# Van hits pedestrians at London Bridge
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 3, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040 "2017-06-03T21:39:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040/1 "2017-06-03T21:39:41Z")
I’m watching on Sky News, not been confirmed as a terrorist incident yet.
> **[London attack: Seven killed in vehicle and stabbing incidents](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40146916)**
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> Three suspects are shot dead by police after a van and knife attack at London Bridge and Borough Market killed seven people and injured at least 48 others.
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### Author:  [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040/2 "2017-06-03T22:02:25Z")
> [@dalej42](#):
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> I’m watching on Sky News, not been confirmed as a terrorist incident yet.
> [London attack: Seven killed in vehicle and stabbing incidents](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40146916)
BBC have a reporter who was there as it happened, and may have been the first person who called the incident in, she’s just had to get off the phone to talk to the police.
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### Author:  [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040/3 "2017-06-03T22:08:39Z")
Sky News is reporting information about rapid gunfire, they’re also reporting a knife attack.
None of this is confirmed yet, but it certainly isn’t looking like a drunk who lost control of their van while driving.
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### Author:  [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040/4 "2017-06-03T22:23:02Z")
Second incident reported at Borough Market. No details provided as of yet
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### Author:  [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040/5 "2017-06-03T22:24:56Z")
It’s basically the same location. The van hit a wall adjacent to the market, by stairs going directly down. Driver probably tried to run and was chased.
I’ve got blues lights going past me and I’m 2 miles away, which is some distance away in a big city.
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### Author:  [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040/6 "2017-06-03T22:29:40Z")
Al Jazerra’s studio is literally inside the codon, at the Shard. Reporters looking out their windows.
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### Author:  [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040/7 "2017-06-03T22:34:36Z")
I’m not sure some of these victims could have been hit by the van. It’s odd, almost as if they jumped out the van and started stabbing people randomly …
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### Author:  [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040/8 "2017-06-03T22:37:40Z")
Fuckin’ell.
We were in London on holiday in October. Stood right on the spot and took photos at Westminster when the attack there occurred earlier this year. Next day we were exactly on the spot on London Bridge and down in Borough Market for coffee and lunch where this is now taking place.
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### Author:  [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040/9 "2017-06-03T22:51:47Z")
Another incident reported at Vauxhall, reported on Metropolitan police Twitter feed.
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### Author:  [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040/10 "2017-06-03T22:54:09Z")
This is unusual: [https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk/status/871135916047388672](https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk/status/871135916047388672)
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### Author:  [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040/11 "2017-06-03T22:59:13Z")
> [@up\_the\_junction](#):
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> This is unusual: [x.com](https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk/status/871135916047388672)
Incident ongoing then, or at least potentially so
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### Author:  [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040/12 "2017-06-03T23:04:48Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#):
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> Incident ongoing then, or at least potentially so
They’ll be worried about an organised roaming attack after the initial act a la Mumbai, esp. if there is something at Vauxhall.
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### Author:  [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040/13 "2017-06-03T23:12:31Z")
> [@up\_the\_junction](#):
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> They’ll be worried about an organised roaming attack after the initial act a la Mumbai, esp. if there is something at Vauxhall.
Yep. This is from a Times journo on a night out or something
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The cops aren’t fucking about
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### Author:  [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040/14 "2017-06-03T23:22:06Z")
tbh, Vauxhall is open now and it’s been almost 2 hours so I’d guess the worst is over.
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### Author:  [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040/15 "2017-06-03T23:23:09Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#):
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> Fuckin’ell.
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> We were in London on holiday in October. Stood right on the spot and took photos at Westminster when the attack there occurred earlier this year. Next day we were exactly on the spot on London Bridge and down in Borough Market for coffee and lunch where this is now taking place.
My nephew and his wife were on The Bridge as this went down. They are safe but terribly shaken of course.
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### Author:  [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040/16 "2017-06-03T23:38:01Z")
So three men jumped out the van, ran into the market and ran in and out of pubs stabbing people. Some people in the pubs fought back and they ran off again … madness.
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### Author:  [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040/17 "2017-06-03T23:40:53Z")
Theresa May, UK Prime Minister, has confirmed that the acts are being investigated as a potential act of terrorism.
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### Author:  [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040/18 "2017-06-03T23:56:59Z")
How come I am seeing a shitload of people walking down the street with their hands over their heads, reminds me of ww2 prisoners of war. This was sky footage.
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### Author:  [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040/19 "2017-06-03T23:59:07Z")
> [@Declan](#):
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> How come I am seeing a shitload of people walking down the street with their hands over their heads, reminds me of ww2 prisoners of war. This was sky footage.
I saw the same footage, apparently was herd mentality, according to an interview. Someone started it and the rest of the crowd followed.
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### Author:  [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-hits-pedestrians-at-london-bridge/788040/20 "2017-06-04T00:47:19Z")
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