London attack: Heroic restaurant owner and staff led 130 people to safety as terrorists charged towards them
7 years, 9 months ago

London attack: Heroic restaurant owner and staff led 130 people to safety as terrorists charged towards them

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A restaurant owner has told how he and other staff led 130 customers to safety as the London Bridge terror attackers stormed towards the premises on their deadly rampage. “They then veered off underneath the bridge towards another establishment called Borough Bistro.” Mr Stembridge said police had passed on advice to him in the wake of the Westminster attack earlier this year, and called for more training to be given to restaurant and bar owners in anticipation of future attacks. “We’d been told by the police what to do and we secured most of the people within the premises but by that time the three guys brandishing the weapons had already gone off to somewhere else.” He said the customers in the restaurant were also stoical in the face of the attack, which left seven people dead and at least 48 people injured, 21 of them critically. “I think people are quite aware of what’s going on in London at the moment, so there wasn’t any panic as such," Mr Stembridge said.

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