, armed cops were seen ordering members of the public to step away from the "tall bearded" man before he was shot by one of the firearms officers at about 2pm.Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick spoke to reporters on Friday night to confirm the details of the attack.
He told The Times: "I saw all traffic stopped in front of me. I heard shooting — there was an attack. And I saw a guy on the floor. I heard two shots: bang, bang.I was just walking along the bridge and I heard four or five shots from behind me. I just ran.
Amanda Hunter said she was on a bus when it came to a stop, saying: "There was a commotion and I looked over the window and I saw three police officers running over to a man who had something in his hand, I don’t know what."I saw a man and three police officers trying to put him on the ground and then I heard about three shots go into the man and then police officers went away from the suspect.
Tom Dunford told the BBC: "I saw two bodies get dragged and one guy getting resuscitated, but my understanding is that I think he passed away because I saw a sheet over him."The University of Cambridge said it was concerned for the welfare of some of its staff who were at a nearby event. One attacker was just 60cm away from an armed officer when he was shot dead. Both PCs Tchorzewski and Balfour were later awarded the Queen’s Police Medal.