Roses: Muslims hand out flowers at scene of attack
0 The disposable bottles covered in masking tape who tackled the three – despite the possibility they could have been killed in an explosion.
He said: “I have not seen this tactic in the UK before where terrorists create maximum fear by strapping fake explosives to themselves. Anyone who saw them on the night would have thought they were genuine.”
Butt, 27, Zaghba, 22 and Redouane, 30, were still wearing the belts when they were shot dead by officers within eight minutes of their marauding attack beginning.
Mr Haydon said it was hard Londoners and tourists have been handed flowers as a symbol of love at the site of the latest terrorist attack in the UK. to speculate to what end the attackers wore the belts, although it may have been to take hostages or as a defensive strategy.
He said: “It could be that they had plans to take the attack into a siege situation or it might be that they saw it as protection from being shot themselves,” the officer said.
“It makes the bravery of those police officers and members of the public who tackled the terrorists even more remarkable.
“The belt would have been
A group of British Muslims gave 3,000 roses to people on London Bridge in a demonstration of solidarity following the rampage that left visible to them and if you are fighting back or aiming a shot at someone wearing the device, you would clearly be very aware that you could be caught in an explosion.”
Sunday Express journalist Geoff Ho was severely wounded when he confronted the attackers after they smashed their way into a restaurant in Borough Market.
Writing in the newspaper, he described the moment three potential suicide bombers broke through a locked door. eight people dead and dozens injured. “After the events of last weekend we are making a symbolic gesture of love for the communities affected
“I couldn’t just attack. If I charged at them, maybe I could take out one or two. But one of those animals could detonate and kill us all.”
Inspector Jim Cole, one of the first officers on the scene as the attack began, described how he hid 200 revellers in a pub cellar amid fears suicide bombers were on the loose outside.
He said: “From updates on the radio, we were aware that people had got out the van and were attacking people in the by the attack,” said Zakia Bassou, one of the organisers “The whole concept is we are not going to let London Bridge fall down.” market. I heard a number of shots started ringing out and a lot of shooting going on.
“Atthatpoint,ididn’tknowif the shots were us or potentially the attackers. Information came over the radio that they were wearing suicide vests.”
As revellers returned to Borough Market in a show of defiance on Saturday, police revealed Butt tried to hire a 7.5-tonne lorry hours before the attack.