PM Theresa May : Incident Being Treated As “ Potential Act Of Terrorism”

More than 20 people has died after an incident involving a vehicle and stabbings in the London Bridge area of the capital, police have said.

Armed police responded to reports of a van hitting pedestrians on the bridge in central London.

The Met Police said officers were also at Borough Market nearby where they were responding to reports of stabbings in the restaurant and bar venue.

The force said it was also attending a reported incident in Vauxhall.

Downing Street said Prime Minister Theresa May, who has been campaigning in the general election, was returning to No 10 to receive further briefings from security officials.

It said the prime minister will chair a meeting of the government's Cobra emergency committee later.

According to BBC eyewitness,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.

Transport for London said London Bridge has been closed in both directions due to a 

"major police incident".

Bus routes were being diverted and the neighbouring Southwark Bridge has also been shut, it added.

TfL said there were further closures in Borough High Street, where armed police and counter-terrorism specialist forces were later seen. On the north side of the river, Lower Thames Street was closed

Meanwhile, Facebook said it has activated its safety check so people in London could let friends and relatives know they were safe.

-BBC