terrorists as he fought them off with his bare hands to allow fellow drinkers to escape. Roy Larner launched himself at the trio on Saturday night who he said had run in to the Black & Blue restaurant and bar in Borough Market shouting, 'This is for Allah' and 'Islam, Islam, Islam'. As staff and customers panicked, the 47-year-old shouted, 'F**k you, I'm Millwall,' before trying to punch the attackers, two of which have since been named Khuram Butt and Rachid Redouane. His actions are said to have saved lives as people were able to escape while Mr Larner fought the terrorists back, getting slashed in his head, chest and hands in the process.
His actions are said to have saved lives
as people were able to escape while Mr Larner fought the terrorists
back, getting slashed in his head, chest and hands in the process.
Mr Larner, 47, from Peckham, south London, is recovering from surgery after being slashed 'in the head' multiple times by the assailants.
Speaking
from his bed at St Thomas' Hospital in central London, he said: 'I'm a
bit better. I've had surgery. They reckon I might have to be in here a
week.
'I just did what I had to do.'
He
was pictured propping himself up in his hospital bed with a 'learn to
run' manual his friends had given him - which they said displayed 'our
south east London sense of humour'.
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