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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Your support makes all the difference.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.
Footage 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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Footage from alongside Borough Market shows people running away from the attack as the terrorists look for more targets
Redouane can be seen jogging towards a man and talking to him, but not stabbing him
"There's clearly some form of discussion, we don't know what was said and despite witness appeals the man never came forward," D/Supt Riggs says
Footage shows the attackers moving towards El Pastor and stabbing two people in the outside seating area
The attackers are then seen entering the Black and Blue restaurant. A CCTV camera in the dining area shows them from 10.12pm
The footage shows dinersmoving away from the scene of the attack and then running out an exit
CCTV from outside the Black and Blue restaurant previously showed the attack on Elliot's cafe across the road and Zaghba and Butt taking off their jackets
It then shows Butt, now with his Arsenal shirt and fake suicide vest showing entering the restaurant followed by Zaghba and Redouane. It shows Redouane kicking the glass door to force it over
The court is being played CCTV from inside Black and Blue showing the attack on Roy Larner, who was sitting at a table opposite a father and son who managed to escape as the attackers forced their way inside
The attack shows Mr Larner sat at the table as the three attackers enter, waving their knives. It shows Redouane stabbing him repeatedly but he is still standing and fighting the attackers, even as he's stabbed again by another attacker. It was at 22:13.11
The footage shows Butt telling Geoff Ho to get down on the floor, before stabbing him in the throat
Zaghba then goes behind the bar and drinks from the tap. At the same tap, Butt washes his knife and wipes it on his beard in a "chilling gesture", Mr Hough says
A camera in the dining area shows the three attackers exiting through the dining area as two remaining customers run out, and Butt picking up a bottle and breaking it
The court has resumed and is now being played footage taken by a member of the public on a mobile phone.
He was standing inside Borough Market as the terrorists exited Black and Blue retaurant. The footage shows unarmed police officers being approached by the trio, as they made radio calls for armed officers using the codeword "Trojan"
The man was standing directly behind the police officers as the attackers started running towards them, shouting "Allahu akbar"
The police officers shout "run" while making desperate radio calls for armed backup, and turn and flee with members of the public
The footage shows two bakers carrying large bread crates running towards the scene where the attackers were stabbing people, shortly before the first City of London Police vehicle arrives from the opposite direction
Seconds later, a fusillade of gunshots can be heard as members of the public take cover inside Borough Market. "What the f*** is going on here," the man behind the camera can be heard shouting
PC Balfour, one of the unarmed officers, was wearing a bodyworn camera
The footage shows him running through the market toward a response car, and coming across a man bleeding from his face
He emerges into Stoney Street as City of London Police armed officers arrived at the end
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