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| Westminster Bridge inquest: 'I tried to save terrorist' | Westminster Bridge inquest: 'I tried to save terrorist' |
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| A minister's bodyguard has told how he tried to save Westminster attack terrorist Khalid Masood's life after his colleague had shot him. | A minister's bodyguard has told how he tried to save Westminster attack terrorist Khalid Masood's life after his colleague had shot him. |
| The officer, identified only as SB73, told an inquest Masood had approached them with two large kitchen knives. | The officer, identified only as SB73, told an inquest Masood had approached them with two large kitchen knives. |
| Moments earlier, the attacker had ploughed through pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing four, and stabbed PC Keith Palmer to death. | Moments earlier, the attacker had ploughed through pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing four, and stabbed PC Keith Palmer to death. |
| He died after being shot in the Palace of Westminster on 22 March last year. | He died after being shot in the Palace of Westminster on 22 March last year. |
| In his evidence the close protection officer said his colleague - known to the court as SA74 - shot the 52-year-old three times with his Glock pistol. | |
| From beneath the public gallery in the Old Bailey's Court One, SB73 told jurors he risked his safety to handcuff the attacker as he lay dying. | From beneath the public gallery in the Old Bailey's Court One, SB73 told jurors he risked his safety to handcuff the attacker as he lay dying. |
| "At that time he was still breathing. His chest was still rising and falling. He was going grey," he said. | "At that time he was still breathing. His chest was still rising and falling. He was going grey," he said. |
| "He basically stopped breathing, so I started CPR; chest compressions." | "He basically stopped breathing, so I started CPR; chest compressions." |
| The pair have been granted anonymity during the inquest, with the media allowed to listen to proceedings only via video link from another room. | The pair have been granted anonymity during the inquest, with the media allowed to listen to proceedings only via video link from another room. |
| Those killed in the attack were PC Palmer, 48, American tourist Kurt Cochran, 54, retired window cleaner Leslie Rhodes, 75, mother-of-two Aysha Frade, 44, and Romanian designer Andreea Cristea, 31. | |
| Speaking about the start of the incident, the bodyguard told the inquest he heard a loud bang "like a car crash", followed by shouting and screaming. | |
| Bomb risk? | |
| He and his colleague moved towards the Carriage Gates, where PC Palmer had been stabbed. | |
| "There were lots of people running towards us at that stage. My colleague shouted, 'Knife!'" the witness said. | |
| They saw Masood with a large kitchen knife in each hand, four to five metres away and walking fast towards them. | |
| SB73 said: "I shouted some verbal warning - 'Armed police, stop, drop the knife.' - something like that. | |
| "I thought he would seriously injure or kill one or both of us." | |
| His colleague then shot Masood, leaving him with two wounds to the torso, the officer said. | |
| Jonathan Hough QC, for the coroner, asked: "Is it right to say there was a risk given the circumstances he might have a bomb?" | |
| The officer agreed. |