‘Chilling’ footage shows London Bridge terrorist wipe knife on beard after killing eight people
By Jack Hardy, The Telegraph, May 9, 2019:
London Bridge terror leader Khuram Butt ‘washed blood off knife with his beard’
terrorist washed his knife and wiped it on his beard in a “chilling gesture” after killing eight people at London Bridge and Borough Market, an inquest has heard.
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Khuram Butt, 27, was caught on CCTV cameras cleaning his 12 inch pink ceramic knife inside Black and Blue restaurant while Youssef Zaghba, 22, took a drink from the tap behind the bar.
The terrorists’ movements were part of harrowing footage showing the London Bridge terror attack unfolding in real time has been played at the inquests into the eight victims’ deaths.
Jonathan Hough QC, counsel for the coroner, had warned the families of the victims in court that “distressing images” would be shown, and Butt’s reaction was “the most chilling”.
A grim compilation of video clips from CCTV, dashboard cameras and handheld camera phones charted the progress of the atrocity in minute detail.
Credit: PA
It showed the moment, at 10.06pm on June 3 2017, a white rental van first mounted the pavement on the east pavement of London Bridge and hit two pedestrians, sending one woman flying.
A packed courtroom at the Old Bailey was warned in advance about the graphic nature of the CCTV, which showed the vehicle zig-zag across the road into crowds of pedestrians.Xavier Thomas, 45, was knocked over a balustrade to his death in the River Thames by the force of the impact.
CCTV from a bus then recorded the traumatic moment Christine Archibald, 30, was caught beneath the wheel of the van and dragged along the road for several yards.
Her partner, Tyler Ferguson, could be seen desperately chasing the vehicle and then sliding to his knees next to his stricken fiance, who later died of her injuries.
Attackers Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba then crashed their van outside the Barrowboy and Banker pub, sending debris raining down on punters in the courtyard of the Boro Bistro below.
Christine Archibald (known as Chrissy) had told her fiance, Tyler Ferguson, that she loved him moments before she was killed
Jonathan Hough QC told the second day of the inquests at the Old Bailey: “You will get the impression of many people out on the street on a Saturday night.”
One passerby began filming on his mobile phone as the terrorists charged into the Boro Bistro courtyard, screaming: “Allahu Akbar.”
Mr Hough said most of the stabbings that followed could be described as a “brief but furious assault”.
Terrified shrieks mixed with the sound of the bar’s loud music could be heard on the clip as the three men began stabbing customers at random.
Redouane – wearing a stripey jumper – was filmed bending down to stab Kirsty Boden, a 28-year-old Australian nurse who was tending to fatally injured waiter Alexandre Pigeard, 26.
Butt, meanwhile, was seen “lunging at customers with a knife”, Mr Hough said.
All three men, with 12-inch ceramic knives strapped to their wrists, then proceeded up Borough High Street, where they attacked several passersby.
CCTV showed them being confronted by two British Transport Police officers – Leon McLeod and Wayne Marques – along with off-duty officer Charlie Guenigault.
As the attackers lurched forward towards the men, one of the eventual victims – Ignacio Echeverría, 39 – jumped off his bicycle and ran to help the officers, hitting Redouane with a skateboard.
He was left with fatal stab wounds when the terrorists knifed him repeatedly.
In one particularly disturbing clip, CCTV from inside a nearby cafe, Mr Guenigault falls to the floor and is stabbed repeatedly as Mr Marques tries to drag him away.
All three men were able to continue up the road, stabbing at random, including one drinker who was knifed three times in the bank on the corner of Stoney Street, but managed to turn around and throw his pint at the men.
By this stage, brave onlookers had begun to challenge the terrorists by throwing chairs and other objects.
Their onslaught continued up the road and they were able to stab one woman in the El Pastor restaurant and two people hiding beneath tables in Elliot’s restaurant.
At the end of Stoney Street, staff had attempted to lock the doors to the Black & Blue bar and restaurant – but security footage showed Redouane and Butt viciously kicking it open.
By this stage, Butt had discarded a red jacket to reveal his Arsenal shirt and a fake suicide belt underneath. The removal of the red jacket would later lead police to believe a fourth attacker could be at large, due to disparities in witness descriptions.
Gasps were heard around the Old Bailey as high-quality footage was played of the terrorists squeezing through a glass door and squaring up to customer Roy Larner.
Redouane brandished his knife threateningly in Mr Larner’s face before suddenly stabbing him in the chest several times, with Zaghba joining in. Incredibly, Mr Larner survived.
