Londoners call for elections to be suspended following attack

June 04, 2017 11:07

Calls for the Government to suspend the election have been launched in the wake of the London Bridge attack.

People have taken to social media to voice their concerns over the country going to the polls on Thursday.

A petition has also already been launched calling for the election to be suspended 'for the foreseeable future'.

Six victims are dead after three men with 12-inch hunting knives reportedly stabbed revellers after mowing down up to 20 people with a white van on London Bridge.

The attack comes less than two weeks after 22 people were killed by suicide bomber Salman Abedi at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester.

There was no immediate announcement whether there would be a further suspension following the latest incident - which came just days before voters are due go to the polls on June 8.

One social media user wrote: "Would be ideal to Suspend the Election can't have the risk of there being a transition in government in the middle of this."

Another said: "Never ever thought I'd say this. I think they need to call off the election. We need all concentration on this issue."

Image: A snapshot of the petition that is being circulated online asking for the General Election to be suspended.

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