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London attack: Martial artist who tackled terrorist is 'out of surgery and on the mend' | London attack: Martial artist who tackled terrorist is 'out of surgery and on the mend' |
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A martial arts expert and journalist who was stabbed in the neck during the London terror attack has successfully made it out of surgery. | A martial arts expert and journalist who was stabbed in the neck during the London terror attack has successfully made it out of surgery. |
Geoff Ho, who is the business editor of the Sunday Express, was taken to intensive care after attempting to protect a bouncer on the door on the Southwark Tavern in Borough Market. | |
He had stepped in to break up what he believed to be a fight, unaware that it was in fact terrorists who were attacking members of the public with knives and a van. | He had stepped in to break up what he believed to be a fight, unaware that it was in fact terrorists who were attacking members of the public with knives and a van. |
Posting a Twitter message on Monday morning, Mr Ho said: “Thank you every one for the best wishes. I got out of surgery yesterday and am on the mend.” | Posting a Twitter message on Monday morning, Mr Ho said: “Thank you every one for the best wishes. I got out of surgery yesterday and am on the mend.” |
Friends had previously expressed concern after the kung fu and kickboxing enthusiast went missing shortly after the attack, prompting desperate appeals for information online. | |
One said she thought he would have “stood up and been counted because he’s just that type of person”. | |
Through the help of social media, Mr Ho was found in an intensive care ward in the city. | Through the help of social media, Mr Ho was found in an intensive care ward in the city. |
Although he can sit up on his hospital bed, he cannot yet speak, the Mirror reported. | Although he can sit up on his hospital bed, he cannot yet speak, the Mirror reported. |
Martin Townsend, editor of the Sunday Express, said: “Geoff Ho is an absolutely first-class reporter and a fine and decent man and our thoughts are with him and his family at this time.” | Martin Townsend, editor of the Sunday Express, said: “Geoff Ho is an absolutely first-class reporter and a fine and decent man and our thoughts are with him and his family at this time.” |
In a Facebook post, Mr Ho later wrote: “Don’t know whether it was stupid or noble to jump and break up the fight outside the Southwark Tavern, but two a*******s trying to do over the lone bouncer on the door isn’t happening on my watch.” | In a Facebook post, Mr Ho later wrote: “Don’t know whether it was stupid or noble to jump and break up the fight outside the Southwark Tavern, but two a*******s trying to do over the lone bouncer on the door isn’t happening on my watch.” |
Three men drove a van into pedestrians on London Bridge on Saturday night, before heading into Borough Market, where they attacked people with 12-inch knives. | Three men drove a van into pedestrians on London Bridge on Saturday night, before heading into Borough Market, where they attacked people with 12-inch knives. |
At least seven people were killed and dozens more injured in the attack. | At least seven people were killed and dozens more injured in the attack. |
The men, who wore fake suicide vests, were shot and killed by armed police within minutes. | The men, who wore fake suicide vests, were shot and killed by armed police within minutes. |
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