Metropolitan police in London are responding to a third incident in the Vauxhall area.
Following reports of a van mowing down pedestrians on the London Bridge and stabbings in the Borough Market, authorities are now addressing yet another incident in the nearby Vauxhall neighborhood. Multiple fatalities have been reported from the earlier incidents.
Info available at this stage: from 2208hrs officers responded to reports of a vehicle in collision with pedestrians on #London Bridge. 1/3
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
[give_form id=”79809″]Officers have then responded to reports of stabbings in #BoroughMarket. Armed officers responded and shots have been fired. 2/3
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
Officers are now responding to an incident in the #Vauxhall area. 3/3
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017
While authorities have yet to officially link the attacks to terrorism, the incidents are being treated as a “potential act of terrorism,” according to U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May. The latest incidents follow a tragic bombing in Manchester last month that killed over 20 people.
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