Terror in London: Police declare two terrorist incidents, including van attack on London Bridge

Hours later, police announced that six people had been killed in the attacks, with several others injured. In addition, all terrorist suspects were shot and killed, said police, adding that the suspects were wearing hoax explosive vests. Police said they believe they killed all the attackers, but are still conducting an investigation to be sure.

The BBC reported that the van on London Bridge was driven by a man driving about 50 miles per hour and he was taken by the police in handcuffs. BBC added that about five people were being treated for injuries after the vehicle mounted the pavement.

The Metropolitan Police also said they were dealing with a separate incident at Borough Market, which isn’t far from London Bridge subway station. They tweeted that they responded to reports of stabbings in the area and that gunshots have been fired.

London police added that there is a third incident, a stabbing, in the London area of Vauxhall, but later said it was not related to the other two incidents.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer tweeted that President Trump has been briefed by his national security team on the developing situation. Trump later tweeted about the situation, pledging U.S. support and also pushing his travel ban, currently in the hands of the Supreme Court, as “an extra level of safety!”

The U.S. State Department urged U.S. citizens traveling and living in London to “be sure to check in with family and friends.” Meanwhile the Homeland Security Department said that at this time it has “no information to indicate a specific, credible terror threat in the United States.” The State Department condemned the “cowardly attacks targeting innocent civilians in London this evening” and also offered assistance to the U.K.

Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to chair a government emergency response committee meeting later in the morning. Earlier she said she had been apprised of a “fast-moving investigation” and offered her condolences to those impacted by the “dreadful events.”

Trump shared a phone call with May and “offered his condolences for the brutal terror attacks,” the White House announced late Saturday. “He praised the heroic response of police and other first responders and offered the full support of the United States Government in investigating and bringing those responsible for these heinous acts to justice,” the statement read.

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, put out a statement on the “barbaric acts” in his city. “This was a deliberate and cowardly attack on innocent Londoners and visitors to our city,” Khan said.

An eyewitness named Mark Roberts told CNN that he was on the bridge and saw a van that was moving at a high speed along the pavement and swerved across the other side of the road. The van was apparently going south along the bridge and heading towards a subway station.

The van apparently came to a halt when it hit a bus, Roberts told CNN.

The incident comes around two weeks after a terrorist bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, that killed 22 people and injured 59. It was just a week ago that the U.K. reduced its terrorism threat level from it’s highest level, “critical,” to “severe.”

Back in March, a car plowed into victims on the Westminster bridge. The attack killed five people.

Citizens of the United Kingdom will vote in a general election next Thursday, which May had called for in April in an effort to strengthen her mandate for a successful “Brexit” from the European Union.