LONDON (Reuters) - Londoners fought back with whatever came to hand, including hurling chairs and tables, when three men armed with a van and knives went on the attack in a bustling area of the British capital on Saturday night. 
 
 The attack, in which the assailants killed at least seven people and injured almost 50 before they were shot dead by police, began with a van being driven at high speed into a crowd of pedestrians on London Bridge. 
 
 “It looked like he was aiming for groups of people,” Mark Roberts, a 53-year-old management consultant, told Reuters. He saw at least six people on the ground after the van veered on and off the pavement. 
 
 “It was horrendous.” 
 
 The knife-wielding assailants then took their attack to nearby Borough Market, where survivors described a hellish scene in an area packed with people enjoying a night out in bars and restaurants. 
 
 Gerard Vowles told Sky TV that he was on the street near the Southwark Tavern pub, the scene of multiple stabbings, when he heard someone say: “I’ve been stabbed, I’ve been stabbed.” 
 
 “I thought they were joking,” he said. 
 
 He said he then saw a woman and man being stabbed while the attackers shouted: “This is for Allah”, and recalled how he tried to distract the men. 
 
 Flowers and messages lie behind police cordon tape near Borough Market after an attack left 7 people dead and dozens injured in London, Britain, June 4, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls 
 
 ”As they left I was going “Oi, oi, cowards!” Vowles said. “I was just trying to get their attention by throwing things at them ... I thought if I throw bottles or chairs they can come after me. If I can get them to come to the main road then the police can stop them, they can obviously shoot them.” 
 
 Britain’s transport police chief praised the actions of one of his officers injured in the attack who took on the assailants armed only with a baton. 
 
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 “For an officer who only joined us less than two years ago, the bravery he showed was outstanding and makes me extremely proud,” Chief Constable Paul Crowther said in a statement. 
 
 A supervisor at Feng Sushi restaurant inside Borough Market told the Financial Times how he had come face to face with one of the attackers. 
 
 “He was right in front of me with only the glass of the door between us. He came with a big knife, about 20 centimeters, which had blood on the blade. He was saying: ‘This is for Allah’ and tapped it on the window,” 23-year old Alex Nypels said. He said the attacker then went into another nearby restaurant. 
 
 Other witnesses reported seeing a man with a large blade, similar to a kitchen knife, and victims bleeding from stab wounds. They said people were fleeing the area in panic. 
 
 One witness, who only gave the BBC his first name of Ben, said he saw a man dressed in red who was stabbing a man with a blade that appeared to be about 10 inches long. 
 
 “He was being stabbed quite coldly and he slumped to the ground,” he said of the victim. The attacker then walked towards Southwark Tavern where a chair was thrown towards him, shortly before gunshots rang out. ||||| People walk away about 10 minutes after midnight from inside a police cordon after an attack in London, Sunday, June 4, 2017. Armed British police rushed to London Bridge late Saturday after reports of... (Associated Press) 
 
 LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the attacks in the London Bridge area (all times local): 
 
 4:35 p.m. 
 
 London's police counterterrorism chief says the public should expect to see increased security measures as authorities investigate the latest attack to strike Britain. 
 
 Assistant Police Commissioner Mark Rowley said Sunday that police need to establish whether others were involved in planning Saturday night's vehicle and knife attack on London Bridge and at nearby restaurants. 
 
 Seven people were killed in the attack and 21 are in critical condition. 
 
 Rowley says police are confident that the three men fatally shot by officers in the minutes after the assault were the only attackers, but there is "clearly more to do" in the investigation. 
 
 He says the white van they used to mow down pedestrians on London Bridge was rented by one of the men. 
 
 Security cordons will remain around London Bridge indefinitely. 
 
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 4:25 p.m. 
 
 London's assistant police commissioner says eight police officers fired "an unprecedented number" of bullets at the three men suspected of carrying out the attack on London Bridge and at nearby restaurants. 
 
 Assistant Police Commissioner Mark Rowley said during a news conference on Sunday that the officers fired 50 rounds at the men, striking and wounding a member of the public in the process. 
 
 Rowley says the injured civilian's injuries are not believed to be critical and there will be an independent investigation. 
 
 The attackers were shot dead. Rowley says they had "already killed members of the public and had to be stopped immediately." 
 
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 4:15 p.m. 
 
 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a Canadian is among those killed in the terrorist attack in London. 
 
 Trudeau said in a statement Sunday he is heartbroken. 
 
