Police dealing with incident on London Bridge amid reports of shots fired

deuse · 29 Nov 2019 at 16:00

manic111 said:
I've never voted Labour in my life and have no intention of doing so at the upcoming election either. Until Brexit, I have always voted Tory, and now vote Lib Dem.

Oh sorry.
I should have said what they are saying on twitter.

omnomnom · 29 Nov 2019 at 16:00

200sols said:
So the reports of suspected suicide mission are not 'good reason' according to you?

Well yes ofcourse they are which is why myself and others have said "If hes armed" however that information wasn't known at the time.

manic111 · 29 Nov 2019 at 16:00

deuse said:
Oh sorry.
I should have said what they are saying on twitter.

I genuinely can't make head or tail of most of your posts.

foster grant · 29 Nov 2019 at 16:01

Whats with the white lorry on the bridge ?

McBain · 29 Nov 2019 at 16:02

At least the Police ended this coward.

mmj_uk · 29 Nov 2019 at 16:04

Sky News commentator just now: "First thing to do is find out if he was acting alone" - that's also why you wouldn't have shot him dead were he unarmed but if he had a vest then fair enough.

deuse · 29 Nov 2019 at 16:08

So it's now terror related......

toshj · 29 Nov 2019 at 16:10

That escalated quickly. Our office is just by Borough and I'd popped downstairs at 2pm for a short meeting. Came back up into the office a short while later and the area was teeming.

My wife is heading out for a drink in Southwark later... would prefer if she stayed in tbh.

Efour · 29 Nov 2019 at 16:17

I wanna hear the interview of the guy they dragged off him before they shot.

Hope he was a Millwall supporter or some irked Essex lad.

Ayahuasca · 29 Nov 2019 at 16:19

Efour said:
I wanna hear the interview of the guy they dragged off him before they shot.

Hope he was a Millwall supporter or some irked Essex lad.

Pwopa **** nawty geeza

Kenai · 29 Nov 2019 at 16:23

Having seen a couple of the videos, the suspect clearly tries to get up after the last guy is pulled away from him. Personally I don't see that the officers have any other choice in the split second they had to react to that action, given the bloke has just been on a stabbing spree and was clearly intent on causing harm and not complying with police.

Also, whoever those first civilians were to challenge him, balls of steel. Fair play.

Kenai · 29 Nov 2019 at 16:24

Police confirm he died

The Funktopus · 29 Nov 2019 at 16:25

foster grant said:
Whats with the white lorry on the bridge ?

I saw footage of it earlier and it was amongst a load of other traffic, perhaps the driver tried to turn it round, and has grounded it on the median, meaning it’s stuck there.

explicit4u · 29 Nov 2019 at 16:25

Fake explosive device strapped to the suspect according to the met statement, fair enough on shooting him.

The_Abyss · 29 Nov 2019 at 16:25

Huge bravery from the public and first responding police, as appears always to be the case in situations like this.

esmozz · 29 Nov 2019 at 16:26

I believe the last lot who went mental with knifes on London bridge and thereabouts were wearing fake suicide vests.

I suspect it's rather hard to tell the difference.

TheVoice · 29 Nov 2019 at 16:27

Scort said:
maybe the armed Coppers around these key places have even been given an unofficial 'shoot on site' waiver?

Absolutely not.

Josh · 29 Nov 2019 at 16:29

One less lunatic in the world then.

G-MAN2004 · 29 Nov 2019 at 16:30

Good riddance.

Sankari · 29 Nov 2019 at 16:33

Fine work by the cops. Rapid and efficient.