Published 11:56 IST, December 1st 2019
Public restrains London Bridge attacker using 'Narwhal tusk', fire extinguisher
Public restrain London Bridge attacker with 'Narwhal tusk', fire extinguisher as seen in video on Twitter. Boris Johnson, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Archbishop praise.
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Bystanders were spotted using a 'Narwhal Tusk' and a fire extinguisher in order to restrain London Bridge attacker. Several video clips shared in social media show members of public being overwhelmed by knife-wielding terrorist with police pulling a man in jeans away from suspect just before firing. re is also ar foot in which a person is seen spraying attacker with a fire extinguisher while ar attacks him with a large white pole, later confirmed by a Twitter user and witness as a 'Narwhal Tusk' he got from wall at Fishmongers' Hall. As per reports, man who used Tusk happens to be a Polish chef at hall who ran towards terrorist with sea creature’s tusk after terrorist threatened to set off an explosive. tusk is worth several thousand pounds and were once highly sought-after objects by Europeans, who considered animal a "sea unicorn". Queen Elizabeth I is said to have spent £10,000 on a narwhal Tusk in 18th century.
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Johnson praise bystanders' act
One of witnesses Thomas Gray told to media that suspect was wrestled to ground by five or six or men which he saw after getting out of his car to check on crowd on bridge. He ded that he stamped on attacker's left wrist to try and release one of his knives and ar man smacked his he on ground and kicked one of knives away. Gray said that he did what any Londoner would do in his place. Ar witness said he spoke to one of bystanders who put down attacker who told him he was in prison with attacker. Responding to act, Archbishop of Canterbury called public "astonishingly brave" and London mayor Siq Khan called m " best of us" inferring to Londoners in ir statement to media. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his statement also praised "extraordinary bravery" of onlookers who intervened along with emergency workers who acted on incident.
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London Bridge Attack
On vember 29, two people - a man and a woman were killed and several ors were wounded in a stabbing spree by 28-year-old Usman Khan, a convicted terrorist named by London Police. Khan was fatally shot at by Police on spot while he wore a fake suicide vest. As per reports, attacker was at Fishmongers’ Hall near London Bridge for a University of Cambridge-organised conference on rehabilitating offenders, after previously participating in university’s Learning Toger prisoner rehabilitation program and h threatened to blow it up. Scotland Yard is investigating how 28-year-old Usman Khan was able to launch attack in London Bridge.
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11:35 IST, December 1st 2019