Porter tackled London Bridge terrorist 'instinctively'

A porter who had a one-on-one fight with London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan has said that he acted on instinct by tackling him with a stick.

Lukasz, who only wanted to give his first name, said he was recovering from stab wounds and coming to terms with the trauma of the incident.

Khan, an Islamist terror convict released from prison on licence, killed two people and wounded three others in a knife attack on Friday that started in the Fishmongers' Hall, the headquarters of one of London's historic trade guilds.

Then he moved on to the bridge where armed police shot him dead, five minutes after being alerted.

In a statement issued through London's Metropolitan Police, Lukasz described the attack as an "unimaginable" tragedy.

"I and several others tried to stop a man from attacking people inside the building. I did this using a pole I found. Someone else was holding a narwhal tusk."
"The man attacked me, after which he left the building. A number of us followed him out but I stopped at the bollards of the bridge."
"I had been stabbed and was later taken to hospital to be treated. I am thankful that I have now been able to return home. When the attack happened, I acted instinctively. I am now coming to terms with the whole traumatic incident."
"At that point, he's got about a one minute, one-on-one straight combat. He (Khan) works his way up Lukasz's pole, slashing with this knife and he takes five wounds to his left side."