Terror attack' in south London: Armed police shoot DEAD 'machete-wielding suspect in possible suicide vest' who stabbed two people in high street rampage - Officers arrived at scene outside supermarket on High Road in Streatham, south London, at 2pm today
- Photos show lifeless body on pavement with what have been described as 'silver canisters' strapped to chest
- Scotland Yard declared broad daylight carnage as a terror-related incident around an hour after first reports
- Just minutes later police in Belgium shot a 'knifeman' who stabbed two people on Bevrijdingslaan in Ghent
- Boris Johnson is expected to return from Chequers to Downing Street this evening to respond to the attack
By Raven Saunt For Mailonline
Published: 01:54 AEDT, 3 February 2020 | Updated: 04:17 AEDT, 3 February 2020
Armed police have shot dead a suspected terrorist feared to be wearing a suicide vest after at least two people were stabbed during a machete rampage on a busy south London high street - three months after two were killed in London Bridge horror.
Officers raced to the scene outside a supermarket on High Road in Streatham at around 2pm today following reports of gunfire.
Photos from the scene show a lifeless body face down on the pavement with what have been described as 'silver canisters' strapped to his chest with a large knife is lying beside him.
In one video, police toting machine guns and masked undercover officers are seen approaching the suspect's body before rapidly moving away from the area.
Scotland Yard declared the broad daylight carnage as a terror-related incident around an hour after first reports from the scene. The area remains on emergency police shutdown.
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