Unseen footage of the London Bridge attack released for the first time showed the terrorists advancing on unarmed officers and hitting one in the face with a bottle.

The three knife-wielding attackers, with mock suicide belts clearly visible, can be seen charging through Borough Market yelling “Allahu Akbar” just seconds before they were shot dead.

They were in the final moments of a 10-minute rampage on June 3 2017, which claimed eight innocent lives and only ended when police unleashed a hail of gunfire at 10.16pm.

A jury concluded the three marksmen from the City of London Police lawfully killed the terrorists, who “ignored clear warning shouts” to confront the officers.

The firearms officers, named only as BX44, BX45 and BX46, were praised for their “unflinching courage” during the 10-second confrontation on Stoney Street.

In a narrative conclusion, jurors said the men “feared for their lives” as Khuram Butt, 27, Rachid Redouane 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22, ran towards them with knives.

A video captured by witness Paul Clarke, which has been played at both inquests into the atrocity at the Old Bailey, captured the closing stages of the attack in unparalleled detail.

Butt and Zaghba are seen more clearly than in any images published before, wearing an Arsenal shirt and black hooded jumper respectively, while brandishing their 12-inch ceramic knives.