"A police officer came up to me and said 'turn off your engine, get out and run'."

Mustafa Salih was behind the wheel of a bus heading towards London Bridge when he was ordered to join the crowds fleeing a sudden violent attack at one of the city's most well-known locations.

That was the moment he realised the bridge had been targeted for the คาสิโน second time in three years.

Mr Salih joined scores running from the scene where two people had been stabbed to death and the suspected attacker shot dead by police.

Just before 14:00 GMT bars and restaurants on the south side of the bridge had been filling up with tourists and office workers.

In an instant that all changed - and London Bridge was in lockdown yet again.

Mr Salih, 62, was travelling from Borough High Street when he saw a stream of people, including some in tears, running towards him.

"A police officer came up to me and said 'turn off your engine, get out and run'," he said.

"I looked up and I could see a crowd of people coming towards me. One woman was crying. It was all very scary as we did not know what was happening."


Media captionVideo บาคาร่า shows the moment before a man was apparently shot by police on London Bridge
Nurse Jackie Bensfield, 32, described how she asked to be let off a bus on the bridge after she heard gunshots.

Ms Bensfield, who was on her way home from work, said she got off the bus and "ran like hell" to escape the shots.

Another witness, Connor Allen, who was in his van on the bridge at the time, said: "Everyone just started running, you heard these pops and that was it.