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London terror attack: Brave Taxi man praised after he tries to run down terroists




The city of London has been plunged into shock and despair tonight after two separate terroist incidents have hit the city tonight.
On a busy Saturday night in the English capital innocent civilians were left running for their lives after a number stabbing attacks occured at London Bridge and Borough Market whilst a van ploughed through a number of pedestrians on the the world famous bridge.

However in amidst of the carnage unfolding in the city, one brave taxi driver showed courage and try to rescue his fellow man and woman.

The brave taxi driver who is unamed apparently tried to disrupt the would be terroist who were carrying large knives by attempting to run them over.

Speaking to LBC, the brave taxi driver have his account  of events unfolding before his eyes before he attempted to take action, in an interview in the past few hours the cabbie said: “I thought, “I’m gonna try and hit him, I’m gonna try and knock him down.”

‘”I spun the cab round, I was about to ram one of them, but he side-stepped and three police officers came running towards them with their batons drawn.”

“I was shouting at everybody, just get away from the area, stay back, just run the other way. There were a good few hundred people out there.”

The driver, continued: “He’s veered across the road towards the right hand of where Southwark Cathedral is and rammed it where the steps are.”

“He just rammed it towards them, wedged it in between the lamppost and the steps and so he’s hit people there.”

“They’ve jumped out of the van and started stabbing people randomly. There was a scattering of people.”

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