London Bridge attack inquests: CCTV shows stab victims fighting Isis terrorists as passers-by throw chairs
Knife-wielding attackers pelted with bottles, chairs and bread crates, after being punched and kicked by victims
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Inquests into the London Bridge terror attack have been shown CCTV of victims fighting terrorists even after they were stabbed.
The Old Bailey was played graphic footage showing PC Charlie Guenigault kicking ringleader Khuram Butt as he was being knifed on the ground.
Another clip showed a man throwing a drink over attacker Rachid Redouane after being stabbed in the back, as a passer-by launched a chair at terrorists.
Millwall fan Roy Larner was filmed fighting the attackers in the Black and Blue restaurant, remaining standing in a boxing stance even after being stabbed multiple times in the chest.
In the aftermath of the attack, Mr Larner said he shouted "f*** you, I'm Millwall" during the assault.
London Bridge Terror Attack
Show all 16Footage caught on CCTV cameras, dashcams, people's phones and police bodyworn cameras showed chaos as the trio of terrorists roamed around Borough Market.
The court heard that at one point, they started moving towards unarmed police officers shouting "Allah akbar".
Footage showed the officers making desperate radio calls for armed backup before turning and telling members of the public to run, fleeing with them.
An armed unit from City of London Police arrived at Borough Market shortly after, as the terrorists stabbed the last of the 56 victims killed or injured.
Even as three officers got out of their car and took aim, footage played to the Old Bailey showed members of the public standing metres away throwing missiles.
Two bakers had run to the scene with large bread crates, while drinkers were pelting them with chairs and glass bottles.
Police shouted at the public to take cover as armed officers opened fire on the terrorists in a hail of bullets.
The court heard that officers shouted warnings before Butt, Redouane and Youssef Zaghba charged towards them, still carrying their knives and wearing fake suicide vests.
The three attackers were taken down 10 minutes after starting the attack, and shot multiple times minutes later as they lay on the ground.
Footage showed Redouane's legs moving and Det Supt Becky Riggs told the court that officers feared the attackers and could detonate the vests.
They were later found to be fake by explosive ordnance disposal teams.
A man in a nearby pub was accidentally shot in the head in the fusillade but survived, the court heard.
The Old Bailey previously heard emotional tributes to the eight victims from their families.
The area around Borough Market had been swarming with Londoners and tourists on a warm summer evening, when pubs were packed out for the Champions League final.
The court heard Ignacio Echeverria, a financial crime analyst from Spain, beat the terrorists with a skateboard after seeing them attacking a woman on the ground.
Australian nurse Kirsty Boden was stabbed to death after rushing to help another victim, French waiter Alexandre Pigeard.
The court heard that the 26-year-old was attacked while “rushing to see if he could help” victims of what he believed to be an accidental crash.
French chef Sebastien Belanger, 36, had been drinking at the same restaurant and was cornered by all three of the attackers but “bravely fought back” as he was stabbed to death.
The court heard that Canadian social worker Christine Archibald, 30, had kissed her husband-to-be and told him “I love you” moments before being killed by the van.
Xavier Thomas, 45, was on the phone to his son as he walked across the River Thames on holiday with his girlfriend when he was hit by the terrorists' vehicle.
Australian au pair Sara Zelenak was on a “trip of a lifetime” when she was knifed to death while on a night out with a friend nearby, her family said.
And dual British-Filipino national James McMullan, 32, had been watching football at a pub when he went outside for a cigarette and was caught in the attack.
The attackers' deaths will be examined before a jury, in separate inquests coming after an estimated eight weeks of hearings for their victims.
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The court hears they drove into Stoney Street as the attackers were stabbing a man
It is being taken through the confrontation between the attackers and police
D/Supt Riggs says BX46 was the first to get out the vehicle from the front passenger seat and confronted Butt, moving towards where he was stabbing a man in front of the police car
D/Supt Riggs says "Butt ran towards the officer carrying his knife and wearing his mock suicide vest. The officer fired and Butt fell to the floor."
She says the officer moved back to create distance and shouted a warning before opening fires. As he backed away, Butt kept coming towards him
The court hears that as the two other officers got out the vehicle, Redouane and Zaghba ran towards them
Initially they took cover inside Borough Market, but they then "ran at the two officers"
"Both of the officers fired at them and both the attackers," D/Supt Riggs says
By 22:16.52 they were all on the ground
BX45, the driver, hadn't fully put the handbrake on and the car rolled forwards during the confrontation until it hit "street furniture", the court hears
D/Supt Riggs says members of the public were injured by shrapnel and one man inside The Wheatsheaf was "wounded in the head by a bullet and fell to the floor". His name is Neil McLelland
Each police officer kept their guns aimed at the attackers as they lay on the floor, the court hears
Two Metropolitan Police armed response vehicles arrived at 22:17.05
The officers in one vehicle are codenamed E122, AY14 and BY28 because they have been given anonymity orders
"Believing they were wearing IEDs, they withdrew and maintained cover on the suspects," while sheltering behind a police car, D/Supt Riggs said
The court is being shown a CCTV still of the officers aiming their guns at Redouane and Zaghba from a distance, as additional officers arrived
D/Supt Riggs says the officers shot the attackers more as they were on the ground:
"They could see the attackers were still moving, they believed they were going to activate the explosive devices they were wearing and they fired further shots"
Someone inside The Wheatsheaf alerted police that a man, Mr McLellan, was seriously injured inside
Between 28 and 29 minutes past 10 "some shots were fired att Butt" because of indications he could be moving, the court hears
Mr McLelland was operated on and survived his injuries and The Wheatsheaf was evacuated
Unarmed officers were on the scene within a minute of the attack starting, the court hears
D/Supt Riggs says that "because of the confusion with the attackers removing their jackets" there were concerns that other terrorists were at large who had not yet been shot
D/Supt Riggs says that casualties were being evacuated from the area at the time and so a senior officer allowed unarmed officers on the scene, despite the perceived risk of more attackers on the loose
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