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Wednesday, 11 August 2021

A police officer who shot dead a convicted terrorist in Streatham has told a court how he feared for his life.

The inquest into the attack in February last year is continuing at the Royal Courts of Justice. 

20-year-old Sudesh Amman ran towards one of the armed surveillance officers with a knife after stabbing two people.

Officer BX75, whose identity is being protected, said "I thought he was going to stab me and kill me or certainly seriously injure me.”

Amman was shot and killed at the scene.

Correspondent Aisha Zahid reports