Londoners return to work after attack, praise emergency services

Record ID: 878281

  • Title: Londoners return to work after attack, praise emergency services
  • Date: 5th June 2017
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JUNE 5, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF POLICE OUTSIDE BOROUGH MARKET (NEAR LONDON BRIDGE WHERE POLICE SHOT DEAD THREE MALE ASSAILANTS) TRAFFIC LIGHT BENT OVER, WHERE VEHICLE DROVE ONTO PAVEMENT HITTING PEDESTRIANS VARIOUS OF ARMED POLICE AT CORDON (SOUNDBITE) (English) LONDONER, NAME UNKNOWN, SAYING: "It's unbelievable. The fact that they have all been trained so well and that they could get there so quickly is very reassuring. It's just sad to think that this is the new normal now." VARIOUS OF POLICE CORDON / POLICE OFFICERS / POLICE VEHICLES (SOUNDBITE) (English) LONDONER, NAME UNKNOWN, SAYING: "Fantastic job - look at them all here now, I just thanked a couple of them on the way this morning. To run towards people when he's wielding a knife at you... same to the off-duty guy as well, rugby-tackled them - just a fantastic job. I've got nothing but respect for the lot of them." COMMUTERS OUTSIDE POLICE CORDON BY LONDON BRIDGE (SOUNDBITE) (English) LONDONER, NAME UNKNOWN, SAYING: "I'm scared. It makes you think, looking behind your back all the time and be careful with the crowded areas. All in all, we have to live. We're not scared of them. We just have to live and just look around you and be safe at all times." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING PAST LONDON BRIDGE UNDERGROUND AND POLICE VANS (SOUNDBITE) (English) LONDONER, NAME UNKNOWN, SAYING: "I would consider myself a reasonable, liberal guy and I'm feeling more and more angry and more and more upset about it, coming over the bridge this morning." FLORAL TRIBUTES BY MONUMENT UNDERGROUND STATION (NEAR LONDON BRIDGE) CLOSE OF PAPER MESSAGE ON FLOWERS READING (English): "WE STAND FOR ALL THE VICTIMS OF LONDON TERROR ATTACKED! WE SALUTE THE EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND ORDINARY LONDONER FOR THEIR HEROIC ACT." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING ON LONDON BRIDGE, THE SHARD (TALLEST BUILDING IN BRITAIN LOCATED BY LONDON BRIDGE) AND TOWER BRIDGE IN BACKGROUND PEOPLE WALKING / TOWER BRIDGE
  • Embargoed: 19th June 2017 10:01
  • Keywords: Borough Market emergency service armed police officers van ramming into pedestrians London Bridge attack
  • Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016K02NNR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Londoners headed back to work on Monday (June 5) after a deadly militant attack on London Bridge and nearby Borough Market which killed seven and injured more than 50 people.
    Attackers rammed a van into pedestrians on London Bridge on Saturday (June 3) and then stabbed revellers in nearby bars in the third major militant assault to hit Britain in less than three months.
    London Bridge underground station reopened to commuters on Monday morning and many Londoners walked across London Bridge on their way to work.
    Outside a cordoned off area patrolled by armed police, Londoners praised the response of the emergency services.
    Police shot dead the three male assailants in the Borough Market area near London Bridge within eight minutes of receiving the first emergency call shortly after 10 p.m. (2100 GMT).
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