Hero took on trio with baton

A HERO policeman has revealed how he was temporarily blinded in one eye after taking on all three of the London Bridge terrorists — with his baton.

Wayne Marques, who has spoken for the first time since the terror attack this month, said he thought he was going to die after being stabbed multiple times.

The British Transport Police officer was left blinded in one eye as they swiped at him with their knives.

The terrorists killed eight people — including Australian women Kirsty Boden, 28, and Sara Zelenak, 21.

Mr Marques said: “I remember grabbing my baton with my right hand and I racked [extended] it. I took a deep breath and I just charged the first one [attacker].

“As I got near him I swung at him with everything I had as hard as I could, straight through his head, trying to go for like a knockout blow.”

He said he heard the attacker “yelp in pain”.

The 38-year-old was near the start of his shift and on patrol with a colleague in the area of London Bridge Station when he heard screams.

The three terrorists wearing stab-proof vests drove a van into pedestrians at 80km/h on London Bridge before attacking revellers with hunting knives.

Mr Marques had thought the disturbance was a pub fight that had spilled on to the streets — or maybe a gang fight “at the most”.

He saw people being attacked in Borough High St near the junction with London Bridge St.

Mr Marques described the “instant darkness” when he was stabbed in the head.

“He’d hit me so hard my right eye went lights out, I just went blind,” he said.

The officer believes the fight lasted 90 seconds — in which time he fought off terrorists Rachid Redouane, 30, Khuram Shazad Butt, 27, and Youssef Zaghba, 22.

After being stabbed in the hand, he said he could remember little except for “swinging [my baton] all over the place”.

“I didn’t realise how badly I was hurt,” Mr Marques said.

“The adrenaline, the fighting, all of that, I could feel what they were doing to me but I couldn’t feel it at the same time.”