Eyewitness describes encounter with London attacker
- 11 years ago
A woman describes the moment she came face to face with a man who had just killed a British soldier.
Ingrid Loyau-Kennet was travelling on a bus on Wednesday afternoon when the vehicle came to a standstill at the scene of the crime.
(SOUNDBITE)(English) INGRID LOYAU-KENNET, EYEWITNESS TO THE AFTERMATH OF THE WOOLWICH ATTACK, SAYING:
"When I approached the body there was a lady cradling him and then the guy, the most excited one of the two said 'don't go too close to the body'."
She said she tried to talk with the man to distract and pacify him as crowds began to gather.
(SOUNDBITE)(English) INGRID LOYAU-KENNET, EYEWITNESS TO THE AFTERMATH OF THE WOOLWICH ATTACK, SAYING:
"He said, don't touch, I killed him, and I said why? And he said he's a British soldier, he's killed people, he killed Muslim people in Muslim countries and have nothing to do here. And I said ok, so what would you like? And I tried to talk about what he felt, and he said all the bomb
Ingrid Loyau-Kennet was travelling on a bus on Wednesday afternoon when the vehicle came to a standstill at the scene of the crime.
(SOUNDBITE)(English) INGRID LOYAU-KENNET, EYEWITNESS TO THE AFTERMATH OF THE WOOLWICH ATTACK, SAYING:
"When I approached the body there was a lady cradling him and then the guy, the most excited one of the two said 'don't go too close to the body'."
She said she tried to talk with the man to distract and pacify him as crowds began to gather.
(SOUNDBITE)(English) INGRID LOYAU-KENNET, EYEWITNESS TO THE AFTERMATH OF THE WOOLWICH ATTACK, SAYING:
"He said, don't touch, I killed him, and I said why? And he said he's a British soldier, he's killed people, he killed Muslim people in Muslim countries and have nothing to do here. And I said ok, so what would you like? And I tried to talk about what he felt, and he said all the bomb