Stunned cop in Streatham shooting evacuation told to ‘wait half an hour’ so cafe customers can eat
A STUNNED cop was told to “wait half an hour” as he tried to evacuate customers from a café moments after the Streatham terror attack.
The police officer barged into the Life Café shortly after Sudesh Amman, 20, was gunned down by a counter-terror squad following his knife rampage.
But he was shocked to be told to come back later because diners had just ordered their lunch.
In mobile phone footage, he shouts back: “We've got to evacuate. There's been a terrorist incident... If you want to stay safe, you'll listen to me.”
When a waitress asks for more time, he replies: “Madam, a terrorist has been shot dead just down there.
“They've got a possible IED vest on them, which is a bomb. If you want to stay open for half-an-hour and you want to put people's lives in danger, be my guest.”
Minutes earlier “knife obsessed” Amman stabbed two people on Streatham High Road and was shot on site by armed cops.
In dramatic footage captured in the moments after the attack, undercover officers in plain clothes appear out of nowhere and swoop in on Amman as he lies gunned down on the pavement.
Seconds later, in scenes straight out of an action movie, another cop in plain clothes leaps off a motorbike as the expert team surround the jihadi, in footage captured by a passenger on a bus.
Armed cops swoop in on the suspect as he lies on the pavement in Streatham High Road
The officers, who were dressed like members of the public wearing man bags, jeans and even holding shopping bags, then secure the scene and stand guard over the attacker.
They then order shoppers and witnesses to move away as Amman lies bleeding on the pavement.
A witness claimed they saw a man wearing silver canisters strapped to his chest, wielding a machete being chased by undercover officer moments before armed cops swooped.
But Scotland Yard said Amman was wearing a fake suicide vest.
The Met Police later said that three people were injured in the attack but one has since been discharged from hospital.
A spokesperson said: "One man, who is in his 40s, was initially considered to be in a life-threatening condition however, we are thankful that following his treatment at hospital, this is no longer the case.
"One woman in her 50s had non-life threatening injuries and has been discharged from hospital.
"Another woman in her 20s has minor injuries - believed to have been caused by glass following the discharge of the police firearm.
"She continues to receive treatment at hospital. My thoughts are with the victims and their families."
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