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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...-saadallah-chased-public-terror-b1782732.html
Members of the public chased the Reading attacker after he stabbed three victims to death and identified him to police officers in acts of “conspicuous bravery”, a court has heard.
One of the witnesses, a Muslim man, shouted “you have nothing to do with Islam, b*****d” at the alleged terrorist after helping hunt him down.
Khairi Saadallah, 26, murdered three men and attacked three others in view of dozens of people enjoying the sunshine in Forbury Gardens on 20 June.
He fled the park immediately after the assault but was chased by witnesses, who gave directions to emergency services….
They were being directed by members of the public who had pursued Saadallah from the park, including a witness named as Mr V in proceedings.
Body-worn camera footage showed him telling police that the attacker had shouted “Allahu akbar” and saying that he was a Muslim himself.
The man shouted an Arabic phrase in at Saadallah that the court heard translates as: “You have nothing to do with Islam, b*****d!”.
The witness added: “Rot in hell! We saw him run and all he said ‘Allahuma taqabbal jihad’ which in Arabic means ‘God accept my jihad’ or whatever it is, that is what he was saying…
Members of the public chased the Reading attacker after he stabbed three victims to death and identified him to police officers in acts of “conspicuous bravery”, a court has heard.
One of the witnesses, a Muslim man, shouted “you have nothing to do with Islam, b*****d” at the alleged terrorist after helping hunt him down.
Khairi Saadallah, 26, murdered three men and attacked three others in view of dozens of people enjoying the sunshine in Forbury Gardens on 20 June.
He fled the park immediately after the assault but was chased by witnesses, who gave directions to emergency services….
They were being directed by members of the public who had pursued Saadallah from the park, including a witness named as Mr V in proceedings.
Body-worn camera footage showed him telling police that the attacker had shouted “Allahu akbar” and saying that he was a Muslim himself.
The man shouted an Arabic phrase in at Saadallah that the court heard translates as: “You have nothing to do with Islam, b*****d!”.
The witness added: “Rot in hell! We saw him run and all he said ‘Allahuma taqabbal jihad’ which in Arabic means ‘God accept my jihad’ or whatever it is, that is what he was saying…