Streatham terrorist was shot in the neck and stomach by armed cops after high street rampage
THE Streatham terrorist was fatally shot in the neck and stomach by armed cops after his high street rampage, an inquest heard today.
Sudesh Amman, 20, was wearing a hoax suicide vest when he was gunned down by officers after stabbing two people in broad daylight.
Moments earlier he had stolen a kitchen knife from a discount hardware store and used it to launch his frenzied attack on Streatham High Road.
Monika Luftner, 51, screamed “he stabbed me” after the crazed jihadi knifed her in the back. She survived the attack after being rushed to hospital.
Today, Southwark Coroner's Court heard Amman was shot by armed surveillance officers outside a Boots store.
The officers approached Amman and saw what appeared to be a suicide belt strapped around him.
Specialist officers were called in to examine the vest and it was later confirmed to be a hoax device.
Amman had been released a week before after serving half of his sentence of a three years and four months jail sentence for terror offences.
Detective Chief Inspector Matthew Gosling, of the Met's Counter Terrorism Command, said: "On Sunday February 2nd Mr Sudesh Amman was the subject of covert armed surveillance by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service.
"At 1.22pm he left his approved premises in Streatham and made his way on foot to Streatham High Road via Sunnyhill Road.
"At 1.56pm Amman entered the 'Low Price Store' - a general household and hardware goods store situated at 238 Streatham High Rd, SW16.
"Approximately 60 seconds after entering the shop Amman grabbed a kitchen knife with a 20cm blade from a display and ran out of the shop pulling the knife from its packaging.
"As Amman ran north along Streatham High Rd he used the knife to stab two members of the public near the White Lion public house.
"Amman continued running in the same direction along Streatham High Road and was subsequently shot by armed surveillance officers at 1.58pm outside Boots the chemist situated.
"The officers approached Amman and saw what appeared to be a suicide vest strapped around him. Because of this the officers withdrew and specialist officers were called in to examine the vest.
"The device was later confirmed to be a hoax device. At 3.24pm paramedics pronounced life extinct."
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A post-mortem conducted a day later found Amman died of shock, plus haemorrage caused by gun-shot wounds to the neck and abdomen.
In a previous court hearing, North West London College maths and science student Amman told his girlfriend and friend of his hatred for "kuffars", or non-believers.
He would post al-Qaeda propaganda on a family WhatsApp group, showing his siblings as young as 11 to the graphic material.
In one message to his girlfriend, he even encouraged her to behead her own "kuffar parents".