 Trudeau says Canada strongly condemns the senseless attack and stands united with the British people. 
 
 He says the Canadian government will not provide more details about the citizen killed in Saturday night's attack out of respect for the family. 
 
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 4:10 p.m. 
 
 British Prime Minister Theresa May has paid a private visit to some of the victims of the vehicle and knife attacks in central London. 
 
 May visited King's College Hospital, which is caring for 14 of the 48 people hospitalized after the Saturday night attacks on London Bridge and at nearby restaurants. 
 
 The National Health Service says 21 people remain in critical condition. 
 
 A van mowed down pedestrians on the bridge before its occupants got out and started stabbing people. Police shot three attackers dead. 
 
 Hundreds ran for their lives in the chaos. 
 
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 3:55 p.m. 
 
 Former Secretary of State John Kerry says Britons are going to have to sort out whether tolerance of extremism has gone on for too long, as British Prime Minister Theresa May has said. 
 
 Kerry tells NBC's "Meet the Press" that "a lot of ingredients" went into the attacks on London Bridge and at nearby restaurants Saturday night that left seven dead and nearly two dozen injured. Twelve people have been arrested. 
 
 He says one of the issues the country needs to get a handle on is the experience of Muslim residents, who've "had a long-standing problem with respect to greater levels of alienation, a harder time assimilating into the broader British society." 
 
 Kerry says the answer lies in building community to lessen the distance between governments and their people, a gap he thinks is a problem "all over the world." 
 
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 3:45 p.m. 
 
 Germany's Foreign Ministry says German citizens were among the people wounded in the attack in London, and one of them has serious injuries. 
 
 No further details were available Sunday on the Germans who were injured or the exact number. 
 
 In all, dozens of people were injured in the attack Saturday night on London Bridge and nearby Borough Market. 
 
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 This item has been corrected to state that dozens were injured, not killed. 
 
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 3 p.m. 
 
 A Romanian chef has been hailed as a hero on social media after he took in some 20 terrified people in the bakery where he worked as attackers targeted restaurants and bars in Borough Market. 
 
 Florin Morariu, who works at the Bread Ahead bakery in the market, told The Associated Press: "We were looking out of the window because we saw that everyone was agitated, everyone was running, people, women... they were fainting, falling and we went outside to see what was happening." 
 
 He said when he went outside and saw two people stabbing others, he at first "froze" and didn't know what to do. But then he went and hit one of the attackers on the head with a crate. 
 
 "There was a car with a loudspeaker saying 'go, go' and they (police) threw a grenade.... and then I ran." 
 
 He added that when he saw that "people were desperate," he let about 20 people into the bakery and pulled the shutters down. 
 
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 2:45 p.m. 
 
 France's minister for Europe says that four French citizens are among the dozens of wounded in the London terror attack that killed seven people. 
 
 Marielle de Sarnez expressed her condolences to the families affected and "absolute solidarity" with the British in a statement on Sunday. 
 
 Meanwhile, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe visited a crisis center at the French Foreign Ministry that fields calls from anxious citizens after attacks. 
 
 Philippe noted the attack came as French living overseas begin voting in advance of June 11 first-round legislative elections. He said voting in London would continue with reinforced security. 
 
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 2:20 p.m. 
 
 The British Transport Police chief says that an officer who was wounded in the London Bridge attack was armed only with his baton when he confronted the three knife-wielding assailants. 
 
 The officer, who was stabbed in the face, head and a leg, was one of the first responders. 
 
 British Transport Police Chief Constable Paul Crowther visited the officer at a hospital and said that he's in stable condition. Crowther said that "it became clear that he showed enormous courage in the face of danger." 
 
 Crowther added that "for an officer who only joined us less than two years ago, the bravery he showed was outstanding and makes me extremely proud." 
 
 Seven people died in the attack and dozens were wounded. In addition, the three attackers were killed by police. 
 
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 1:15 p.m. 
 
 British police say they have arrested 12 people in east London over the attack in the London Bridge area. 
 
 Police said in a statement that the arrests were made Sunday morning in Barking by counterterrorism officers. 
 
 Officials said that seven people died in the Saturday night attack and roughly 48 were wounded. A British Transport Police officer and an off-duty officer were among the injured. In addition, three attackers were shot dead by police. 
 
 Police say the investigation is progressing rapidly. Prime Minister Theresa May has blamed Islamic extremists. 
 
