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Evening Standard
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Sean Morrison

London Bridge attack: Jurors to visit spot where terrorists were shot dead by police marksmen

Emergency services tending to the wounded after the June 3 attack (Picture: PA)

Inquest jurors will today visit the spot where the London Bridge attack terrorists were shot dead by police marksmen.

Khuram Butt, 27, Rachid Redouane, 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22, died 10 minutes after embarking on a van and knife attack which left eight dead and 48 injured.

Their Old Bailey inquest has heard how they had ploughed through pedestrians on London Bridge.

Having crashed into railings, they got out wearing fake suicide vests and rampaged around Borough Market, stabbing random members of the public.

An armed police officer on patrol at Borough High Street on the night of the attack (PA)

Jurors have seen CCTV footage of events leading up to their last moments in Stoney Street near the Wheatsheaf pub.

The panel of five women and six men will on Wednesday view the area accompanied by Chief Coroner Mark Lucraft QC and lawyers in the inquest.

The attackers had set upon their final victim, Antonio Filis, when three firearms officers arrived in an armed response vehicle.

The inquest has heard how a police officer had tried to intervene and a market worker had thrown a chair at the attackers as they set upon Mr Filis.

Well-wishers: Pedestrians stop to look at floral tributes in the area following the terror attack (AFP/Getty Images)

One armed officer, identified only as BX46, was first to get out of the ARV and shouted at Butt to stand still.

Butt advanced towards him and the officer stepped back before opening fire just at 10.16pm, jurors were told.

The other two attackers then ran towards officers BX44 and BX45 before they too were shot, the court has heard.

Afterwards, Mr Filis, who survived, was shown on police body-worn video with blood pouring from his wounds.

Jurors have been told a separate inquest had concluded on Friday into the deaths of the victims, Xavier Thomas, 45, Chrissy Archibald, 30, Sara Zelenak, 21, James McMullan, 32, Kirsty Boden, 28, Alexandre Pigeard, 26, Sebastien Belanger, 36, and Ignacio Echeverria, 39.

Reporting by PA

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