Vigils Were Held On 2nd December 2019 For The Tragic Victims Of The Terror Attacks Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones, Their Families, The Emergency Services And Heroic Members Of The Public Who Restrained The Attacker
The Queen Sends Her Deepest Sympathies To The Victims And Families Of The London Bridge Terror Attack Yesterday
A convicted terrorist, recently released from prison, went on the rampage in Borough Market, beginning with an attack on two people in Fishmonger’s Hall (who have subsequently tragically died)
and then he went on to attack three other people after that, with a long knife.
The Queen has made the following statement:-
“Prince Philip and I have been saddened to hear of the terror attacks at London Bridge. We send our thoughts, prayers and deepest sympathies to all those who have lost loved ones and who have been affected by yesterday’s terrible violence. The Queen went on to say “I express my enduring thanks to the police and emergency services, as well as the brave individuals who put their own lives at risk to selflessly help and protect others.”
The attacker then ran onto London Bridge, but was brought down by several heroic members of the public using fire extinguishers,
(including one off-duty traffic police officer,
who, with the help of the other members of the public, managed to disarm the attacker of his knife and run down the road with it), with the man subsequently being held down by the other members of the public on the floor
until the police arrived by crossing the road and jumping over the barrier.
Even though the attacker was wearing a suicide vest (not realising at that point that it was a hoax), the public continued to hold him down seemingly unconcerned for their own welfare,
as with the brave policemen who caught up with the attacker at 14.03 (less than five minutes after someone had called in to report the stabbing at 13.58 p.m. from Fishmonger’s Hall.)
The police immediately called for the public to clear the area (as they could see by now that the attacker had a suicide vest on), but one member of the public who had sat on top of the attacker was so tenacious that he had to be pulled off by one of the police officers, so that they were able to get a clean shot. The police then shot the attacker dead.
Subsequently and following this incident,
all members of the public were evacuated from all the buildings in the vicinity.
Police Chief Cressida Dick Conveys Her Dismay At The Events Which Unfolded Yesterday….
Following yesterday’s events there has been much talk about the nature of the incident and how it could possibly have happened, with many people,
including an ex Counter-Terror boss saying that allowing convicted terrorists to be released early from prison or hospital is like gambling with the lives of the public.