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 1 p.m. 
 
 Britain's interior minister says the country's terrorism threat level will not be raised because police believe there are no perpetrators still on the loose. 
 
 Home Secretary Amber Rudd says "we don't believe there are additional elements" at large. 
 
 The level was raised to "critical" for several days after the March 22 concert bombing in Manchester, as police raced to track down the attacker's possible accomplices. 
 
 It now stands at "severe," meaning an attack is highly likely. 
 
 Three men were shot dead by police on Saturday, minutes after a van mowed into pedestrians on London Bridge and multiple people were stabbed around nearby Borough Market. Police say seven people were killed and 48 hospitalized. 
 
 Rudd told ITV television that more must be done to fight the "onslaught of jihadi propaganda that is radicalizing people online." 
 
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 12:40 p.m. 
 
 Arab Gulf countries and Turkey are condemning the attack in London that left six people dead and more than 40 others injured. 
 
 The United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait issued separate statements condemning such attacks and expressing their support for the British government. 
 
 The Saudi Embassy in the U.K. called on their citizens in London to exercise caution in crowded areas and follow police instructions. 
 
 In Turkey, the foreign ministry has expressed its "deep sadness." The ministry says that as "Turkey and the Turkish people, who have been subjected to similar attacks many times, we understand and share the pain of the people of the United Kingdom." 
 
 The ministry emphasized Turkey's readiness to support the U.K. in its fight against extremism 
 
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 12:10 p.m. 
 
 The attack in London Bridge, a busy area filled with hotels and restaurants, has left many visitors and tourists stranded after police cordoned off a large area near the crime scene. Many spent the night in improvised sleeping spaces, from the floors of hotel bars or restaurants to chairs of conference rooms. 
 
 Sue and Jason Dunt and a second couple, Richard and Michelle Orme, were out enjoying a post-matinee dinner on London's Embankment on Saturday. They tried to make it back to their hotel but were stymied by the police cordon thrown up around the attack site, and eventually found shelter in another hotel's conference room. 
 
 "We were wandering the streets until three in the morning," said Richard, a 40-year-old retail worker. 
 
 "There were people sleeping in the sofas in the reception and the restaurant. It was really good of them," he added. 
 
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 11:45 a.m. 
 
 Pope Francis has offered prayers for the victims of the London attacks during a traditional Sunday blessing following Mass that marked the Pentecost holiday. 
 
 Francis invoked prayers that the Holy Spirit "grants peace to the whole world and heal the wounds of war and of terrorism, which also last night, in London, struck innocent victims." 
 
 The pope asked for prayers for the victims and their family members caught up in the attack in London Bridge Saturday, which left seven dead and almost 50 wounded. 
 
 Pentecost concludes the Easter season. 
 
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 11:25 a.m. 
 
 British media are reporting an armed police operation taking place in east London. Scotland Yard declined to comment about the reports of the raid, or say whether the operation was linked to Saturday's attacks in London Bridge. 
 
 Footage from Sky News and social media show a police cordon around an apartment building in Barking, a suburb in east London. 
 
 Authorities have said officers shot dead all three attackers in Saturday night's attack, which left seven people dead, but that the investigation is continuing. 
 
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 This version corrects the day of the attack to Saturday. 
 
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 11:15 a.m. 
 
 Spain's Foreign Ministry says that one Spaniard is among the dozens wounded in the London attack. 
 
 A ministry spokeswoman has told The Associated Press that the Spanish man has been taken to a hospital where he is being treated for wounds described as not serious. The spokeswoman spoke anonymously in line with ministry policy. 
 
 Spain's King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy have expressed their condolences for the victims of the attacks. 
 
 The Spanish Royal Family wrote on Twitter: "The British people will overcome this barbarism and senselessness. We are united today in pain and in our tireless defense of freedom." 
 
 --By Joseph Wilson in Barcelona. 
 
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 11:05 a.m. 
 
 Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman is condemning the "terrorist attacks" in London and expresses sympathy for the families of the victims. 
 
 State TV is reporting that Bahram Ghasemi says an increasing number of extremist attacks is "an alarming signal for the global community." 
 
 He condemned terrorism in "all shapes and aspects regardless of purpose and motive." 
 
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 10:45 a.m. 
 
 Prime Minister Theresa May has strongly condemned the recent terror attacks in London and Manchester, saying "enough is enough" — and tougher measures are needed as "terrorism breeds terrorism" and attackers copy each other. 
 
