Another Incident On London Bridge

[dennis tooth]

It's a gift to the Tories from their Saudi friends.

[Anubis]

Footage on twitter of officers entering a bar and telling everyone to get down, but given the proliferation of fake shit that was posted about Manchester I'm not going to link to it.

[Jay86]

Hopkins has piped up already.

 

Sadiq Khan's fault, apparently.

To be fair to the horrible bitch apparently he's said terrorist attacks are part and parcel of living in a city. Not sure if he's actually said that or that's bullshit though.

[M_B]

To be fair to the horrible bitch apparently he's said terrorist attacks are part and parcel of living in a city. Not sure if he's actually said that or that's bullshit though.

 

He said that ages ago

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sadiq-khan-london-mayor-terrorism-attacks-part-and-parcel-major-cities-new-york-bombing-a7322846.html

 

Sadiq Khan has said he believes the threat of terror attacks are “part and parcel of living in a big city” and encouraged Londoners to be vigilant to combat dangers.

 

The Mayor of London revealed he had a “sleepless night” after the recent bombing in New York, and said major cities around the world “have got to be prepared for these sorts of things” to happen when people least expect them.

 

“That means being vigilant, having a police force that is in touch with communities, it means the security services being ready, but it also means exchanging ideas and best practice”, Mr Khan told the Evening Standard shortly before a meeting with New York mayor Bill de Blasio.

 

 

 

Not sure what is wrong with that.

[Karl_b]

To be fair to the horrible bitch apparently he's said terrorist attacks are part and parcel of living in a city. Not sure if he's actually said that or that's bullshit though.

It's a quote taken completely out of context from a longer speech. He basically said that whilst such threats exist, London, and it's emergency responses, have to be prepared. I think it was from a while back too, before he was mayor.

 

Always assume that Katie Hopkins is being a fucking twat and ignore what she says.

[Jay86]

He said that ages ago

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sadiq-khan-london-mayor-terrorism-attacks-part-and-parcel-major-cities-new-york-bombing-a7322846.html

Ohh right, thanks for clearly that up!

[Juniper]

Glad you didn't get caught up in it, Jon.

 

I wouldn't fancy visiting Central London any time soon.

No it's fine, just been out on a stag/Hen do in the centre and everyone's ok and getting rat arsed.

 

Wondered what the announcement on the tube was about but now I know.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

To be fair to the horrible bitch apparently he's said terrorist attacks are part and parcel of living in a city. Not sure if he's actually said that or that's bullshit though.

It's been taken out of context.

 

He said the threat of terrorist attacks is part and parcel of living in a big city, in the context of further adding that people should be vigilant and the emergency services should always be prepared and equipped to deal with any such attack.

 

He never said it in the "these things happen" *shrugs shoulders sense that some imply.

[Jay86]

2 different people have said they heard gunfire and the police have said it wasn't them, no other reports though.

 

Has anyone been confirmed dead?

[Jay86]

Police say they did fire shots now.

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

3rd incident at Vauxhall now. Deary me.

[Karl_b]

Friends of mine live near Borough Market and have said they heard multiple gun shots.

[Arl arse]

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Live on Sky now. Police roaring at people to leave the area. About 5 or 6 police surrounding a bloke and appearing to arrest him.

[Anubis]

Do London Bridge, Borough Market, and Vauxhall all adjoin each other?

[Arl arse]

"More than one fatality on London Bridge"

[M_B]

Vauxhall is away from Borough Market. I;d have thought B. Market was the original guys running and gunning.

 

..unless they got in a car...

 

Sorry. B Market is next to the bridge, so that is them running.

 

Vauxhall is a distance away. But maybe they got a car.

[John101]

London bridge and Borough Market are close.

 

Vauxhall is miles away.

[Gym Beglin]

More than one fatality confirmed

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

Why didn't Police clear the area in the first place? There were loads of people just walking casually away from all the Police vehicles about 20 minutes ago.

[Arl arse]

Sounds like a multi pronged attack.

[M_B]

Maybe not. They may have a car.

[Rico1304]

It's a gift to the Tories from their Saudi friends.

Just like Sandy Hook?

[cloggypop]

Fuck off Rico

[Anubis]

BBC reporter Holly Jones, who was on the bridge at the time of the incident, said the van was driven by a man and was "probably travelling at about 50 miles an hour".

 

"He swerved right round me and then hit about five or six people. He hit about two people in front of me and then three behind," Ms Jones told the BBC News Channel.

 

Five or six people were being treated for injuries after the vehicle mounted the pavement and hit them, she said.

 

"I'd say there are about four severely injured people. They all have paramedics assisting them at the moment."

 

She said the van, which was travelling from the direction of central London, headed towards the south side of the river.

 

Ms Jones later reported seeing a man being arrested by police. She said he was handcuffed and had his shirt off.

 

She said a French woman was among the injured and who told her she did not know where the two people who had been with her were.

 

London Ambulance Service tweeted: "Multiple resources attending an incident at #LondonBridge, please avoid the area".