ladies and gentlemen thank you for
coming my name's Neil bass here I'm the
assistant commissioner for specialist
operations in the Met I can confirm that
at approximately 2:00 p.m. today Friday
the 29th of November police were called
to a stabbing at a premises near to
London Bridge ec one services attended
including officers from the City of
London Police and the Metropolitan
points
a male suspect was shot by specialist
armed officers from the City of London
police and I can confirm that this
suspect died at the scene a number of
other people received injuries during
this incident as soon as we can provide
further updates on their condition we
will and our heartfelt sympathies go out
to everybody who's been involved in this
and is anxiously waiting for information
on their loved ones as soon as we can
get that information we will get it to
you as you would expect due to the
nature of the incident we responded as
though this was terrorist related I'm
now in a position to confirm that it has
been declared a terrorist incident we
are working jointly with the city of
London police as we continue to respond
officers from the Metz counterterrorism
command are now leading this
investigation but I must stress we
retain an open mind as to any motive it
would be inappropriate to speculate
further at this time due to reports that
the suspect may have had an explosive
device specialist officers also attended
the scene and wide cordons are in place
to ensure there remains no further
danger to the public however I can
confirm at this time we believe a device
that was strapped to the body of the
suspect is a hoax explosive device
officers continue to carry out
meticulous searches in the area to
ensure there is no outstanding threat to
the public
those extensive Corden's will remain in
place for a considerable time and I
would ask the public police continue to
avoid the area public safety is
obviously our top priority we will be
enhancing police patrols both in the
city and across London I would ask
anyone with information image or footage
of the incident that can be shared with
our investigation team to do so on the
UK police image appeal website I would
also ask the public to continue to
remain vigilant and report any concerns
that they have to the police I know I
would ordinarily take questions I'm not
going to take questions at this time the
Prime Minister has asked for a personal
briefing I'll be heading with the
Commissioner of the Met to Downing
Street immediately thank you for your
patience we will update you again when
we go