LONDON: Police shot dead a man in south London on Sunday after two people were stabbed in what was described as a “terrorism-related incident”.
“A man has been shot by armed officers in Streatham (south London). At this stage it is believed a number of people have been stabbed. The circumstances are being assessed; the incident has been declared as terrorist-related,” the police said on Twitter. Police said later the man they had shot had been pronounced dead, and two people had been wounded.
“We await updates on their condition,” police said, adding the scene of the incident was now fully contained. Karker Tahir, a man who was working nearby, told Sky News that the man was shot three times. “Police had told people in the area to leave because the man had a bomb in his bag,” Tahir said.
Armed police cordoned off the area, on the main shopping street in Streatham, a busy residential district south of the River Thames. Police said people should avoid the area.
Several videos of the scene were posted on Twitter, but not verified by Reuters. In one, filmed from inside a shop across the road, a man can be seen lying on the street while at least two armed police officers point their guns from behind an unmarked car with its blue lights flashing.–Agenciesa
