London Bridge Shut Down After Pedestrians Struck; Stabbings Reported in Nearby Market
Andrew jumped over a fence, got to a footpath and said there was "a dead guy lying on the floor." He hid for a few seconds in bushes nearby, then, he said, "I ran for my life." Mark Roberts, who said he was on London Bridge at the time, told CNN
that the van was traveling south across the bridge toward the London Bridge station.
By STEVEN ERLANGERJUNE 3, 2017
The police closed London Bridge on Saturday evening after a white van mounted the sidewalk
and mowed down pedestrians, according to a BBC reporter who was on the bridge at the time.
Theresa May, the British prime minister, said the authorities were treating the attacks "as a potential act of terrorism." Authorities closed London Bridge after a white van mounted the sidewalk
and mowed down pedestrians a little after 10 p.m., according to multiple witnesses on the bridge.
Roberts said that It looked to me that the van was aiming for the people.
Holly Jones, a BBC reporter who was on the bridge at the time of the incident, said the van was driven by a man and was "probably traveling at about 50 miles an hour." She said
that at least five people were being treated for injuries after the vehicle drove on the sidewalk and hit them.
"He hit about two people in front of me and then three behind." Police
and ambulance workers responded rapidly, evacuating pedestrians and shutting down the London Bridge subway station.
On March 22 an attack on Westminster Bridge was treated by the police as "Islamist-related terrorism."
Khalid Masood, 52, drove a car into pedestrians, killing four people and injuring 50.