'Van hits pedestrians' on London Bridge in 'major incident'

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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40146916

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Police are responding to reports that a van has hit a number of pedestrians on London Bridge in central London.

Witnesses have said that armed officers are understood to be at the scene after a white van mounted the pavement before driving into people.

The Metropolitan Police say they are dealing with an incident on the bridge.

Transport for London said the bridge has been closed in both directions due to a "major police incident". Bus routes were being diverted.

BBC reporter Holly Jones, who was on the bridge at the time of the incident, said the van was driven by a man and was "probably travelling at about 50 miles an hour"...

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[DURHAM D]

1. Holly must not be a Brit if she said miles per hour. nt

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. No, we still use miles on roads, and mph for speed

(and 'miles an hour' would be a very normal way to say it, as quoted in the OP).

[Warpy]

2. Gunfire at the time of the incident being reported by Sky News

which means absolutely nothing, they're like CNN when it comes to reporting rumors around any incident, interviewing people who don't know anything but who want to talk. A lot.

There are a lot of ambulances coming and going, lots of sirens. It looks major, whatever happened.

[Not Ruth]

3. Involved a knife attack also

Per Twitter

[ananda]

4. It's a very serious incident with multiple casualties.

A van plowed people down.

There were stabbings and shootings.

Poor UK, now a major target of terrorists.

Also, there were multiple locations, not just the bridge.