Several other men were targeted in the restaurant, including Geoff Ho, a journalist who was stabbed in the neck after Butt ordered him to “lie down”.
The three terrorists were eventually shot dead by three armed police officers from the City of London police at 10.16pm. A stray bullet injured a man watching through a window of the Wheatsheaf pub opposite.
It emerged the terrorists were shot several more times while on the ground because police saw they were “still moving”.
Mr Hough said police “believed they were going to activate the explosive devices and fired further shots”.
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Lem Renrek
4 years ago
This is what happens when you import the trash of the planet.
Simply said, but very accurate. is mortifies me that this once great country fought off the Nazi’s, but seem to have been beaten by the Islamic’s that they “imported” into their countries. This is a country of reasonably smart people; yet, they have ignored the menace among them (Islamic believers). Why the Brits are seemingly avoiding this clear and present danger boggles my mind. Churchill would have sent these believers back to their Islamic countries from whence they come. Brit’s leaders today are ignoring the problem, a problem that will eat away at their society. Instead they seem to be pursuing anti-Semitism against a people who have been great citizens of that country. The Brit’s have lost their reasonableness?
No ones ignoring it over here mate.
It’s always The hot topic along with Brexit and of course the two subjects tie in together in that once we have freed ourselves from the EU then we will also be free of The European Court of Human Rights and that will mean we can deport the bastards regardless of any family ties in Britain. It also means that no moslems with Eu passports can just walk in and settle here then proceed to have twelve kids in their quest to outbreed us. The anti islam movement here is massive but we have a government that refuses to listen to the people that vote them in to be their voice along with paying them a fabulous wage.
Obviously we who oppose Islam are called “fascists and Nazi racists” by the left and the liberals but that same lame narrative is worldwide and not worth a toss.
Our main anti islam spokesman Tommy Robinson is at present turning into a politician and is campaigning to be an MEP (member of the EU parliament) where he can further our cause and help speed us out of the EU by being a constant pain in their arse just the same as he is to the traitorous British government. He has been physically attacked by lefty’s and a muzrat on the first few steps of the trail but now has beefed up his security which he needs going into towns that have a high degree of muzrat savages but he also has the protection of the Brits who cheer him on, and we are still the vast majority though in some places it’s hard to believe.
He is reviled by the middle class snobs particularly in the media but the working class love him and it is they that have the numbers to get him his victory and a place in the EU where he has pledged to donate 100% of the fantastic wages these fat cat MEPs are paid to the victims of the sexually abused children.(most of which are the victims of the muzrat rape gangs)
We do indeed fight back but are faced with the might of the globalist who control all the media and influence the police and places of education etc so it hasn’t been easy but We are definitely winning.
Someone throws an egg at Jeremy Corbyn. He gets arrested, beaten, and sentenced to eighteen days in prison. COWARDLY cops actually witness two women being beaten, by a moslem, and that “milkshake” thrown in Tommy’s face … and the COWARDLY cops actually run away. First, make those COWARDLY cops fear righteous English men and women FAR more than they do the vermin (moslems). Only then do you have any hope of winning. Hang a few poeleese and hand ’em high.
Ah! I might have known that you were aware of what’s been going on concerning Tommy’s campaign. The police have come under much criticism for their non action and have now started to treat tommy with a modicum of respect. I’d dearly like to have gotten a grip of that little muzrat but tommy is keeping everyone on their best behaviour for his journey into politics.
It will be fantastic if we get our own man in the heart of the EU where he can be a real pain in the arse.
Lots of demos coming up. It’s gonna be a busy summer!
Achmed Mohandjob
4 years ago
If Ignacio Echeverría had survived, what charges would have been brought against him? Seriously, striking a moslem with a skateboard. In most of Europe .. probably the U.S. as well, that would be a hanging offense. The nerve … attempting to stop a moslem on a stabbing spree?
Morning Lord Ach.
There was a football “hooligan” (soccer to you yanks) that was following the attackers on every inch of their rampage throwing chairs bottles tables and glasses at them and of course he was unarmed as to carry the least bit of protection gets you put in the nick here. He was also stabbed but he never gave up and kept up his attack all the way causing the muzrats some injuries and deflecting them from harming even more humans.
He became quite a celeb from his hospital bed. If you search “Millwall fan Borough Market Or London Bridge Attack” you will find the report.
It boils my piss too mate.
