Terror in London as terrorists stabs 7 dead, injured 48 injured

Terror struck at the heart of London on Saturday night when a van plowed into pedestrians on London Bridge before men armed with butcher knives jumped out and stabbed revelers at a nearby market leaving at least seven people dead wounding more than 48 others before they were shot by the police. Terror in London as terrorists stabs 7 dead, injured 48 injured

Three attackers who were wearing fake suicide vests and had shouted “Allah” while slashing their victims, were shot dead by police in the attack on London Bridge and Borough Market. 

A white transit van ploughed into a crowd of people on the bridge at speed shortly after 10pm. The three men then attacked people with knives at nearby Borough Market.
 

The Metropolitan Police force declared the attacks "terrorist incidents."

Holly Jones, a BBC reporter at London Bridge when the first incident happened, said a van had swerved off the road into a crowd of pedestrians.

"A white van driver came speeding - probably about 50mph - veered of the road into the crowds of people who were walking along the pavement," she told BBC News.

Within minutes there were reports of a second incident at Borough Market on the south bank of the Thames. One cab driver said three men ran towards the market stabbing people - including a young girl - as they ran.

An eyewitness on London Bridge, told the BBC he saw three men stabbing people indiscriminately, shouting "this is for Allah" in a "rampage".

Prime Minister Theresa May, who was understood to be at her Maidenhead constituency when she was alerted to the news, will chair a Cobra meeting first thing on Sunday morning.

The attack comes less than two weeks after the Manchester suicide bombing that also claimed 22 lives and left 59 other wounded and just three months after a terrorist ploughed into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before stabbing a policeman to death at Parliament.
 

US President, Donald Trump offered his assistance to Britain via Twitter. 

"Whatever the United States can do to help out in London and the UK, we will be there - we are with you. God bless!".

Prime Minister Theresa May who is facing pressure to postpone the UK election in the wake of the London terror attack has however, announced the election will go ahead as planned.

Addressing media on Sunday morning, Prime Minsiter May said that while the string of terror attacks in the UK in recent months were not connected, they shared the ‘evil ideology of Islamist extremism’.

“Defeating this is one of the greatest challenges of our time”, she said. “It can only be defeated when we turn people’s minds away from this violence and make them understand that our British values are superior to anything offered by the preachers and supporters of hate.”

According to her, the UK will pursue international cooperation to prevent extremists from exploiting open platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to spread their messages of hate, along with new reviews of anti-terror powers and laws.

“Our country has made signifcant progress in disrupting plots and protecting the public, but it’s time to say enough is enough. Everybody needs to go about their lives as they normally would. But when it comes to taking on extremism and terrorism, things need to change.”