Κυριακή 4 Ιουνίου 2017

Τουλάχιστον 6 άνθρωποι Dead Μετά από 2 ενδεχόμενες τρομοκρατικές επιθέσεις στο Λονδίνο

At Least 6 People Dead After 2 Potential Terror Attacks In London
Police have also killed three suspects.

A car swerved into a crowd on London Bridge and men stabbed people, including an on-duty transport police officer, at the nearby Borough Market on Saturday.




At least six people died in the attack, and at least 30 others have been sent to hospitals across the city, authorities said. Police also fatally shot three suspects.


This is the third time in less than three months that the United Kingdom has been struck by a potential terrorist attack.



The United Kingdom is reeling from violence once again after a vehicle plowed into a crowd of pedestrians on London Bridge and stabbings took place at the nearby Borough Market. The incidents, which killed at least six people, are being investigated as terror attacks, said British Prime Minister Theresa May.


After driving a white van into a crowd on Saturday, the attackers fled the vehicle and began stabbing patrons of the nearby Borough Market, report The Washington Post and Reuters.


Mark Rowley, assistant commissioner for the Metropolitan Police Service, said the suspects appeared to be wearing explosive vests, but police later established they were fake. Officers fatally shot three male suspects.


At least 30 victims have been transported to hospitals in the city, London Ambulance Service reported early Sunday. More people were treated at the scene with “less serious injuries,” the emergency response service said.


An on-duty British Transport Police officer was stabbed during the attack and suffered injuries that were serious but not life-threatening, Rowley said in a statement.


Holly Jones, a reporter for the BBC who was on the bridge at the time of the incident, said the vehicle was traveling at a high speed.

PA WIRE/PA IMAGESPolice officers on Borough High Street as police are dealing with a “major incident” at London Bridge.


A witness told CNN that they saw a man with a “massive knife” enter a restaurant at Borough Market and stab two people. Borough Market is one of the largest and oldest food markets in London.


Jack Applebee, the owner of Applebee’s Fish Market in Borough Market, said he was smoking outside his restaurant when a woman ran by screaming, “Someone’s running around stabbing people!”


He ran inside his restaurant to warn his 50 or so diners, the Wall Street Journal reported. Seconds later, three attackers appeared outside the business’ windows, wearing belts with “black canisters around their upper torsos,” the publication reported.


“They looked to come in, and for some reason turned to carry on down the street,” Applebee told WSJ.
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Unverified social media posts showed chaos as people rush to flee the London Bridge area. Video taken by a bystander shows a large police presence where there are “bodies everywhere,” according to witnesses.


Police stormed a bar near London Bridge, ordering patrons to get on the ground, tense video posted to Twitter shows.





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Authorities confirmed that they also responded to reports of a stabbing in Vauxhall, a residential and commercial area just over 2 miles southwest of London Bridge. They later said the incident was not connected to the attacks on the bridge or at Borough Market.


Saturday marks the third time in less than three months that the U.K. has come under attack. A similar incident happened in April, when Khalid Masood plowed a rented car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before fatally stabbing a police officer. Six people, including Masood, died in the attack. And last month, a suicide bomber killed nearly two dozen people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester.


London Mayor Sadiq Khan called the incident over the weekend “a deliberate, cowardly attack on innocent Londoners and visitors to our city enjoying their Saturday night.”


“I condemn it in the strongest terms,” he added. “There is no justification whatsoever for such barbaric acts.”


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The chaos comes just five days before Brits head to the polls for a snap election, in which May will face off against Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.


Corbyn tweeted condolences to those affected by the “brutal and shocking incidents.”



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White House press secretary Sean Spicer responded on Saturday evening, confirming on Twitter that U.S. President Donald Trump has been briefed on the incident.


The president appeared to use the unfolding chaos in London as a hook to reissue his internationally condemned call for a travel ban affecting several Muslim-majority nations.


“Whatever the United States can do to help out in London and the U. K., we will be there,” he also tweeted.


Photos of the incident can be seen below:




Neil Hall / ReutersPeople leave the area with their hands up after an incident near London Bridge in London, England, June 4, 2017. (REUTERS/Neil Hall)



PA Wire/PA ImagesArmed Police officers on London Bridge as police react to a “major incident” at London Bridge in London, England, on June 3, 2017.



PA Wire/PA ImagesScreengrab taken from PA Video footage: People receive medical attention in Thrale Street near London Bridge following an incident in London, England on June 3, 2017.



PA Wire/PA ImagesPeople walking down Borough High Street as police respond to a “major incident” at London Bridge in London, England, on June 3, 2017.