There’s always plenty of them around to arrest us when we patriots show up in support of our own country but never when they’re needed to fight the jihadis which they leave us to deal with.
What really torques me off … No matter what source (Bing yields close to 14,000 results) they refer to the vermin as “jihadis”. Call ’em what they are … .”moslems”!
When you read the recounting of that, he actually TACKLED all three of those moslems. They had twelve inch-blade knives …. I wouldn’t have taken ’em to the ground …. He did. Now, THAT’S bravery!
And if you or another good citizen was present carrying concealed then they wouldn’t have got as far as leaving London Bridge before being brought down.
Wouldn’t it have been fun to look at the moslems and say, “Ain’t it just like a stupid moslem, bringing a knife to a gunfight ….” Right before you started squeezing off rounds. That’d be a real hoot.
Funny thing is …. most bars, around here, are “gun free zones”. They have to have that little sign posted … easily seen, prior to entry. However, the number of times that a “nightclub” is shot up …. especially in the more melanin enhanced areas …. Those signs don’t seem to make too much of a difference. Moreover, quite frequently, the shooter(s) are convicted felons …. and they’re not allowed to purchase, possess, or even touch a firearm … Gun control REALLY works.
Yes I’m planning to be there mate.
The more of us that are there the more they would think twice about keeping him.
Now he’s getting into politics they will try every dirty trick to defeat him.
VOTE FOR TOMMY!????????
Shotgun is much slimmer but interestingly enough, you don’t need to ask the gov’t permission to buy a flamethrower–The company will ship it right to your door
Oh, for the days of my youth, where I could purchase a Marlin lever action .22 with the “microgroove” barrel, right out of “Boy’s Life”. Just fill out the form, send a money order and …
This is to be expected in a place where the populace gave up their right to own and carry personal defense items that fire small pieces of lead at a couple thousand feet per second!
The van drivers would probably have racked up some victims before a pedestrian could have pulled his or her self defense object and fired some lead at the drivers and occupants of the van.
These attacks don’t seem to happen very often in places where the public is likely to be armed and capable of defending themselves.
It is horrible to read and contemplate the terror these helpless people felt as their vulnerability was exploited.
Try running me down. You might get me, but I might also k!ll you first! IF you don’t, you will definitely be meeting those virgin goats!
How Gun Control Made England The ‘Most Violent Country In Europe’
AWR HAWKINS24 Sep 2014
Gun control in Britain passed in stages, beginning just after World War I and continuing in a reactionary fashion with increasing strictness through the 1990s.
When the final stage arrived in 1997, and virtually all handguns were banned via the Firearms Act, the promise was a reduction in crime and greater safety for the British people. But the result was the emergence of Britain as the “most violent country in Europe.”
Britain began placing restrictions on gun ownership after World War I with the Firearms Act of 1920. The passage of this act was emotionally driven, based in part on the public’s war-weariness and in part on the fear that an increased number of guns–guns from the battle field–would increase crime.
The Firearms Act of 1920 did not ban guns. Rather, it required that citizens who wanted a gun had to first obtain a certificate from the government. We see this same stage taking place in various places in the United States now, where a person who wants a firearm has to get a Fire Owner Identification Card (Illinois) or has to be vetted by police (Massachusetts) or both.
Thirteen years after the passage of the Firearms Act, British Parliament passed the Firearms and Imitation Firearms Bill, making the possession of a replica gun or a real one equally punishable unless the owner of either could show the lawful purpose for which he had it. (Sounds like California?) This was followed by the Firearms Act of 1937, which author Frank Miniter says “extended restrictions to shotguns and granted chief constables the power to add conditions to individual private firearm certificates.”
In the U.S., police departments in Massachusetts play the role Britain’s chief constables played and have final say on who can or can’t own a firearm. On July 25, Breitbart News reported that that Massachusetts police were pressing for “sole discretion” on who could own a long gun; they already had such discretion over who could own a handgun. On August 1, they received the power they sought.
Britain continued to issue firearm certificates as World War II set in. But by the time the war was over, the gun control mindset had permeated society to a point where self-defense was no longer a valid reason to secure a certificate for gun ownership.
Guns were simply for sport or for hunting.
In 1987, Michael Ryan shot and killed sixteen people in Hungerford, including his mother. He wounded fourteen others, then killed himself. According to the Library of Congress, Ryan used “lawfully owned” rifles to carry out the attack. Nevertheless, his attack prompted the passage of more laws in the form of the Firearms Act of 1988. This act “banned the possession of high-powered self loading rifles” and “burst-firing weapons,” and imposed “stricter standards for ownership” to secure a government certificate to own a shotgun.
