3 male suspects in London attack shot dead by police
June 04, 2017 08:38
The British police confirmed that 3 male suspects in the London attacks have been shot dead by them.
Police said they believed there were no more than three attackers.
"Armed response officers then responded very quickly and bravely and confronted the three male suspects who were shot and killed on Borough Market," Mark Rowley, Britain's top anti-terrorism officer, said.
In a full statement, Mark Rowley said, "Since late yesterday evening [Saturday, June 3], the Metropolitan Police Service has been responding to incidents in the London Bridge and Borough Market areas of south London. We are treating this as a terrorist incident and a full investigation is already underway, led by the Mets Counter Terrorism Command.
You will understand that our knowledge of the incident is still growing but what we understand at the present time is:
>> At 22.08 yesterday evening we began to receive reports that a vehicle had struck pedestrians on London Bridge.
>> The vehicle continued to drive from London Bridge to Borough Market.
>> The suspects then left the vehicle and a number of people were stabbed, including an on-duty British Transport Police officer who was responding to the incident at London Bridge. He received serious but not life-threatening injuries. His family has been informed.
>> Armed officers responded very quickly and bravely, confronting three male suspects who were shot and killed in Borough Market. The suspects had been confronted and shot by the police within eight minutes of the first call. The suspects were wearing what looked like explosive vests but these were later established to be hoaxes."
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