 May was speaking a day after three attackers left seven dead in an onslaught in the London Bridge area — the third deadly attack in Britain since March. 
 
 She said that while the recent attacks are not connected, they are all bound by the "single evil ideology" that says Western values are incompatible with Islam. 
 
 She added that British authorities have disrupted five credible plots since March. 
 
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 10:20 a.m. 
 
 Manchester Police say security will be increased for the highly-anticipated Ariana Grande benefit concert later Sunday. 
 
 The One Love Manchester event will take place as planned but with extra protection. 
 
 Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan said Sunday there will be additional security checks and everyone will be searched at the Manchester event. Armed police will also attend. 
 
 Grande was performing when a bomber attacked her Manchester Arena concert on May 22, killing 22 people. She will be joined at Sunday's benefit by Katy Perry, Cold Play, Justin Beiber and others. 
 
 Grande has been meeting with some attack victims being treated in Manchester hospitals in recent days. 
 
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 10:10 a.m. 
 
 Russian President Vladimir Putin says the London Bridge attack is "shocking in its cruelty and cynicism." 
 
 Putin made the statement in a telegram of condolences Sunday to British Prime Minister Theresa May, according to the Kremlin website. 
 
 The statement said Putin "expressed his confidence that the response to the incident should be the escalating of joint efforts in the fight against the forces of terror around the world." 
 
 Russia has suffered many attacks over the past two decades, most recently the April 3 suicide bombing on a St. Petersburg subway train that killed 16 people. 
 
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 10:05 a.m. 
 
 The right-wing UK Independence Party has broken with other parties by announcing it will continue its general election campaign despite the terrorist attack. 
 
 Party chief Paul Nuttall said Sunday that a second disruption to the campaign similar to the one that followed the Manchester attack on May 22 is "precisely what the extremists would want us to do." 
 
 He said that could lead to more attacks. 
 
 Most parties have suspended campaigning before the June 8 general election. 
 
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 9:35 a.m. 
 
 London's police chief says the death toll from the terror attack in London Bridge has risen to seven. 
 
 Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick told reporters that seven members of the public have died, in addition to the three suspects who used a van to attack people on London Bridge then stabbed others in the nearly Borough Market Saturday night. 
 
 The three attackers were shot dead by police within minutes. 
 
 Dick said police believed that the incident was under control, but a large police cordon remained in place in the area, south of the Thames, Sunday. 
 
 She added that police patrols will be increased in London, including those by armed officers. 
 
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 9:25 a.m. 
 
 Dozens of heavily-armed London police have fanned out across Borough Market and the streets outside London Bridge train station. 
 
 Many of the police were wearing face masks as they arrived Sunday morning to patrol the scene, where attackers using a van and knives left six people dead and more than 40 others injured. Police say officers shot dead three attackers within minutes of receiving the first call Saturday night. 
 
 London Mayor Sadiq Khan said Londoners can expect an increased police presence in the coming days. 
 
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 9:20 a.m. 
 
 Britain's Labour Party and the Scottish National Party have announced a suspension in campaigning for the general election because of the terror attack in the London Bridge area Saturday that left six dead. 
 
 They joined the Conservative Party in halting campaigning ahead of the June 8 vote. 
 
 There was a similar hiatus after the attack in Manchester killed 22 people last month. It is not clear when national campaigning will resume. 
 
 Prime Minister Theresa May had called the snap election in a bid to bolster her party's strength in Parliament ahead of Brexit negotiations. 
 
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 9 a.m. 
 
 European leaders have voiced solidarity with the British government and expressed condolences to the victims in the London attacks that left six dead. 
 
 Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy wrote in Spanish on his Twitter account: "I am following with great concern the attacks in London, sad news. Our solidarity and support for the British people and authorities." 
 
 Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni tweeted Sunday: "Solidarity with the British government and a shared effort against terrorism. We are united in memory of the victims." 
 
 Gentiloni was host of the Group of Seven summit in Sicily on May 26-27 during which leaders pledged new measures to combat terrorism including pressuring internet providers and social media to more swiftly remove terror propaganda from the web. 
 
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 8:15 a.m. 
 
 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed his sympathies to the victims of the London attacks, even as his troops struggled to end a deadly siege of a southern city by Islamic State group-aligned local militants. 
 
 Duterte's spokesman Ernesto Abella says "acts such as these touched not only the people of London, they also touched all peace-loving people in the global community." 
 
 Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, also condemned the attacks and reaffirmed its support and solidarity with Britain in its efforts to combat "radicalism and terrorism." 
 
 Indonesia too has been battling Muslim militants groups that have staged attacks across the sprawling archipelago, including in the capital Jakarta. 
 
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 8 a.m. 
 
 French President Emmanuel Macron says French citizens are among the wounded in Saturday's London attack. 
 
 In a statement Sunday denouncing the "abominable and cowardly" attack, Macron said France will continue fighting "terrorism with all our strength alongside Britain and all other countries concerned." 
 
 Macron said French authorities would work to help the French victims and increase security for French voters in London casting ballots in legislative elections starting Sunday "to show the force of democracy in the face of enemies of freedom." 
 
 London has a large French population and attracts many French visitors. French people were also among those injured in the attack on Westminster Bridge in March. 
 
 France is still under a state of emergency after a string of Islamic extremist attacks. 
 
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 7:45 a.m. 
 
 German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expressing solidarity with the people of London following the attacks in the British capital. 
 
 Merkel said in a statement Sunday that she learned with "sadness and dismay" of the attacks in the London Bridge area Saturday night. 
 
 She said that "today, we are united beyond all borders in horror and sorrow, but also in determination." 
 
 She stressed that "in the fight against every form of terrorism, we stand firmly and with determination at Britain's side." 
 
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 7:30 a.m. 
 
 Britain's Conservative Party has announced that it is suspending national campaigning ahead of the general election on June 8 as a result of the terror attacks in London. 
 
 Prime Minister Theresa May's party said there will be no national campaigning Sunday. It is not clear if campaigning will resume in the final days before the vote. 
 
 The opposition Labour Party has not yet announced its plans for Sunday. 
 
 Saturday night's attack on London Bridge, which left 6 killed and dozens injured, came just days ahead of the election. 
 
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 7:20 a.m. 
 
 London Mayor Sadiq Khan says some of those injured in the attacks on the city are in "critical" condition. 
 
 Six people were killed and more than 40 people were injured and treated at hospitals after attackers used a van to barrel into pedestrians on London Bridge, then attacked people in bars and restaurants nearby with knives on Saturday. 
 
 Khan said Sunday that Londoners should all remain vigilant as the terrorist threat level is severe. But he added: "I'm reassured we are one of the safest global cities in the world." 
 
 Khan says the militants want to disrupt Britain's democracy and hamper plans for voting in the general election June 8. 
 
 He praised emergency services and said police would make a statement after an emergency cabinet meeting. 
 
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 6:30 a.m. 
 
 India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condemned the attacks in London, saying they caused shock and anguish. 
 
 He says in a brief statement after returning from Europe that his thoughts are with the families of the deceased and offered prayers for the injured. 
 
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 6:25 a.m. 
 
 Police specialists are collecting evidence in the heart of London after a series of attacks described as terrorism killed six people and injured more than 30 others. 
 
 Prime Minister Theresa May planned to chair an emergency security Cabinet session Sunday to deal with the crisis. 
 
 The assault began when a van veered off the road and barreled into pedestrians on London Bridge. Witnesses say three men fled the van with large knives and attacked people at bars and restaurants in nearby Borough Market. 
 
 More than 30 victims are being treated at London hospitals and a number of others suffered less serious injuries. 
 
 The Metropolitan Police force declared the attacks "terrorist incidents." Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley says while they believe all the attackers were killed, the investigation continues. ||||| A number of people put their safety at risk and helped others during Saturday's attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, which left eight people dead and 48 injured. 
 
 Among them was a baker who wielded a bread crate at the attackers, as well as a man who used his skateboard to protect people, with supermarket workers offering free food and drink to emergency workers. 
 
 Journalist 'got a hit in' 
 
 Image copyright Facebook Image caption Sunday Express business editor Geoff Ho was injured trying to help a bouncer 
 
 Sunday Express business editor Geoff Ho dragged his wounded friend to safety while at the Black & Blue restaurant in Southwark - despite himself being stabbed in the neck. 
 
 Earlier that night, he had helped a bouncer at the Southwark Tavern being attacked by two unarmed men, but said in a statement on Tuesday that the incident happened before he confronted the terrorists. 
 
 "At that point I thought 'job done, now for beer and food'," he said. 
 
