Lukasz was stabbed five times as he fought the terrorist Usman Khan (Picture: KNS News)

A Polish chef who was stabbed five times as he fought the London Bridge terrorist with a narwhal tusk has been hailed as the ‘spirit’ of London.

Lukasz was cleaning glasses in the basement of Fishmonger’s Hall when he heard screams coming from upstairs on Friday.

Convicted terrorist Usman Khan, 28, had just fatally stabbed Cambridge graduates Saskia Jones, 23, and Jack Merritt, 25.

Instead of fleeing the danger, Lukasz, a trained first aider, ran upstairs to confront Khan.


He pulled a huge narwhal tusk from the wall before lunging at the terrorist, his boss Toby Williamson revealed this morning.

The chief executive of Fishmonger’s Hall said Lukasz was wounded several times as he fought Khan ‘one-on-one’ for about a minute, giving others crucial time to escape.

Khan was chased by three brave bystanders onto London Bridge (Picture: @SartorialThug)

Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones were both murdered at Fishmongers’ Hall (Picture: PA/AP)

He was then joined by two others and they chased Khan out of the building onto London Bridge.



That’s where they were filmed tackling Khan with a fire extinguisher and narwhal tusk before armed police shot him dead.

The Polish Ambassador to the UK, Arkady Rzegocki, said Lukasz’s bravery shows the ‘strong spirit of camaraderie’ between Poles and Brits in London.

Mr Rzegocki told Metro.co.uk: ‘I pay tribute to the brave, heroic and selfless emergency services and members of the public, including what is reportedly a Polish national, who confronted the attacker to protect the lives of others.

‘I am proud that we have once again shown that the strong spirit of camaraderie between Londoners, including the many Poles who live here, is alive and well, even in the most difficult and tragic of circumstances.

‘It was shocking and saddening to hear about the attack and the victims.

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‘My thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by this appalling and heartless act of cowardice.’

Lukasz’s boss, Mr Williamson, gave a dramatic account of what happened on Friday, revealing just how fearless he was in the face of terror.

He told the BBC: ‘He’s the guy who cleans the glasses down in the basement, and that’s exactly what he was doing when he hears this scream.

‘The scream is so loud that as a first aider he makes a choice. He goes towards the trouble.

‘He gets there, on the first floor of the building just behind me.

‘And it’s pretty clear that there is a bad guy. He’s got two knives in his hand, there’s blood, there’s screams there’s chaos.

The tusk was grabbed off the walls of the Fishmongers’ Hall (Picture: @lostradical)

Killer Usman Khan, 28, was shot dead by police (Picture: PA)

‘Lukasz pulls off wall this long stick. He charges towards the bad guy and he impacts him on the chest and there’s clearly something here that is protective and he doesn’t make any sort of impact.

‘But he’s buying time. He allows others to escape, to move to adjacent rooms.

‘At that point he’s got about a one-minute, one-on-one straight combat.

‘This guy we now know by the name of Khan, he works his way up Lukasz’s pole, slashing with this knife and he takes five wounds to his left side.

‘He’s going to lose some strength on that side.



‘But he’s done what he needed to do in the first instance, so two other guys who are part of the charity, one’s got a fire extinguisher now and one’s got an animal tusk ripped of the wall.

Khan (circled) was a convicted terrorist who was freed from prison less than a year ago

Police searched a block of flats in Stafford in connection with the attack (Picture: SWNS)

‘They come and join the fight and it’s pretty gruesome.’

It’s believed Lukasz was released from hospital yesterday.

Meanwhile, a spokesman for Poland’s justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro revealed yesterday that Lukasz is set to be awarded a medal for his bravery.

The Queen also paid tribute to the ‘brave individuals who put their own lives at risk to selflessly help and protect others.’

Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed the ‘extraordinary bravery of those members of the public who physically intervened to protect the lives of others’.

He said: ‘For me they represent the very best of our country and I thank them on behalf of all of our country.’

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