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'I saw his beard, then a kitchen knife, then a river of blood': Electrician tells inquest how he noticed ceremonial pike missing from wall then set eyes on Usman Khan after his Fishmongers' Hall rampage
"An electrician has described the moment he set eyes on the knife-wielding and blood drenched London Bridge attacker Usman Khan.
The inquests into the deaths of Cambridge University graduates Saskia Jones, 23, and Jack Merritt, 25, who were killed by convicted terrorist Khan at a prisoner rehabilitation event at Fishmongers' Hall near London Bridge on November 29 2019, resumed today.
Khan, 28, was armed with two knives and wore a fake suicide vest as he stabbed Ms Jones and Mr Merritt to death and injured three others at a prisoner rehabilitation event near London Bridge on November 29, 2019.
Simon Bird, a maintenance electrician working at Fishmongers' Hall on the day of the atrocity, said he heard Khan shouting for the front doors to be opened to escape onto London Bridge.
Mr Bird, who was due to finish work moments before the attack, said he heard an alarm go off so went to investigate.
He said: 'The first thing I noticed is one of the ceremonial plaques wasn't on the wall, and I heard a voice from someone I now know to be Usman Khan: 'Open the effing door, open the effing door.'
'The first thing I noticed was his beard, then my eyes were drawn down and I saw a large kitchen knife in his hand.
'Then my eyes were drawn down further and I saw what I described as a river of blood."
"An electrician has described the moment he set eyes on the knife-wielding and blood drenched London Bridge attacker Usman Khan.
The inquests into the deaths of Cambridge University graduates Saskia Jones, 23, and Jack Merritt, 25, who were killed by convicted terrorist Khan at a prisoner rehabilitation event at Fishmongers' Hall near London Bridge on November 29 2019, resumed today.
Khan, 28, was armed with two knives and wore a fake suicide vest as he stabbed Ms Jones and Mr Merritt to death and injured three others at a prisoner rehabilitation event near London Bridge on November 29, 2019.
Simon Bird, a maintenance electrician working at Fishmongers' Hall on the day of the atrocity, said he heard Khan shouting for the front doors to be opened to escape onto London Bridge.
Mr Bird, who was due to finish work moments before the attack, said he heard an alarm go off so went to investigate.
He said: 'The first thing I noticed is one of the ceremonial plaques wasn't on the wall, and I heard a voice from someone I now know to be Usman Khan: 'Open the effing door, open the effing door.'
'The first thing I noticed was his beard, then my eyes were drawn down and I saw a large kitchen knife in his hand.
'Then my eyes were drawn down further and I saw what I described as a river of blood."