Police shoot man dead after London stabbing incident described as terrorism

LONDON (Reuters) - Police shot dead a man in south London on Sunday after two people were stabbed in what police described as a terrorism-related incident.

Some witnesses said the man had been armed with a machete. One described him as wearing silver canisters on his chest.

Police said the man they had shot had been pronounced dead. They said two people had been wounded in the attack in Streatham, a busy residential district south of the River Thames.