Several people injured after reports of an incident at London Bridge - CNBC

People are evacuated from London Bridge in central London following a police incident, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019.

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Several people in London have been injured and a man has been detained, according to the U.K's Met Police, following multiple media reports of a shooting near the London Bridge area.

The police said it was dealing with an incident at London Bridge at around 2 p.m. local time, adding it was called to a stabbing at a premises near to London Bridge. Video footage, which NBC News has verified, shows police aiming their weapons at a person on ground.

Authorities have closed off London Bridge and warned commuters at the nearby train station not to travel on the bridge or on Tooley Street. Traffic is at a standstill on the bridge with a parked at a 90-degree angle across the road.

A tweet from the London Ambulance Service has described it as a major incident.

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