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Ambulance sent to the scene was never used. police arrested a 25—year—old man on suspicion of murder. he is a british citizen, understood to be of apparently somali origin. detectives that he was detained shortly after officers arrived and a knife was recovered at the scene stop quickly it became a terrorism enquiry. the investigation is in its very — terrorism enquiry. the investigation is in its very early _ terrorism enquiry. the investigation is in its very early stages _ terrorism enq...

Who loved everyone. and he was doing such a brilliantjob for all the local residents. the fact that scotland yards counterterrorism command has taken over this investigation is a clear indication that there is at least some evidence that the crime was politically motivated or that the murder was inspired by some extremist ideology. at 69 years old, sir david was a veteran politician whod first beeb elected to parliament in 1983. hes now become the second mp to be killed at a constituency surgery...

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The street. thats according to the authorities. one person has died, eight people have been taken to hospital, but two had minor injuries as well on the scene. the british prime minister theresa may says police are treating the incident as a potential terrorist attack. she will shortly chair an emergency cobra meeting, the highest level emergency meeting in this nation. and video and pictures provided to cnn by witnesses on the scene show a man being detained by the police. the met police havent...

We need to make this point, dont we, about whether or not this is terrorism, whether it has been called terrorism because theres a lot of tension around that, and the media is being dragged into that as well. >> reporter: yeah, indeed, thats right, max. the police are not calling it terrorism yet. theyre saying the counterterrorism command is involved but theyre clearly keeping options open. they make the point the man they have in custody is in hospital at the moment. they say he will undergo a...

Whether it is counterterrorism command that is taking over the investigation. hard to believe they would not takeover this investigation. if it is thought to be deliberate attack. still early on, they are gathering the facts, one person is in custody, that is important as well. we dont know if that was the van driver, but if it was, then the police will be able to establish fairly quickly, you would imagine from the van driver. there were reports he was injured, they will be able to establish qu...

Center of the shot were looking at, quite likely, quite possibly an area where forensic police are current working at the moment trying to establish more about the circumstances of the incident. >> ian, this is the situation now. of course, we have learned that the counterterrorism command has taken over this investigation, and weve learned from theresa may, the prime minister of britain, that police are treating this as a potential terrorist attack. she will chair a meeting in the morning, an e...

>> that really could apply to today. >> so that is obstruction of justice he said. >> i believe the obstruction of just you tis wice was also one articles of impeachment against president nixon. so seems like we have a couple press departments jucedents in . new to the overnight breaking news out of london where one person is dead after a van rammed into a group people in a crowded sidewalk. the incident happened early this morning near a mosque in the finsbury park neighborhood in the norther...

Were doing breaking news, instead of that we have steve talking with us about the attack. we see here in london, one person arrested, possible casualties after a van or a vehicle that has crashed into a crowd of people coming outside of a mosque about 12:20 monday morning. continuing to follow. that on the phone is former cia covert operations officer mike baker. thank you for sticking with us. >> sure. >> what do you think about the no-go zones that are there? do we need to do more to find out ...

Stretched. nevertheless, we will all do absolutely everything we can with our partners to protect londoners in our city. now is the time once again for london to stand together to face those who seek to divide us. thank you. i can take a couple of questions. >> was this immediately considered a terrorist attack? >> given the methodology and given what was occurring, whats happened, the tragic incidents across the country, this had all the hallmarks of a terrorist incident. thats why the countert...