Footage of the struggle leading up to (and including) the gunshot has been posted online… from multiple angles.
We’re still at the point where we have more questions than answers about the events on London Bridge today, but here’s what we know so far.
A single individual with a knife was reportedly attacking people on London Bridge.
There were injuries:
https://twitter.com/Imamofpeace/status/1200430030397956096
Before police could even arrive on scene, a couple of passers-by knocked the knife out of his hand and wrestled the attacker to the ground, hold him there until authorities arrived.
Video footage from #LondonBridge suggests brave members of the public may have saved lives by risking their own safety to take on the knifeman. Thank you, whoever you are. Thank you.
— Julia Hartley-Brewer (@JuliaHB1) November 29, 2019
There was a struggle on the ground. Police arrived on scene shortly thereafter. (These ones were armed.)
The struggle continued, with at least one police officer’s gun trained on the attacker.
Something (we’re not yet clear on what) caused the police officer to fire upon the attacker.
It may have had something to do with the ‘hoax explosive device’ he was wearing.
"We believe a device that was strapped to the body of the suspect is a hoax explosive device."
Met Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu gives a statement on the incident at London Bridge.
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— Sky News (@SkyNews) November 29, 2019
https://twitter.com/DVATW/status/1200439697903890432
Here is the footage — from ground level:
https://twitter.com/KTHopkins/status/1200445477457670145
And one from a higher vantage point (the upper deck of a bus, it looks like):
https://twitter.com/KTHopkins/status/1200443527802560512
And from across the street:
https://twitter.com/DVATW/status/1200426524782026752
It’s now official. This was a Terrorist. Affiliation/motivation of his terrorist act has not yet been specified.
Officers said the man had been wearing a fake suicide vest and stabbed several people.
Assistant commissioner Neil Basu, the head of UK counterterror policing, said he was shot by armed officers from City of London Police on Friday afternoon.
“I can confirm that this suspect died at the scene,” he added. “Due to reports that the suspect might have had an explosive device specialist officers attended.
“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.
Mr Basu said he would give updates to the families of those injured as soon as possible.
”A number of other people received injuries during this incident. As soon as we can provide further updates on their condition, we will,“ he told the press conference.
“Our heartfelt sympathies go out to everybody who has been involved in this and is anxiously waiting for information on their loved ones.”
Source: Independent
https://twitter.com/DVATW/status/1200451385436844037
And just in case you think we have cornered the market on crazies here in the States… we haven’t. Here’s a sampling:
Corbyn's Conspiracists Provide London Bridge Commentary https://t.co/HjWysrfyaJ pic.twitter.com/pLoAiQNpeK
— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) November 29, 2019