 "Within two minutes of my leaving the Southwark Tavern and posting 'not on my watch' on Facebook, the terrorist attackers arrived at the restaurant. 
 
 "Most of my friends and the staff hid under tables but one of my friends was frozen behind me." 
 
 The journalist said he "tried to slow" the attackers, who appeared to be wearing suicide vests. 
 
 "I think I got a hit in on one of them, but either he or his accomplice got me with a shot to the throat. 
 
 "They got my friend who was behind me with a minor stab wound in the face and hands and ran off. 
 
 "I picked up my friend and bundled him into the store room. I called the police and within moments they arrived. I gave the police descriptions of the three and we were evacuated." 
 
 Footage of him being escorted to an ambulance by police has been posted on the Daily Express website. 
 
 In it he is clutching his neck and using his shirt as a bandage. 
 
 Mr Ho said he would make a full recovery and thanked staff at the Royal London Hospital. 
 
 Skateboarder who rushed to help 
 
 Image copyright j.echeverria Image caption Ignacio had been cycling back from a park with two friends he had been skateboarding with when the attack began 
 
 A Spanish man who used his skateboard to try to defend a woman who was being stabbed by one of the attackers has now been named as being one of the eight people killed. 
 
 Ignacio Echeverría, 39, saw the attack unfolding at London Bridge and rushed to help the woman. 
 
 According to his father, friends saw the HSBC employee from Madrid, "lying on the floor on the sidewalk after defending someone with his skateboard". 
 
 Spain's prime minister tweeted that he had requested that Mr Echeverria be granted Spain's Silver Cross of the Order of Civil Merit. 
 
 The 'heroic' police officers 
 
 Image copyright Met Police Image caption PC Charlie Guenigault, pictured on the night of the London attack 
 
 Off-duty police officer Charlie Guenigault - an amateur rugby player - was stabbed after tackling one of the three men. 
 
 He was injured after rushing to the aid of a British Transport Police officer who had faced the attackers with only a baton. 
 
 The family of the 25-year-old, who serves as an emergency response officer for the Southwark borough, said he "showed immense bravery". 
 
 In a statement, they added: "Given the opportunity again, Charlie would no doubt do exactly the same if faced with the same situation; helping a fellow police officer in need and protecting the public. 
 
 "He is immensely proud to work for the Metropolitan Police Service and serving the Southwark community, and this is an example of that. 
 
 "Charlie is described by his peers as a dedicated police officer, who is a diligent, hardworking and respected member of his team". 
 
 'Truly moved' 
 
 Met Police commissioner Cressida Dick praised the "utterly heroic" actions of the officer, who is in a stable condition in hospital. 
 
 She said: "It's hard to pick out individual stories but I am immensely proud of him and what he did." 
 
 The BTP officer, who has not been named, was seriously injured but is now in a stable condition. 
 
 Chief Constable Paul Crowther from the BTP said the bravery he showed was "outstanding". 
 
 The officer, who was stabbed in the attack, has said he has been "truly moved and overwhelmed by all the support". 
 
 He added: "I'm so sorry I couldn't do more and I want you to know I did everything I could." 
 
 Attackers 'dodged' bakery crates 
 
 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Florin tried to fight off an attacker at Borough Market 
 
 Romanian baker Florin Morariu saw a commotion outside Borough Market's Bread Ahead bakery, where he works, and invited some distressed Brazilian women inside and gave them a glass of water. 
 
 When they told him that three men were stabbing people in the market, he headed outside with two crates to tackle the attackers. 
 
 Speaking to the Victoria Derbyshire show, he said: "I felt pity for the victims, I didn't know how to handle things or react, I thought to myself I'm also in danger. 
 
 "I just threw the crate at [one of the attackers]. 
 
 "I threw the first crate and I knew he was going to dodge it. While he was dodging it, I walked towards him and hit him in the head with the other crate." 
 
 He said a policeman then shouted at him to stand back, before discharging a stun grenade. 
 
 'Proper hero' shielded others 
 
 Image copyright Jayne Jacob 
 
 Roy Larner was stabbed five times while attempting to shield people from the attackers. 
 
 Friends have raised more than £10,000 for Mr Larner, who say he is now in intensive care, to go towards his recovery. 
 
 Jayne Jacob, who set up a JustGiving page on Sunday, said: "Roy got caught up in the terror attack at London Bridge and was badly injured whilst protecting lives. 
 
