A van mowed down approximately twenty people on London Bridge in London, England. An eyewitness named Colum on CNN described seeing people go flying as the van plowed into pedestrians. In the same neighborhood there has been a knife attack in the Borough Market and a restaurant. Armed police are on the scene trying to establish order on the scene. At the time of this writing a third attack has been reported at  Vauxhall. Though the British government has not specifically labelled it a terror attack, those who follow these groups noted that the threats of attacks by groups like ISIS and their ilk tend to trend upward during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which we are in presently.

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President Trump has been briefed on the situation so far. If you are a cable subscriber you can watch the coverage live here. People are taking to Twitter with descriptions of the attack.

Stay with us and we will update you as this develops and more details become clear.

UPDATE 7:50 PM EDT:
There are currently two reported fatalities on London Bridge.

What we know so far https://t.co/lD4osIjXzm #LondonBridge #boroughmarket #Vauxhall

— Oly Duff (@olyduff) June 3, 2017

The Metropolitan Police have asked for the public to get out of the area immediately.

#Londonbridge #boroughmarket #vauxhall pic.twitter.com/a7OciBEBjH

— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017

They have also just announced that the Vauxhall “incident” is unconnected to London Bridge and Borough Market, but that the previous two have now been declared as “terrorist incidents.”

At 0025hrs 4/6/17 the incidents at #LondonBridge & #BoroughMarket were declared as terrorist incidents.

— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017

The incident at #Vauxhall is a stabbing and is not connect to the incidents at #LondonBridge & #BoroughMarket

— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 3, 2017

For an idea of the geographical distance between Vauxhall and London Bridge, here is a map:

Here's a map of the incidents. #LondonBridge #BoroughMarket #Vauxhall – image from BBC. pic.twitter.com/aHFqPtGYiV

— Marc Johnson (@MarcslJohnson99) June 3, 2017

Here is hoping that the police are correct and Vauxhall is not connected, but we will keep watching for updates.

UPDATE 9:15 PM EDT:
The eyewitness accounts from London Bridge and Borough Market are gruesome and disturbing. There are reports of throats being cut on London Bridge, and the stabbing of a young girl at Borough Market.

One eyewitness, named only as Gerard, told the BBC: “I saw a geezer lying on the floor saying he’d been stabbed

“I saw these three Muslim guys run up and started stabbing this girl. They attacked her and stabbed another guy.

“They started running up the road, stabbed the bouncer at the Tavern.

“I was throwing bottles at them, pint glasses, stools, chairs, but I was defenceless.

“They were running up saying ‘this is for Allah’.

“They stabbed this girl maybe ten, 15 times. She was saying ‘help me, help me’.”

He claimed he had hit one of the attackers on the back of the head by throwing things at him, and was chased, but escaped unharmed.

The mayor of London has issued a statement.

My statement on the cowardly terrorist attack in London tonight: https://t.co/PaGXogN60N
Please continue to follow @metpoliceuk for updates pic.twitter.com/AcGaju2Svp

— Mayor of London (@MayorofLondon) June 4, 2017

President Trump has also tweeted.

We need to be smart, vigilant and tough. We need the courts to give us back our rights. We need the Travel Ban as an extra level of safety!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 3, 2017

Whatever the United States can do to help out in London and the U. K., we will be there – WE ARE WITH YOU. GOD BLESS!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 3, 2017

We continue to watch for further updates.

UPDATE 9:45 PM EDT:
At least 20 patients went to hospitals from London Bridge.

Our latest statement about the incident in #LondonBridge. We have taken at least 20 patients to six hospitals across London. pic.twitter.com/eDRdk48CBu

— London Ambulance (@Ldn_Ambulance) June 4, 2017

No word if there are more than the two reported fatalities.

UPDATE 11:40 PM EDT:
The Metropolitan Police has released an account of the attack. Sadly, there are six fatalities.

AC Rowley confirmed “At this stage, we believe that six people have died in addition to the three attackers shot dead by police."

— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 4, 2017

AC Rowley "there will be additional police and officers deployed across the Capital" over forthcoming days #LondonBridge #BoroughMarket

— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 4, 2017

Our prayers are with the families who have lost a loved one.