 pm

eddie wrote:
Thorin wrote:Witness Nick tells Sky that he was told that six people have been either shot or stabbed. He saw a man on the floor but could not see what condition he was in.

http://news.sky.com/story/live-armed-police-at-london-bridge-incident-10903581

There was definitely a white van that mounted the pavement. Three men were seen running off from out the back of it.
Police are asking people the stay in the pubs, so clearly there's someone on the loose.

I have no doubt eddie, though its always difficult to ascertain what has happened in the early stages.

Hope the Police shoot to kill the scum who have done this

by eddie Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:12 pm

I am so glad we all decided not to go there tonight. I really just felt the need to stay at home.

by Guest Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:14 pm

eddie wrote:I am so glad we all decided not to go there tonight. I really just felt the need to stay at home.

Sixth sense Eddie.

Am glad also you did decide to stay at home

by eddie Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:17 pm

Thank you didge.

Many reports of gunshot too.

by Guest Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:19 pm

by eddie Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:22 pm

Reports of a second incident at Borough Markwt.

by eddie Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:23 pm

Borough Market will be absolutely fucking packed. Sad

by HoratioTarr Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:27 pm

Here we go again...

by Victorismyhero Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:46 pm

the peaceful religion kicking off again???

still its only a few nutters ...send the fire brigade....(with a nod to quill)

Rolling Eyes

by Guest Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:47 pm

Officers are now responding to an incident in the #Vauxhall area. 3/3

by Syl Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:48 pm

Three incidents have been reported now...stay safe everyone who lives in South London.

by eddie Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:49 pm

Vauxhall is not near enough from borough market to get to on foot

by eddie Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:50 pm

Vauxhall might be a separate incident or they got another car, it's nowhere near Borough Market.

by HoratioTarr Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:52 pm

Definite fatalities at London Bridge.

by Guest Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:53 pm

eddie wrote:Vauxhall might be a separate incident or they got another car, it's nowhere near Borough Market.

Its more near Victoria and could well be part of a coordinated attack Eddie, trying to lock down all of central London

by Syl Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:53 pm

Bleeding hell, according to Bbc breaking newss police are telling people in the area to hide and baracade themselves in.

There is more than one fatality on London Bridge.

by The Devil, You Know Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:55 pm

there are 3 incidents now.
all within a short distance of each other

by HoratioTarr Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:56 pm

Syl wrote:Three incidents have been reported now...stay safe everyone who lives in South London.

My brother lives in London. I've just texted him and he's ok. What a fucking nightmare!

by eddie Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:56 pm

Just to reiterate: takes 42 minutes to walk it so they got a car or there's a separate attack.

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by Guest Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:57 pm

HoratioTarr wrote:
Syl wrote:Three incidents have been reported now...stay safe everyone who lives in South London.

My brother lives in London. I've just texted him and he's ok. What a fucking nightmare!

Two of my brothers and family live in South London. All at home tonight thank goodness

Glad your bro is okay Horatio

by Syl Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:57 pm

HoratioTarr wrote:
Syl wrote:Three incidents have been reported now...stay safe everyone who lives in South London.

My brother lives in London. I've just texted him and he's ok. What a fucking nightmare!

When will all this end.I feel sick listening to this.Less than 2 weeks since the Manchester attack, now this.

by eddie Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:58 pm

Evacuation of Monument Station (other side of London Bridge)

by HoratioTarr Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:59 pm

It's all over Twitter with footage they're not showing on the news

by HoratioTarr Sun Jun 04, 2017 12:00 am

Syl wrote:
HoratioTarr wrote:

My brother lives in London. I've just texted him and he's ok. What a fucking nightmare!

When will all this end.I feel sick listening to this.Less than 2 weeks since the Manchester attack, now this.

Hard line zero tolerance. Stop being intimidated by the bleeding heart PC brigade and boot all terrorists out this country never to return.

by The Devil, You Know Sun Jun 04, 2017 12:15 am

by Syl Sun Jun 04, 2017 12:16 am

HoratioTarr wrote:
Syl wrote:

When will all this end.I feel sick listening to this.Less than 2 weeks since the Manchester attack, now this.

Hard line zero tolerance. Stop being intimidated by the bleeding heart PC brigade and boot all terrorists out this country never to return.

Yes, and follow up reports from friends, family, neighbours etc when people have suspicions.
Don't wait till after people are slain...it's too late then.

by The Devil, You Know Sun Jun 04, 2017 12:16 am

HoratioTarr wrote:
Syl wrote:

When will all this end.I feel sick listening to this.Less than 2 weeks since the Manchester attack, now this.

