Cop lauds response

ONE of the first police officers on the scene of the London Bridge attack says it was pandemonium, as people fled in panic and the dead and wounded lay on the ground.

But he also described how, within minutes, police had killed the attackers, ushered bystanders to safety and begun treating and evacuating the wounded.

Inspector Jim Cole, who was scrambled from his south London police station, said the response was “like something out of a Battle of Britain film” as officers piled into vehicles and raced to the scene.