In 1996, Thomas Hamilton walked into an elementary school in Dunblane, Scotland, and shot and killed “sixteen small children…and their teacher in the gym before killing himself.” He brought two rifles and four handguns to carry out the attack. All six guns were legally owned: Hamilton had fully complied with gun control statutes.
The Firearm Act of 1997 was passed while emotions ran high. Gun control proponents push for an all-out ban on private gun ownership, in the much the same way that Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) reacted to the heinous crime at Sandy Hook Elementary by trying to ban approximately 150 different guns.
One of the better examples of gun control, confiscating firearms from law abiding citizens yet leaving them in the hands of criminals, would be Chavez in Venezuela. There are well over 400,000 armed gangsters in Venezuela. In much of the country THEY are the law … in total control. Over 20,000 of them have gone to Cuba, for training. It is estimated that over one million, yes one MILLION, firearms are in the hands of these criminal gangs. Yet, the law-abiding citizens have none. And, how did Chavez “sell” his gun confiscation scheme? It was “For the Children”. So, NOW Venezuela has the second highest murder rate, per capita, in the world … second only to Honduras. Although the murder rate, in Venezuela, was always much higher than the U.S. …prior to Chavez’ gun control, it wasn’t even in the top ten. But, with gun control, it has risen to number two.
This site is blessed with knowledgeable scholars and is a mine of information. I reckon Mr Trump could learn a thing or two if he was to join our merry band.????
heat wave
4 years ago
Always remember, a chair is good protection.
IndigoRed
4 years ago
“It emerged the terrorists were shot several more times while on the ground because police saw they were “still moving”.”
Good call!
tom
4 years ago
Muslims….just doin what comes naturally.
Alleged-Comment
4 years ago
Nobody told them the Mouslem is a WILD MAN? If you read your Bible it is in Genesis. You pay dearly for buying the Bible but not reading it.
And that is why you NEVER let the Libtards take away our 2nd Amendment and our means of protection. This long assault would have been ended withing minutes here in the US, well maybe not in the Libtard run cities, but in most normal places.
John Acord
4 years ago
BREXIT was 90% anti-Muslim.That May has sabotaged it will be the end of the Tories and their replacement by politicians pledged to rid the island of this menace that kills and maims at will every day of the year.
Norell
4 years ago
Have a plan. Yell for help and attack the bastard before fear sets in. don’t run.
BilboQBaggins
4 years ago
The religion of peace. Britain is in the final phase of the Islamification of the island. The Muslims were welcomed with open arms by the globalist socialists and now the Christian population is being slaughtered with no retribution. If the Brits don’t get out of the pubs and fight back, they’ll soon be out of beer and out of time. There’s no drinking allowed in a caliphate.
Roma Mikhasev
4 years ago
ordinary islam
Indiana Mike
4 years ago
This could have happened just as easily in NYC, Boston, LA, Seattle or any other disarmed Liberal S-Hole in the US. Try that crap in a city like Dallas or Indianapolis, Phoenix, Nashville et al and you will get your azz shot off by armed Citizens.
Fuggitabowdit
4 years ago
This is “part and parcel” of living in a modern city now, according to London mayor Genghis Khan. I also say, it’s also “part and parcel” of unlimited Jihadi immigration AND no Second Amendment. Notice how the “off duty” cop and transit cops were unarmed and were also stabbed by these animals. Also notice how this murderous assault was FINALLY stopped….a good guy with a gun….????????
++MAGA++
Gene Kinney
4 years ago
Theresa Mays Islamic UK…. Deal with it…Dhimmis!
patd
4 years ago
I am so glad that I live in a country that allows me to be able to defend myself against these ignorant parasitic feral animal libturd muslims!!!! These crazies don’t come around here where I carry 24/7!!!! Europe and all of the libturd cities are nothing but sheep led to the slaughter by the ignorant politicians!
Johnny Brown
4 years ago
I take it there is not one, not one among the many to grab anything, a chair, and attack this muslime vermin??? The entire country is gutless and spineless.
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
These bloody stories will become commonplace across the dying atheist West as more and more muslum vermin nest in the dying embers of said cuntries.
The west isn’t dying M.
The west is fighting back as awareness is growing. People worldwide are now seeing the moslem and the globalist agenda. The cats out of the bag.
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