Hard line zero tolerance. Stop being intimidated by the bleeding heart PC brigade and boot all terrorists out this country never to return.

yes, which party is more likely to do that labour or the tories?

by Guest Sun Jun 04, 2017 12:16 am

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.

by The Devil, You Know Sun Jun 04, 2017 12:17 am

Syl wrote:
HoratioTarr wrote:

Hard line zero tolerance. Stop being intimidated by the bleeding heart PC brigade and boot all terrorists out this country never to return.

Yes, and follow up reports from friends, family, neighbours etc when people have suspicions.
Don't wait till after people are slain...it's too late then.

23000 suspects. you cannot watch them all,

by Guest Sun Jun 04, 2017 12:19 am

Facebook 'safety check'

The social media site has activated its safety check to let people know they are safe.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-40147014

by The Devil, You Know Sun Jun 04, 2017 12:19 am

no intelligence on this attack, which is not surprising, there is not really any way to counter these sort of things. there is little in the way of preparation needed and very little in the way of logistical support to notice.
Of course hindsight is always 20:20 so these people might be known to the security services.

by The Devil, You Know Sun Jun 04, 2017 12:20 am

reports of a young child being stabbed and people having their throats cut

by Victorismyhero Sun Jun 04, 2017 12:20 am

The Devil, You Know wrote:
Syl wrote:
HoratioTarr wrote:

Hard line zero tolerance. Stop being intimidated by the bleeding heart PC brigade and boot all terrorists out this country never to return.

Yes, and follow up reports from friends, family, neighbours etc when people have suspicions.
Don't wait till after people are slain...it's too late then.
23000 suspects. you cannot watch them all,

nope...but you can round em up and chuck out the non brits and intern the rest....oh...and bugger their human rights.

by The Devil, You Know Sun Jun 04, 2017 12:23 am

Lord Foul wrote:
The Devil, You Know wrote:
23000 suspects. you cannot watch them all,

nope...but you can round em up and chuck out the non brits and intern the rest....oh...and bugger their human rights.

an argument I have been making for some time now.

by Syl Sun Jun 04, 2017 12:25 am

The Devil, You Know wrote:
Syl wrote:

Yes, and follow up reports from friends, family, neighbours etc when people have suspicions.
Don't wait till after people are slain...it's too late then.
23000 suspects. you cannot watch them all,

When there are several different warnings about the same person, from various members of the public, over a length of time, as reportedly there was about the Manchester bomber....surely they should have been acted upon....especially when a person is leaving the country to visit places with known terrorist connections.

by Guest Sun Jun 04, 2017 12:25 am

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.

by Syl Sun Jun 04, 2017 12:26 am

The Devil, You Know wrote:
HoratioTarr wrote:

Hard line zero tolerance. Stop being intimidated by the bleeding heart PC brigade and boot all terrorists out this country never to return.
yes, which party is more likely to do that labour or the tories?

Neither if recent events are anything to go by.

by The Devil, You Know Sun Jun 04, 2017 12:37 am

now reports of men entering bars and stabbing people, and one eye witness said one of the men had canisters strapped to his chest

by The Devil, You Know Sun Jun 04, 2017 12:38 am

Syl wrote:
The Devil, You Know wrote:
yes, which party is more likely to do that labour or the tories?

Neither if recent events are anything to go by.

well you only have a choice of two,not voting tory will ensure its pm corbyn, imagine him being asked for permission to shoot a terrorist

by eddie Sun Jun 04, 2017 12:47 am

Thorin wrote: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.

Which ties in with the call I got regarding three men running from the back of the van

by Guest Sun Jun 04, 2017 1:01 am

eddie wrote:
Thorin wrote: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.

Which ties in with the call I got regarding three men running from the back of the van

Just heard Eddie

Confirmation the Vauxhall attack is not terror related, but was a stabbing

by The Devil, You Know Sun Jun 04, 2017 1:02 am

vauxhall is just another normal london stabbing.

by eddie Sun Jun 04, 2017 1:12 am

There doesn't seem to be any reports of suspects detained / arrested / shot...yet

by Guest Sun Jun 04, 2017 1:13 am

eddie wrote:There doesn't seem to be any reports of suspects detained / arrested / shot...yet

I read reports of one being detained Eddie

by Guest Sun Jun 04, 2017 1:14 am

Alex Shellum was in the Mudlark pub with his girlfriend and two friends, underneath London Bridge, at the time of the incident.

"At around 22:00 BST an injured woman came into the pub seeking assistance.

"She was bleeding heavily from the neck - it appeared that her throat had been cut. People sought to stem the bleeding and the pub was closed.

"Outside the pub, emergency services were performing CPR on a further individual. From there, we were instructed to move along by armed police.

They sought refuge with some others at Bill's restaurant in the market.

"Police instructed us to wait in the kitchen whilst they swept the surrounding area. We were then ordered to leave the restaurant by armed police - we were then escorted at running speed away from the area."

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