New South Wales Senator Sam Dastyari has been evacuated from a London restaurant amid the chaos of the attacks in London overnight.

Dastyari was dining nearby when a van ploughed into a group of tourists on the London Bridge.

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‘This literally happened 20 metres from where we were and we could hear it all and were taken past the bodies,’ he toldChannel Nine.

Dastyari said he was “locked up in this little room upstairs at a restaurant” while the rest of the city was in lock down. The group he was with was then evacuated and walked past the bodies of the deceased.

Terrible events in London beside where we were having dinner. Just terrible. Whole city in lockdown. (1of3).

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“The sounds, you can hear it all, you can hear them screaming,” he said. “It’s horrific, they took us past them, it’s horrific the ambulances are taking them out.”

London police are amazing.had us in lockdown then evacuated us past the site. Horrific scenes. (2of3)

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“There is a lot of fear, confusion, panic, a lot of elderly people being helped and carried. A lot of shock.”

Dastyari has praised the actions of the London police amid the chaos of the multiple attacks.

“It’s graphic. There is no other way of describing it. It’s confronting. The sheer sense and wave of panic that runs through people,” he toldChannel Nine.

“I mean, of course there is panic, of course there is fear, of course there is chaos, but that being said I think amongst all of that the way in which the London police are handling this situation is a real testament.”

No details of what happened but the way the police are handling this is a testament to training, professionalism and experience. (3of3)

— Sam Dastyari (@samdastyari) June 3, 2017

British Prime Minister Theresa May has confirmed the incidents in London are being treated as potential acts of terrorism.