Stab victim ‘faced down’ his attackers
A journalist badly injured in the London Bridge attack has told how he was stabbed in the neck after standing his ground to protect a friend from the knife-wielding terrorists.
Sunday Express business editor Geoff Ho was left in intensive care after deciding to “face the attackers down” when they burst into the Black & Blue restaurant at Borough Market.
In a vivid account released yesterday, he told how he stood up to Khuram Shazad Butt, Youssef Zaghba and Rachid Redouane, minutes after helping a lone bouncer
fight off two men in a separate incident outside the Southwark Tavern, having just left the nearby Wheatsheaf pub.
Mr Ho said: “I went the five doors down the street to Black & Blue. Within two minutes of my leaving the Southwark Tavern and posting ‘not on my watch’ on Facebook, the terrorists arrived at the restaurant.
“Most of my friends and the staff hid under tables but one of my friends was frozen behind me. I knew I had to face the attackers down, they were armed and I had the best chance of delaying them until the police arrived or they’d get everyone.
“I had to shield my friends and the people there. Then I noticed they had what looked like suicide vests on. I tried to slow them, they attacked. It happened so quickly.”
Mr Ho said he had been told he would make a full recovery from his injuries.