U.K. police confirm several die in Plymouth firearms incident

Police in southwest England say there have been “a lot of fatalities” within the metropolis of Plymouth after what they termed a “critical firearms incident.”

Devon and Cornwall Police stated in a press release on Twitter on late Thursday that a number of different casualties are receiving remedy following the incident, which one native lawmaker stated was not terror-related.

Police have declared a “important incident” however didn’t present particulars of what precisely occurred within the Keyham district of the town. The world has been cordoned off.

Emergency providers, together with air ambulance and senior paramedics, responded to the incident at round 6:10 p.m.

Johnny Mercer, one of many metropolis’s lawmakers, stated in a tweet the incident is “not terror associated, and neither is the suspect on the run in Plymouth.”