Ex-Muslim who filmed the ringleader of the London Bridge terror attack ranting about Islam in a Superman hoodie months before he and two men murdered eight people in the capital feared he would ‘do something stupid’
- Khuram Butt was wearing Superman hoodie as he argued with people in London
- London Bridge terror attack ringleader told former Muslim he should ‘be killed’
- The altercation is believed to have happened in August last year
- Man who filmed Butt said he wishes he had gone to police with the footage
The ringleader of the London Bridge terror attack was filmed telling a former Muslim he should ‘be killed’ for leaving the religion less than a year before the bloody massacre.
Khuram Butt was wearing a Superman hoodie and smiled as he threatened another man in Hyde Park corner, the BBC reports.
The altercation is believed to have happened in August last year, nine months before eight people were murdered in the Saturday night attack on London Bridge.
The man who filmed Butt has now said he wishes he had gone to police with the footage.
Khuram Butt was wearing a Superman hoodie as he smiled and argued with other people about religion in Hyde Park corner
The witness, from north west London, told the BBC: ‘He came up and said “I want top have a discussion”.
‘He turned suddenly and got personal and started threatening that I’m going to kill you.
‘He was just threatening and very aggressive. I was scared, he said “if you do not honour my religion you should be killed”.
Shazad Butt (left) ,and two accomplices, Rachid Redouane (right) and Youssef Zaghba crashed a white hire van into pedestrians just before 10pm on June 3. They then went on a stabbing spree
The attack lasted just eight minutes before the trio killed by police marksmen Pictured: Youssef Zaghba
‘I knew it, this guy was going to do something stupid and he did.
‘I just regret. Why didn’t I inform this to the police? Because if I did I could have saved many lives. Maybe the police would have listened.’
Butt and two accomplices, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba, crashed a white hire van into pedestrians just before 10pm on June 3.
They then went on a stabbing spree in the nearby Borough Market. The attack lasted just eight minutes before the trio killed by police marksmen.
The ringleader of the London Bridge terror attacks was filmed telling a former Muslim he should ‘be killed’ for leaving the religion just months before the massacre
Eight people died and 48 were injured in the massacre. Butt and his accomplaces were also killed
Eight people died and 48 were injured in the massacre.
Butt, who was killed during the terror attack on June 3, was reportedly buried in secret after hundreds of imams refused to perform his funeral.
The 27-year-old’s body is believed to have been driven to a graveyard near the family home in east London and no ceremony took place.