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Reuters
04 June, 2017, 15:59
Update: 04 June, 2017, 15:59
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Reuters
04 June, 2017, 15:59
Update: 04 June, 2017, 15:59
Armed police officers walk near Borough Market after an attack left 7 people dead and dozens injured in London, Britain, June 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters

London: Seven people are confirmed to have died in an attack by three assailants who drove a van at pedestrians on London Bridge before stabbing people in the nearby Borough Market area, London’s Metropolitan Police chief Cressida Dick said on Sunday.

‘It has now been confirmed sadly that seven members of the public have died. In addition, as you know, we believe, three suspects are dead,’ she said in a televised statement.

Dick said police believed the incident was under control, but officers needed to conduct a thorough search of the area to ensure everyone was accounted for and no further suspects were at large.

‘Our priority now is to work with our colleagues in the national counter-terrorism police network and also with the intelligence agencies and other security services to establish more details about these individuals who carried out the attack and the background to it,’ she said.

Armed police rushed to the scene and within eight minutes of receiving the first emergency call shortly after 10 pm local time had shot dead the three male attackers in the Borough Market area near the bridge.

At least 48 people were injured in the attack - the third to hit Britain in less than three months - which came days ahead of a parliamentary election on Thursday. The ruling Conservative Party, opposition Labour Party and the Scottish National Party all suspended national campaigning on Sunday.

‘I can confirm that the terrible incident in London is being treated as a potential act of terrorism,’ Prime Minister Theresa May said in a statement as events unfolded. Flags were flying at half-mast over her Downing Street residence on Sunday morning.

London Bridge is a major transport hub and nearby Borough Market is a fashionable warren of alleyways packed with bars and restaurants which is always bustling on a Saturday night. The area remained cordoned off on Sunday, with train stations closed. Forensic investigators could be seen working on the bridge, where buses and taxis stood abandoned.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the latest attack to hit Britain and Europe.

Less than two weeks ago, a suicide bomber killed 22 people, including children, at a pop concert by U.S. singer Ariana Grande in Manchester in northern England. In March, in a similar attack to Saturday’s, a man killed five people after driving into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge in central London.

Grande and other acts were due to give a benefit concert at Manchester’s Old Trafford cricket ground on Sunday evening to raise funds for victims of the concert bombing and their families. The event was being prepared amid tight security.

The three attackers had been wearing what looked like explosive vests that were later found to have been hoaxes.

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