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A terrorist attack on London Bridge and in Borough Market on Saturday night has left seven people killed with at least forty eight people being treated for serious injuries in hospital.

Armed police officers have shot dead the three suspected attackers who drove at speed in a white van knocking down pedestrians on London Bridge after about 10.08 p.m. last night.

It would appear they abandoned their vehicle and started stabbing people on the streets and in restaurants in the Borough Market area.

The response of the emergency services has been so fast that it would appear that by 10.16 p.m. armed police had identified and stopped the attackers.

Police have confirmed the attackers were wearing fake explosive vests.

Here is what we know following the terror attack at London Bridge and Borough Market pic.twitter.com/UXEo6aOtAC

— Press Association (@PA) June 4, 2017

Mayor for London Sadiq Khan has condemned the attack as the actions of ‘cowardly terrorists.’

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan calls the London Bridge attackers ‘cowardly terrorists’. Read the latest: https://t.co/qdSjtOISgv pic.twitter.com/q3JHSvGEgQ

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) June 4, 2017

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick pays tribute to the emergency services following the London Bridge attack pic.twitter.com/qpf23282YP

— Press Association (@PA) June 4, 2017

The BBC recorded and broadcast this eye-witness account of the attack.

“I tried to help them but I couldn’t.”
Gerard, an eyewitness to the #BoroughMarket attack
Latest: https://t.co/16XgyBZK0c pic.twitter.com/4V9UshQej6

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) June 4, 2017

The man who took the picture of one of the London attackers with canisters strapped to his body on what he saw https://t.co/WwOYIyZ8hVpic.twitter.com/IZaGDKBtlA

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) June 4, 2017

Met Police’s Mark Rowley on what police know so far about London attack and how it happened https://t.co/q8D9rR1dUk pic.twitter.com/3E51GjBHKl

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) June 4, 2017

Factbox: London Bridge attack – What do we know so far https://t.co/fa5LbY0xaM pic.twitter.com/jIlqtG3YBV

— Reuters UK (@ReutersUK) June 4, 2017

Statement from NCA Director General Lynne Owens following the #LondonBridge & #BoroughMarket incidents: https://t.co/H4mLJIbKMT pic.twitter.com/JhLJyqOTUa

— NationalCrimeAgency (@NCA_UK) June 4, 2017

London Ambulance Service said 48 people were taken to five hospitals across the city following last night’s attack https://t.co/45eEmd7xF9 pic.twitter.com/WrFOYleDKA

— Reuters UK (@ReutersUK) June 4, 2017

Within eight minutes suspects were dead: timeline of the London Bridge attack https://t.co/bt8Koae17Y

— The Guardian (@guardian) June 4, 2017

Two Australian citizens caught up in London attacks – PM https://t.co/AuzHWuhUEH pic.twitter.com/AEAGwOWJZZ

— Reuters UK (@ReutersUK) June 4, 2017

Police said the London Bridge attackers were wearing hoax explosive vests https://t.co/jfurLMAtuE pic.twitter.com/zG3IC6q8qh

— Reuters UK (@ReutersUK) June 4, 2017