British police detained a man after a stabbing near London Bridge on Friday. “We believe a number of people have been injured,” London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement released on Twitter.
“All of a sudden we saw some police cars and then moments later heard two gunshots,” Einer Orn, who works near London Bridge, told BBC News. Orn said he heard “gunshots and people started to run off the bridge.”
The London Ambulance Service has declared a “major incident” at the bridge due to the multiple reported injuries.
The high-traffic bridge has been shut down as police investigate the incident.
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