A person has been shot useless by armed police in Streatham, south London after a lot of folks have been stabbed in what the Met police are treati
A person has been shot useless by armed police in Streatham, south London after a lot of folks have been stabbed in what the Met police are treating as a ‘terror-related incident’. Three folks are believed to have been injured, one critically.
We consider there are two injured victims. We await updates on their circumstances.
The scene has been totally contained.
We’ll difficulty extra data when attainable.
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) February 2, 2020
Gunshots have been heard on Streatham Excessive Highway at round 2pm, which was then cordoned off. An eyewitness has been quoted as saying that he “noticed a person with a machete and silver canisters on his chest being chased by what I assume was an undercover police officer. The person was then shot. I heard three gunshots.”
One other, Nardos Mulugeta, has informed PA:
“I heard a shot after which there was a 20-second hole. Then there have been three or 4 pictures collectively. I went over and I noticed the primary sufferer, a male sufferer on the bottom, close to the White Lion Pub, and folks have been serving to him. Then 5 minutes later a girl came to visit and stated I’ve been stabbed too within the again. After which folks beginning serving to her. I noticed one physique laying down additional away. He was face down between Argos and Iceland. It’s actually scary.”
It’s nonetheless unclear what number of have been stabbed. London Ambulance Service confirmed it deployed a ‘variety of assets’ to Streatham Excessive Highway and have been ‘treating a lot of sufferers on the scene’.
Social media footage and pictures from the scene present armed police approaching a determine on the pavement with emergency providers arriving on the scene.