Current Events > Reformed Ex-Prisoner who fought off London Bridge attack interview

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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-50744983

Pretty wild how many lives this guy probably saved, good thing he wasnt still locked up!

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John Crilly, who was jailed for murder after a burglary went wrong, said he tackled Usman Khan while believing he was wearing a live suicide belt.

Crilly had been attending the Learning Together conference and remembers hearing a "very high-pitched girl's scream" when he knew something was wrong.
He went downstairs to find Miss Jones, 23, lying wounded, before he saw Khan in the corridor, armed with two knives.
After shouting at Khan, asking him what he was doing, Crilly remembers his chilling reply: "He says something like 'kill everyone' or 'kill you', something about killing people."
When asked if he thought Khan was targeting specific people, he said: "It seemed like everyone there was fair game.
"I just assume now that he just saw it as a big target. A room full of establishment people - judges, probation, police, security."

Crilly fought him first with a wooden lectern and then a fire extinguisher, all the while believing he was wearing a live suicide belt.
He said he acted on "instinct" and "was screaming at [Khan] to blow it [the belt]... calling his bluff."
But he said Khan told him he was "waiting for the police" to arrive before detonating the belt, which police later found to be fake.
"I was prepared to probably lose my life", he said.
Two men used a pole and a whale tusk ripped from the venue's wall to fight off Khan and force him out of the building.

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Mundo respect to anyone who tackles a man in a suicide vest
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