A man has been shot dead by police after apparently stabbing several people in southern London. Authorities said two people were injured in the attack, which police are treating as a “terrorism-related” incident.
London’s Metropolitan Police Service on Sunday said a man was shot by officers in a southern district.
“At this stage it is believed a number of people have been stabbed,” said the police. “The circumstances are being assessed; the incident has been declared as terrorist-related.”
Police later confirmed that the suspected perpetrator was pronounced dead.
“We believe there are two injured victims,” police said. “We await updates on their conditions. The scene has been fully contained. We will issue more information when possible.”
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked “all emergency services responding to the incident,” saying police “have now declared [it] as terrorism-related.”
“My thoughts are with the injured and all those affected,” Johnson said.
Eyewitness account
An eyewitness told UK-based Press Association news agency that the man was carrying ” a machete and silver canisters on his chest.”
The suspect was “being chased by what I assume was an undercover police officer — as they were in civilian clothing,” the eyewitness said. “The man was then shot.”
Authorities have yet to discuss the details of the incident.
‘Avoid the area’
Authorities asked people to stay away from the area.
“Please avoid the area while the emergency services deal with the incident in Streatham,” police said in a tweet.
(c) DW
Another terrorist gone to meet his 72 virgins, thankfully nobody else died in this attack.
Some things even Brexit won’t fix no more.
Deport the fuckers back to the shithole they come from. No more EU laws in the UK to protect this trash.
The problem is, you can’t support Israel and harbor their enemies at the same time.
The answer is simple, don’t support Israel. Now that Trump has come up with his “deal of the century”, the shit will hit the fan big time soon.
That excellent article you published earlier by Serhiy Kvit had the quote: ‘What does a good homeowner do if cockroaches infect his house?’
My answer now seems appropriate to this latest outrage : you call in professional exterminators and after a while the house is safe to live in again.
Yeah. Problem is we have trash like Galloway in the UK, who will never condone anything these terrorists do.
Business as usual.
How many people more must die, get injured, rapped or robbed … what else must happen before Europe gets rid of its Muslim garbage? Will it ever recover from its deplorably failed immigration politics?