Carl Court via Getty ImagesDebris is strewn outside a cafe near London Bridge on June 4, 2017 in London, England following incidents on London Bridge and Borough Market. (Carl Court/Getty Images)



Hannah Mckay / ReutersPeople speak with police officers after an incident near London Bridge in London, England on June 4, 2017. (REUTERS/Hannah Mckay)

Dan Kitwood via Getty ImagesA police officer escorts members of the public to safety at London Bridge on June 3, 2017 in London, England. Police have responded to reports of a van hitting pedestrians on London Bridge in central London. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)



Neil Hall / ReutersPeople flee as police attend to an incident near London Bridge in London, England in the early hours of June 4, 2017. (REUTERS/Neil Hall)



CHRIS J RATCLIFFE via Getty ImagesMembers of the public, wrapped in emergency blankets, leave the scene of an incident on London Bridge in central London on June 3, 2017. (CHRIS J RATCLIFFE/AFP/Getty Images)



Neil Hall / ReutersPolice officers stand with people evacuated from the area following an incident near London Bridge in London, England on June 3, 2017. (REUTERS/Neil Hall)



Leon Neal via Getty ImagesLONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 03: Members of the public look on as a police close off the area by Monument station on June 3, 2017 in London, England. Police have responded to reports of a van hitting pedestrians on London Bridge in central London. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)



DANIEL SORABJI via Getty ImagesPolice officers and members of emergency services attend to a person injured in an apparent attack on London Bridge in London, England on June 3, 2017. (DANIEL SORABJI/AFP/Getty Images)



Hannah Mckay / Reuters
People react as police attend to an incident near London Bridge in London, England in the early hours of June 4, 2017. (REUTERS/Hannah McKay)



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Police officers with riot shields on Borough High Street as police respond to
three incidents in London, England, on June 3, 2017.

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Police attend to an incident on London Bridge in London, Britain, June 3, 2017. (Reuters / Hannah McKay)



Hannah Mckay / ReutersPolice attend to an incident on London Bridge in London, Britain, June 3, 2017. (Reuters / Hannah McKay)



Hannah Mckay / ReutersWomen embrace after an incident near London Bridge in London, England on June 4, 2017 (REUTERS/Hannah McKay)



Neil Hall / ReutersPolice officers cross Southwark Bridge after an incident near London Bridge in London, England on June 4, 2017. (REUTERS/Neil Hall)



PA Wire/PA ImagesPeople run down Borough High Street as police respond to a “major incident” at London Bridge in London, England, on June 3, 2017.



Carl Court via Getty ImagesArmed police raid The Blue Eyed Maid in Borough high street at London Bridge on June 3, 2017 in London, England. Police have responded to reports of a van hitting pedestrians on London Bridge in central London. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)



Hannah Mckay / ReutersPolice officers get changed as they attend to an incident on London Bridge in London, England, June 3, 2017. Reuters / Hannah McKay



PA Wire/PA ImagesArmed Police officer looks through his weapon on London Bridge as police respond to a “major incident” at London Bridge in London, England, on June 3, 2017.



DANIEL SORABJI via Getty ImagesPolice officers and members of the emergency services attend to a person injured in an apparent terror attack on London Bridge in central London on June 3, 2017. (DANIEL SORABJI/AFP/Getty Images)



PA Wire/PA ImagesEmergency personnel on London Bridge as police respond to a “major incident” at London Bridge in London, England, on June 3, 2017.


Neil Hall / Reuters
People leave the area with their hands up after an incident near London Bridge in London, England in the early hours of June 4, 2017. (REUTERS/Neil Hall)



Dan Kitwood via Getty Images
Police officers clear the area near Borough market at London Bridge on June 3, 2017 in London, England. Police have responded to reports of a van hitting pedestrians on London Bridge. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)


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Police sniffer dogs on London Bridge as police respond to a “major incident” at London Bridge in London, England, on June 3, 2017.


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Armed police talk to members of the public outside London Bridge Hospital as police respond to a “major incident” at London Bridge in London, England, on June 3, 2017.


CHRIS J RATCLIFFE via Getty Images
Members of the public, wrapped in emergency blankets leave the scene of a terror attack on London Bridge in central London on June 3, 2017. Armed police opened fire during what they described as a ‘terrorist’ attack in central London Saturday after reports of stabbings and a van ploughing into pedestrians just days ahead of a general election. / AFP PHOTO / Chris J Ratcliffe (Photo credit should read CHRIS J RATCLIFFE/AFP/Getty Images)


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Counter-terrorism special forces are seen at London Bridge on June 3, 2017 in London, England. Police have responded to reports of a van hitting pedestrians on London Bridge. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)


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Police sniffer dogs on London Bridge as police respond to a “major incident” at London Bridge in London, England, on June 3, 2017.


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Medics make their way up the escalator by The Shard on June 3, 2017 in London, England. Police have responded to reports of a van hitting pedestrians on London Bridge in central London. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)


Neil Hall / Reuters
Police attend to an incident near London Bridge in London, Britain, June 3, 2017. (REUTERS/Neil Hall)


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A helicopter lands on London Bridge as police are responding to three reported incidents in London, England, on June 3, 2017.


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Police officers outside the Barrowboy and Banker Public House on Borough High Street as police respond to a “major incident” at London Bridge in London, England, on June 3, 2017.


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Guests from the Premier Inn Bankside Hotel are evacuated and kept in a group with police on Upper Thames Street following the incidents on London Bridge and Borough Market in London, England on June 3, 2017.



Hannah Mckay / Reuters
Members of public after an incident near London Bridge in London, England, June 3, 2017. (Reuters/Hannah McKay)


This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Jesselyn Cook, Sebastian Murdock

Carla Herreria contributed to this report.

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