London (CNN) A man with a "hoax device" strapped to his body stabbed two people before armed officers shot him dead in Streatham, south London, in a terrorist-related incident , London's Metropolitan Police said on Sunday. Due to the graphic nature of the scene, CNN has blurred the body of the suspect. Another eyewitness, Gulled Bulhan, a 19-year-old student from Streatham, told PA news agency that the man had a "machete and silver canisters on his chest." Streatham Member of Parliament Bell Ribeiro-Addy told CNN that the attack in her constituency is "very sad and also quite scary." Armed police behind the cordon and everyone was told to remove back," he told CNN in a message.

Source: CNN February 02, 2020 15:21 UTC