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A martial arts expert journalist who was stabbed in the throat bravely took on the terrorists in the London Bridge terror attack.

Defiant Geoff Ho, a business editor with the Sunday Express, was missing in the aftermath of the atrocity that saw terrorists ram pedestrians using a van on London Bridge before going on a stabbing spree at nearby Borough Market.

He was later found in an intensive care ward in hospital and is now sitting up in his hospital bed but cannot speak.

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Mirror associate editor Kevin Maguire wrote on Twitter: "Thinking of Geoff Ho and other injured. Told he was stabbed after confronting the murderers. Brave man."

His friend Isabelle Oderberg tweeted: "We have found Geoff. He is in intensive care. Thank you for the RTs and messages. I'll be going offline till I hear more."

She told The Age newspaper she would not be surprised if it turned out Mr Ho had got hurt while protecting others.

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She said: "He is actually a martial artist and I wouldn't be surprised if he would have stood up and been counted because he's just that type of person. I'm just not even remotely surprised. This is who Geoff is and that's why we love him."

Friend Arlo Jack Barry added on Facebook: "Thoughts are with you Geoff Ho. I'm in awe of your bravery and hope to see you for a pint as soon as!"

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And pal Elisa Roche said: "If anyone is worried about the Sunday Express's Geoff Ho I'm pleased to say he is sitting up in his hospital bed within the past hour. He has been stabbed in the neck and can't yet talk. But it looks like he is going to be ok."

At least seven people are dead and more than 40 people are injured after terrorists rammed a white van into pedestrians on London Bridge before getting out and stabbing people in the street and the nearby pub.

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The gang, who were wearing hoax suicide vests, reportedly shouted "this is for Allah" before starting their stabbing frenzy.

London Metropolitan Police were on the scene within eight minutes and shot the three men dead.

Pictures of the journalist emerged showing him being led to an ambulance by a police officer.

Ho was clutching his bloodied neck where he had been stabbed but was able to walk.

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The next morning he was found in an intensive care ward in the city.

The footage emerged after friends took to Twitter to find the financial journalist to ask for information about his whereabouts.

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Ms Oderberg initially tweeted amid the chaos of the incident: "I need to know if Geoff Ho is ok if anyone can help. Stabbed at Southwark Tavern.

"Last seen in an ambulance."

Another said: "MISSING - Geoff Ho, stabbed at Southwark Tavern, taken in Ambulance."

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"He has got an incredibly tight knit group of friend and is immensely loved.

"It seems he is going to be OK".

Witnesses claimed between three and five men entered a restaurant just south of the Thames and started knifing people - slashing their throats, faces and stomachs during the horrifying attack.

Terrified customers ran for their lives, hiding behind tables and chairs and in basements as some hurled bottles at the attackers and staff tried to lock the doors, it was claimed.

Meanwhile, witnesses to the London Bridge attack reported seeing bodies strewn on the ground.