The Metropolitan Police have confirmed a man has been detained as the public have been told the “move back” from the area. Emergency services have also been called to London Bridge amid reports of shots being fired at the London tourist attraction. Online footage shows police behind a police car on the bridge as multiple shots are fired.

BBC correspondent John McManus told BBC News that he had heard several gunshots on London Bridge.

“Just a few minutes ago I was walking across London Bridge on the south bank to the north bank of the bridge,” he said.

“There appeared to be a fight going on on the other side of the bridge, with several men attacking one man.”

Twitter users flocked social media claiming shots have ben fired and that a large police presence is at the scene. One said: “Shots fired in London Bridge apparently wtf.” Another said: “Someone just shot on London Bridge #london.”

The London Metropolitan Police said: “We are currently dealing with an incident at London Bridge.

“Please stand by for updates.”

Sniffer dogs are also at the scene.

Pictures show several police vans with officers in riot gear.

Kelby McNally, OK! Online’s editor, works in the Northern and Shell Building on Lower Thames Street near to London Bridge.

She said: “I was coming out of Pret on Eastcheap and there were loads of people just running, I thought it was a fire alarm or something, and then I saw two girls from my office who told me not to go back there. I asked what had happened, and they said they had heard gunshots and now everyone is running.

“City of London police officers and paramedics told us, ‘You need to go that way, do not go near London Bridge, run that way’.

“Everyone was running, so then we came to where the Sky Garden building is and the security guards let everyone in. We’re sat in the foyer of this building, and everyone is running outside. Now everyone is being let out of this building but they’re saying you cannot walk back towards London Bridge, go towards Liverpool Street.”

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Members of the public have been branded “heroes” after pinning down an attack on London Bridge.

Prior to the arrival of the emergency services on the Bridge, members of the public appeared to pin down the attacker, with social media lookers praising their bravery.

One Twitter user said: “Them members of the public jumping all over the fella at London Bridge trying to restrain him before the police arrived are absolute heroes.”

Another added: “Shoutout to all those heroes who wrestled the London Bridge attacker, stay safe everyone.”

London Bridge was the scene of an attack in June 2017 when three militants drove a van into pedestrians and then attacked people in the surrounding area, killing eight people.

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