He may have been hoping to lay hold of the Qur’an’s promise of Paradise to those who “kill and are killed” for Allah (9:111).
“London attacks: incidents at London Bridge and Borough Market confirmed as terrorism – live,” by Claire Phipps, Guardian, June 3, 2017:
Photo shows man ‘with canisters strapped to body’
Pictures have been circulating showing a man on the ground; he appears to have canisters strapped to his body.
The Guardian is not showing his face until his identity and connection to the incident has been established.
The photo was taken by Gabriele Sciotto, a Juventus fan, who said he was on his way home after watching his team play in the Champions League final. “I had just been watching the football at The Sheaf pub and I left. I was trying to figure out which way to go home and I went the wrong way.”
As he walked down Park Street he said a man came running towards him. “He was maybe 35. He was saying ‘run away, there’s a terrorist attack going on’. There were other people around and they started to run away.”
Sciotto, a documentary maker, instead walked on:
I’m a documentary maker. I was doing what I’m trained to do.
It was dark, but behind him I could see three men at the other end of the street. They were about 20m away. It was quite confusing – it took me a few seconds to work out what was going on.
Sciotto said he saw them run in the opposite direction into Borough Market:
There was one policeman there, inside Borough Market. He was trying to scare them away. They ran towards me because the police officer was trying to chase them.
The three men ran out of Borough Market and turned left into Stoney Street towards the Wheatsheaf pub:
Suddenly lots and lots police came from the other direction. There was a lot of shouting. ‘Stop, stop, get on the floor’, stuff like that. Then the police shot them.
The 25-year-old took pictures of the men after they had been shot, lying on the floor:
I could see one of them moving still. There was blood. I could see the police were scared.
The policeman in Borough Market, he was trying to make sure that no one was hurt. He was trying to get them outside. The police reaction was very quick….
abad says
Pretty soon there won’t be any room left in hell for these Muslim suicide bombers.
Pure evil.
Valkyrie Ziege says
; Oh, no, sorry, you’re wrong, they’re going to heaven,
I thought you knew that?
Phil says
How does Trump look now to all these clueless infidels as they get run down and beheaded in cold blood and broad daylight.
Can we impeach our radical leftist activists judges here in America that are blocking our travel ban from “five predominantly Muslim countries now? Please…
Michael Casmer says
How is it that the average citizen in the Uk can’t have a weapon to defend themselves, but these idiots can get military grade weapons?
Keith says
Well actually the terrorists were using hunting knives.
But I think trained and qualified Brits should be allowed to concealed carry. An armed society is a polite society.
Valkyrie Ziege says
; Amen!
Baucent says
They used knives and a vehicle. That’s the point they want to make. You are never safe, we can kill you with a tennis racket or whatever.
Carolyne says
I don’t think that it is clear that they had only knives. I keep hearing about “Crossfire.” That would indicate the police were shooting in response to shots being fired at them.
Kessler says
Even from that censored photo, I can see the outline of his jihadi hate beard.
gravenimage says
London jihad attacks: Photo shows man with “canisters strapped to his body”
………………
Jihad suicide bomber.
don vito says
Multi-diworseifycation of western culture from the lovers of their prophet mo, allah and death. More kufr dead and wounded, bless all these poor souls. Leave these western leaders, they are blind, or collaborators, corrupt, vile, a waste of oxygen. They will tell the public, this murder was caused by global climate change, much worse than a jihadi attack.
neluroman says
It is better in my country, no Muslim – except those Tatars who have been here for 400years- no terrorist attack.
Joseph says
I understand that the wife of one of the London Bridge terrorists was quoted as saying: “I am happy that my husband has now entered paradise” If this is true, she should made to pay a steep price and forced to cooperate with the police. How many times have we heard a pregnant Palestinian woman saying that she was “honored” to have given one of her sons or daughters lives in the effort to kill more sons and daughters of the Jewish people? And how she would be “honored” if her next child would become a suicide bomber as well as the first? Why is this situation so hard for us to understand clearly?
Baucent says
Another “low tech” terror attack to show vans and knives are as effective as bombs in terrorizing the infidel. The fact it occurred during Ramadan is highly significant though no MSM will draw that to attention. This is Britain’s future as the Syrian ISIS base crumbles and the rats return home.
Charli Main says
The Muslim Socialist Media will NEVER draw attention to the fact that Islam is a death cult and that its adherents are TOTALLY XXXXXXX INSANE just like their lunatic ” prophet” Mad Mohammed of Mecca.
Shazza says
People were evacuated from hotels and told to find accommodation away from the area. Are the authorities lying about those ‘fake’ bomb belts on the terrorists? Were they real?
TheDane says
We Europeans should start to arm ourselves, concealed, of course. I hope that there are some Real men in my country that carries, because we need to be able to take out these rats swiftly, when they run amok!
Carolyne says
But if you should do that, TheDane, you will be prosecuted and jailed while the terrorists will go free. Your governments have disarmed their citizens, paving the way for the barbarians to take over.