Posted on 06/28/2017 6:07:30 PM PDT by proxy_user
A police officer has told how he fought off the three London Bridge attackers with his baton despite being temporarily blinded in one eye after he was stabbed in the head.
Speaking publicly for the first time since the terrorist attack earlier this month, Wayne Marques, who received several major knife wounds, said the adrenaline prevented him from realising how badly he had been injured.
He said he took a deep breath and charged at the first attacker, swinging at him “with everything I had as hard as I could, straight through his head, trying to go for a knockout blow”.
Although he heard the terrorist “yelp in pain”, the man struck back. “He’d hit me so hard that my right eye went lights out straight away, I just went blind,” Marques told the Press Association.
In a fight he believes lasted up to 90 seconds, the British Transport police (BTP) officer was set upon by Youssef Zaghba, Khuram Butt and Rachid Redouane. “The second one [attacker] and the third one I was basically fighting left to right, because I only had one eye so I’m moving left to right, left to right,” he said.
Sorry, I forgot to check ‘this is an excerpt’. I only take 300 words or less from newspapers, respecting their copyright. Read the rest at the URL.
Bet he wishes they hadn’t banned guns.
Why would anyone give a cop a gun to fight terrorists. He should be glad they didn’t have one.
I'm sure, but its good to see a Brit with some salt and a good slice of English hickey make a difference.
Never mess with a guy named Wayne. You can mess with Dwaynes, but never Waynes...
John Wayne used to always get wounded in the leg in his movies.
Looks like this Wayne did, too... funny how he compares the experience to being in a western. I wish he had been as well armed as John Wayne usually was and things would have turned out much better.
One tough ba@tard.
Please God let there be many more like this in England whose eyes are open.
I might rather have a baton than a knife; even in a knife fight. It is a dangerous tool if used well. One strike can shatter bone.
At first, I read the headline as saying he fought the attackers with “bacon.” ;-)
Better to be armed with a gun.
The man has plenty of balls. He needs a Sig 226
They need some Irish-style shillelaghs. Those will really ruin your day if used with full force. Since they are technically canes/walking sticks, they’re perfectly legal to have in public.
Definitely a good man is he. He would have been much more effective with a Glock 9mm in his hand or Bull pup slung over his shoulder.
I lived in the UK in the 70s. At that time the authority of a British Bobby was respected. They really did not need guns. Times have changed. Deadly force can occur anywhere and not only is the Bobby not respected, he is a target. The Bobbys need guns, all of them!
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