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Poland to give London Bridge hero chef ‘Lucasz’ a medal for taking down terrorist with a narwhal tusk

Poland to give London Bridge hero chef ‘Lucasz’ a medal for taking down terrorist with a narwhal tusk

THE brave chef who fought off a knife-wielding terrorist with a 5ft narwhal tusk will be honoured with a medal, it has been revealed.

The hero, who is believed to be a Polish chef by the name Lukasz, was released from hospital today after he courageously helped bring down convicted terrorist Usman Khan with others on London Bridge on Friday.

Khan, 28, was shot dead by police after he went on a rampage in a fake suicide vest and stabbed a man and a woman to death and putting another three in hospital.

A work-mate told had told The Sunday Mirror: Lukasz was in the hospital.

It is unclear if he was one of the three people taken to the Royal London Hospital in East London along with two other women.

Dr Vin Diwakar, Medical Director for the NHS in London, said today one person had been released from the hospital and two others remain in stable condition.

Lukasz, who works in the kitchen at Fishmongers' Hall where Khan's attack started, is set to be honoured with the Medal for Sacrifice and Courage for "risking his own life" for "helping to overpower the terrorist".

Jan Kanthak, a spokesman for the ruling United Poland party, tweeted that the minister will be putting in a request to President Andrzej Duda.

He added: "Łukasz's heroism has an international dimension."

Warsaw foreign ministry sources told Polish media Lukasz has been released from hospital, the MailOnline reports.

It is understood Polish diplomats are now said to be inc contact with UK police.

Authorities are not releasing Lukasz's full name for his protection.


FRIDAY'S HEROES

Cambridge graduate Jack Merritt, a 25-year-old course coordinator, is the first victim to be named after his grieving father paid tribute to his son as a "beautiful spirit".

Three people, one man and two women, were rushed to hospital on Friday night - and one was in critical condition, one was stable and a third had less serious injuries.

NHS Chief Executive Simon Stevens said yesterday that the one patient who was in critical condition has improved and the condition of the other two was the same.

It comes after a woman, who did not give her name,said a woman in her 20s had "slash wounds on her arms and stomach" and a man had to be put in an induced coma.

Lukasz is one of several bystanders who risked their lives to bring down the London Bridge terrorist.

Another hero is a kitchen porter named only as Mohammed who is said to have tackled Khan on his lunch break before going back to wash dishes.

Two other men who helped to catch the attacker were fearless tour guides Thomas Gray, 24, and Stevie Hurst who jumped out of their car to help.

Prisoner James Ford, 42, helped take down Khan while he was on day release.

Ford murdered a 21-year-old disabled girl in 2004 and was at an event about rehabilitating criminals when he stepped in.

A British Transport police officer in plain clothes bravely picked up one of the knives from the floor and carried it away from the attacker.

Khan, from Staffordshire, was freed last December and police said he was "known to authorities" after he was convicted in 2012 for terror offences.

He was banned from entering London but had a one-day exemption to attend an ex-convict event, it emerged last night.

Khan, who was wearing a monitoring tag during the attack, was attending an event on Friday afternoon at Fishmonger’s Hall called ‘Learning Together’.

The killer "hoodwinked" authorities by travelling to the prisoner rehabilitation conference at Fishmongers' Hall where he launched his horror rampage.

One academic who was there told the Mail On Sunday that Khan "suddenly just flipped".

The Sun on Sunday revealed Khan was given “special permission” to attend the Cambridge University-run event.
The callous killer attended the morning session before returning after lunch to launch his rampage armed with two knives and a fake explosive vest.

Haunting pictures emerged of delegates inside the hall an hour before the carnage. Khan was said to be in the room at the time.

He is the first freed terrorist to launch an attack in this country.

The Parole Board said in a statement yesterday they had "no involvement" in Khan's release.

It added it he appeared "to have been released automatically on licence (as required by law), without ever being referred to the Board".

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