London police say seven killed in terror attack, killers shot dead

Police say seven people were killed and 48 others injured when a white van mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge in the city's center, and three attackers wearing fake suicide bombs were shot dead after stabbing several victims.

British Prime Minister Theresa May held an emergency meeting of COBRA, the government committee that coordinates intelligence matters.

Last night's attack followed a suicide bomb at an Ariana Grande pop concert in Manchester when 22 people, mainly young pop fans, were killed and 116 injured.

In March five people were killed when a man, later identified by police as a suspected Islamic extremist, drove a car at pedestrians on nearby Westminster Bridge before being shot dead by police.