 "A Millwall supporter and in my mind a proper hero and deserves our support and aid to help him on his recovery." 
 
 According to friend Mick Church, Roy was left with stab wounds on his face, neck and suffered a collapsed lung. 
 
 Diners forced attacker out 
 
 Image copyright Giovanni Sagristani Image caption Carlos (left) and Giovanni were in a restaurant where an attacker stabbed a woman 
 
 Giovanni Sagristani, 38, and his friends were in the El Pastor restaurant on Stoney Street when one of the attackers came in and stabbed a woman in the chest. 
 
 "He came in shouting and just stabbed her," he said. 
 
 Mr Sagristani's partner Carlos Pinto, 33, who works as a critical care nurse in London, looked after the woman, with the help of his friend, another nurse. 
 
 "They took some ice and cloths and tried to stop the bleeding. She lost half a litre of blood in the beginning. He was keeping pressure on the wound," Mr Sagristani said. 
 
 He said fellow diners had managed to push the attacker out of the restaurant by throwing chairs and bottles at him. Once the attacker was outside, staff lowered a security gate and locked people inside. 
 
 Image copyright Giovanni Sagristani Image caption Diners threw chairs and bottles at the attacker 
 
 "After the initial moment of panic, everyone tried to help this girl and stay calm. We were all at the back of the restaurant. There were shots going off outside and we didn't know what was going on." 
 
 Mr Sagristani said it was more than two hours before the paramedics were able to reach them. 
 
 "They kept her conscious. It was very lucky they were there," he added. 
 
 Threw glasses at attackers 
 
 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Eyewitness Gerard: "They were running and stabbing everyone" 
 
 Eyewitness Gerard Vowls told the BBC how he tried to stop the attackers stabbing a woman. He threw bottles, pint glasses and chairs at the men. 
 
 "I tried to help, but at the end of the day I was defenceless," he said. 
 
 Consultant cycled back to work 
 
 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Dr Malik Ramadhan tells BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the injured were "startled to the point they couldn't speak" 
 
 Consultant at the Royal London Hospital Dr Malik Ramadhan was cycling home after his shift at Accident and Emergency when he sensed something was wrong. 
 
 He was cycling south on Tower Bridge, when he noticed emergency vehicles speeding towards the London Bridge area. 
 
 "It was clear that something was happening both from the way they were driving and the number of vehicles." 
 
 He said: "Given what's been happening, I turned back to work." 
 
 When he arrived at the Royal London a major incident had been declared, and on-call staff were ready to treat all of the patients within 30 minutes. 
 
 "The 12 were all very badly injured. The people who had been stabbed, had been stabbed with an intent to kill." 
 
 Patients were "startled to the point that they couldn't speak". 
 
 Dr Ramadhan added that many doctors and nurses are not drinking on the weekends in case a major attack occurs. ||||| A Romanian chef thought on his feet when he hit an attacker over the head with a crate and let 20 terrified people into the bakery where he works during the terror attack on Borough Market. 
 
 Florin Morariu has been hailed on social media as a hero after taking in the people and apprehending the attacker. 
 
 The baker, who works at the Bread Ahead bakery in the market, told The Associated Press: "We were looking out of the window because we saw that everyone was agitated, everyone was running, people, women... they were fainting, falling and we went outside to see what was happening."
– Londoners of all stripes showed incredible bravery fighting back during Saturday's attack that left at least seven dead and 48 injured—21 of them in critical condition, the AP reports. As three men with knives descended on the bars and restaurants of London's crowded Borough Market, Gerard Vowles took action. He tells Reuters he yelled "Oi, cowards!" at the attackers and threw bottles and chairs at them. He says he was trying to distract the attackers and get them to chase him toward police. According to the BBC, one of the attackers entered a restaurant and stabbed a woman. The other diners threw chairs and bottles at him and pushed him out of the restaurant, closing a security shutter behind him. A chef at a bakery in Borough Market went outside and saw two attackers stabbing people, the Telegraph reports. After a brief moment of hesitation, he smashed one of the attackers over the head with a crate then sheltered 20 people in his bakery. A taxi driver tried to ram one of the attackers he saw stabbing a woman but missed. And an off-duty police officer—and rugby player—tackled one of the attackers; he's in critical condition. Meanwhile, one of the first officers on the scene is in stable condition after taking on the attackers armed only with his baton. The police commissioner commends officers for their "extraordinarily brave actions." Police are said to have ended the attack after only eight minutes.