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Man armed with Narwhal tusk confronts terrorist on London Bridge

Posted by DanBC
Tags: united kingdom.london, crime, terrorism, weapons.melee, tusks, narwhals, offbeat, author.amy coop, source.twitter
https://twitter.com/theamycoop/status/1200513388889223169?s=20
@theamycoop:
A guy who was with us at Fishmongers Hall took a 5' narwhale tusk from the wall and went out to confront the attacker. You can see him standing over the man (with what looks like a white pole) in the video.

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    DanBC
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    This is a tweet so I don't know if it's allowed here or not, but it's an eye witness account of a man who took a narwhal tusk from a wall display to go and confront a terrorist knife attacker on...

    This is a tweet so I don't know if it's allowed here or not, but it's an eye witness account of a man who took a narwhal tusk from a wall display to go and confront a terrorist knife attacker on London Bridge.

    He's a Polish chef called Łukasz and you can see a picture of him (and another man who had a fire extinguisher) here: https://twitter.com/newjorg/status/1200701739969568768?s=20

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    1. thundergolfer
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      That tusk looks like it’s essentially a spear, which is quite a handy weapon in that situation, if you can’t get a gun. I was expecting it to look more like an elephant tusk, which would be...

      That tusk looks like it’s essentially a spear, which is quite a handy weapon in that situation, if you can’t get a gun.

      I was expecting it to look more like an elephant tusk, which would be awkward as hell to use.

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