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Two hurt in stabbing incident in London, attacker shot dead

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Feb 02, 2020, at 10:29 pm

#London #LondonTerrorAttack #LondonTerrorism #LondonStabbing

London/IBNS: Describing the incident as 'terrorist-related', the police said its officials shot dead a man who stabbed two people in London on Sunday.

Police said two people were injured in the stabbing incident.

The police have not released the identities of the attacker and the victims of the incident.

We can confirm that the man shot by police at around 2pm today in #Streatham High Road has been pronounced dead
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) February 2, 2020

" We can confirm that the man shot by police at around 2pm today in #Streatham High Road has been pronounced dead," Metropolitan Police tweeted.

We believe there are two injured victims. We await updates on their conditions.

The scene has been fully contained.

We will issue more information when possible.
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) February 2, 2020

The police described the incident as 'terrorist-related'.

#INCIDENT A man has been shot by armed officers in #Streatham. 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. Please follow @metpoliceuk for updates
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) February 2, 2020

"#INCIDENT A man has been shot by armed officers in #Streatham. 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. Please follow @metpoliceuk for updates," police tweeted earlier.

UK PM Boris Johnson thanked emergency services officials for their prompt actions.

Thank you to all emergency services responding to the incident in Streatham, which the police have now declared as terrorism-related. My thoughts are with the injured and all those affected.
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) February 2, 2020

" Thank you to all emergency services responding to the incident in Streatham, which the police have now declared as terrorism-related. My thoughts are with the injured and all those affected," the PM tweeted.

My statement on today's incident in #Streatham: pic.twitter.com/sDsJlVcyNq
— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) February 2, 2020

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