A MAN has been detained by police and number of people have been injured following a stabbing near London Bridge, the Metropolitan Police said.

Whitehaven News:

Various social media users have reported hearing gunshots from London Bridge.

One video shows what appears to be police pulling equipment out of a vehicle nearby.

Those in the video can be heard saying: "They've actually got guns out. They've got the guns out."

Whitehaven News:

BBC correspondent John McManus told BBC News that he had heard several gun shots 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.

Whitehaven News:

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