the Metropolitan Police say a man has
been detained and a number of people
injured after a stabbing at London
Bridge in the heart of the capital
London Ambulance Service has declared a
major incident a BBC reporter at the
scene says he saw a struggle between a
group of men and heard shots being fired
the bridge has been sealed off and
members of the public are being directed
away from the area emergency services
are at the scene we can show you some of
the latest images sent in to us now by
someone who works nearby they show
people running across the bridge in
panic as you might expect
Reuters a reputable news agency is
saying that they understand that
somebody has been stabbed in the area
and that police have as Andy Moore our
correspondent was saying have detained a
suspect other reports are suggesting
they have shot a suspect let's talk now
to someone who is in the area Thomas
Dunford thanks so much for joining us
here on BBC News mr. Dunford what can
you see at the moment well we've just
been moved so I was on 55 King William
Street which overlooks the bridge so I
saw two bodies get dragged from the
bridge one guy was getting resuscitated
but I understand and I think the past
wave has over a sheet over him but you
know the back brace on the building that
we've just been actually bound towards
power bridge and then I just seen by
territorial fans that zoom past I look
down on it's worth therefore rewinding
we understand this incident started to
involved unfold just before two o'clock
this afternoon local time here in London
where were you at that point at that
point I was in my office I saw
everything
my office is in fans wildebeest fan and
I saw the body sent checked out too and
police running towards London Bridge
we've done and
pretty sure we had done shot well right
because I was going to ask you what you
what you thought you might have heard we
did speak to another eyewitness a little
earlier who thought that they had heard
as many as seven or eight shots does
that sound similar to your experience
yes
and then emergency services very quickly
on the scene we know the London
Ambulance Service has declared a major
incident and people assured off the
bridge very quickly what was the mood
like were people fairly calm or were
people rather more panicking panicky I
mean those people in the cafe of Farmer
J's and First Aid closed their doors but
then the feet open the doors it made
everybody sort of sprint out all at once
it was very panicky but it seems police
don't fit quite well they've got
everybody out the area pretty quick
Thomas we're looking as you speak at an
image that you've sent in to us which I
assume you filmed on your phone can you
just exactly explain to us exactly where
that is in relation to the bridge so
from that image if you were to go to the
left that London Bridge and when did you
take this photograph when did you take
this film probably about 45 minutes day
and so if you were to look at the scene
now does it still look like that I've
been I've been evacuated from me from
the area now so I'm out by power bridge
right yes you said and when you say you
were ushered away from the area what was
that by the police and if so what did
they say to you
so they communicated with the
receptionist downstairs in my office who
showed us that we needed to evacuate the
building and then as soon as we got
downstairs don't know sort of sprint
sprint right okay we'll look it must be
it must be rather frightening and do
stay in touch with us but for now Thomas
Dunford thanks so much for getting in
touch with us let's talk now to Mike
King no let's talk in the meat bin while
we wait to talk to Mike King who I also
think he's in the area let's to bring in
our correspondent Andy Moore who is
sitting with me watching these pictures
and keeping abreast of any developments
what are you seeing and hearing Andy so
first of all the official information
for the Metropolitan Police it's worth
repeating they were called to an
incident at 1:58 they said it involved a
stabbing they say several people have
been injured and they talk about a man
being detained London Ambulance Service
saying they've declared a major incident
so I'm looking through lots of
eyewitness video from from the scene now
I'm looking at some other video which
shows what appears to be a member of the
public as I said somebody in civilian
clothes for all we know it may be a
police officer who who's in civilian
clothes we just don't know but appears
to be a member of the public wrestling
with a man on the floor the man on the
floor appears to be dressed in black
clothes appears to be bearded the member
of the public who's who's wrestling with
him he's pulled off and then the police
fire a number of shots so it is worth
remembering ah here we go stories we can
see some of that video now exactly what
I was talking about so I mean it was our
correspondent John McManus who said it
it appeared to be a fight we can see the
member of public being pulled off then
it's just after this that the man is
shot and then you can see yes here we're
seeing it again so that remember the
public see there is being pulled off the
men on the ground of them we're not
showing obviously at the moment of
shooting but then the man is shot and
disabled and after that it's interesting
that the armed police stand back some
distance they don't administer any first
aid to the man on the ground they're
obviously concerned that there may be
explosives on the man there may be some
further danger this hasn't officially
been declared a terrorist incident but
it's worth remembering this is on London
Bridge
the scene of a terrorist incident in
2017 which involved stabbings which
involved the terrorists being shot so
there are some elements that are
certainly similar okay Andy more