A terrorist attack in London: seven dead

The victims of the attack in the center of London were seven passers -by, all three terrorists were killed, the police said . At least 48 victims were delivered to hospitals, the London ambulance service reports on Twitter. Many of the wounded in critical condition.

On Saturday evening, at about 22 hours, the white van began to press passers -by on the London bridge. According to one of the eyewitnesses, the speed of the car was about 80 km/h. Another witness said that one of those who were on the bridge jumped into the water, escaping from the collision. The van reached the side of the Boil market nearby, three criminals with knives jumped out of it and several people were wounded, including a policeman. It does not yet specify how many people died under the wheels and how many - from stab wounds.

The police shot the attackers eight minutes after the first call about the incident on the bridge, the official report said. On the terrorists there were fake "gaps of martyrs" without explosives.

That same evening, it became known about the attack with a knife in the VoxHoll area, but Scotland Yard said that this episode was not related to the terrorist attack.

In a bar on London Bridge in the first minutes after the attack. The police asks visitors to go to the floor:

London Bridge Bar Now. Police EVERYWHERE Pic.twitter.com/0gwh9jhgdx

- James Yates (@yatesy17) June 3, 2017

Another shooting of an eyewitness: the actions of the police after the attack

Prime Minister Teresa May immediately stated that it was a terrorist attack, and urgently arrived at Dauning Street, where on Sunday she would hold an emergency meeting of the government.

In the first hours after the attack, sympathy and solidarity with the Londoners were expressed by France President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, and the head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Junker. US President Donald Trump offered Britain any help. “We must be smart, vigilant and gestured. It is necessary that the courts return our rights. We need a ban on entry as an additional security measure,” Trump wrote on Twitter.

This is the third terrorist attack in Britain in three months. On March 22, six people, including the attacker, died and 50 were injured as a result of an attack near the parliament building. The terrorist Khalid Masud in a car crashed into passers -by on the Westminster bridge, then got out of the car and ran to the parliament with a knife, where he was shot by police.

On May 22, 22 people were killed and 116 were wounded as a result of the explosion arranged by the suicide bomber at Manchester Arena. The attacker - 22 -year -old Salman Abedi - blew up a home -made bomb in the lobby of the concert hall, when the audience dispersed after the performance of the American pop singer Ariana Grande.

As May noted , since the end of March, British special services have prevented 5 terrorist attacks.