Friday 29 November 2019

A man used a 5-foot narwhal tusk to confront the London terror suspect, according to an eyewitness

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  • A man used a 5 foot narwhal tusk to confront the London Bridge terror suspect, according to an eyewitness in Fishmongers' Hall, a building at the north side of the bridge where the attack allegedly began.
  • On Friday afternoon, two victims were killed and three were injured by the alleged attacker, who was wearing a fake explosive vest, law enforcement said. The suspect was shot and killed by police.
  • Writer and director Amy Coop tweeted what she witnessed at the scene: "A guy who was with us at Fishmongers Hall took a 5' narwhale [sic] tusk from the wall and went out to confront the attacker."
  • In a video of the attack a man can be seen wielding a large white pole, which according to Coop is a narwhal tusk.
  • The man with the tusk was not alone in confronting the suspect; according to The Wall Street Journal the suspect was being moved away from Fishmongers' Hall by "three or four other men, one of them brandishing a fire extinguisher."
  • In an early Saturday morning update from police, Basu identified the suspect as 28-year-old Usman Khan.
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A man used a 5 foot narwhal tusk to confront the London Bridge terror suspect, according to an eyewitness in Fishmongers' Hall, a building at the north side of the bridge where the attack began.

On Friday afternoon, two victims were killed and three were injured by the suspect, who was wearing a fake explosive vest, law enforcement said. The suspect was shot and killed by police.

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