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| Suspect 'yelled out bomb warning' | Suspect 'yelled out bomb warning' |
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| A Glasgow airport worker has told a jury how an alleged terrorist turned to him and shouted: "There are bombs." | A Glasgow airport worker has told a jury how an alleged terrorist turned to him and shouted: "There are bombs." |
| Henry Lambie said he thought there had been a road accident when a Jeep crashed into the terminal building. | Henry Lambie said he thought there had been a road accident when a Jeep crashed into the terminal building. |
| The former firefighter told Woolwich Crown Court he ran towards the burning vehicle with a fire extinguisher. | The former firefighter told Woolwich Crown Court he ran towards the burning vehicle with a fire extinguisher. |
| Doctors Bilal Abdulla, 29, from Paisley, and Mohammed Asha, 27, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, deny conspiracies to murder and to cause explosions. | Doctors Bilal Abdulla, 29, from Paisley, and Mohammed Asha, 27, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, deny conspiracies to murder and to cause explosions. |
| Mr Lambie, who was working as a passenger assistant, said thick black smoke quickly began to fill the building. | Mr Lambie, who was working as a passenger assistant, said thick black smoke quickly began to fill the building. |
| He said: "On the forecourt I saw this big Asian-looking guy who had obviously been in the car. | He said: "On the forecourt I saw this big Asian-looking guy who had obviously been in the car. |
| "His clothes were shredded and he was having a few punches at the uniformed policemen. | "His clothes were shredded and he was having a few punches at the uniformed policemen. |
| "Now I know it was an off-duty police officer with a fire extinguisher training it on him. He was put out by that time, I did not see him on fire." | "Now I know it was an off-duty police officer with a fire extinguisher training it on him. He was put out by that time, I did not see him on fire." |
| Fatal burns | Fatal burns |
| Kafeel Ahmed died from his burns a month after driving the Jeep into the airport building. | Kafeel Ahmed died from his burns a month after driving the Jeep into the airport building. |
| The prosecution says Dr Abdulla was a passenger in the car, while Dr Asha is alleged to have provided money and advice behind the scenes. | The prosecution says Dr Abdulla was a passenger in the car, while Dr Asha is alleged to have provided money and advice behind the scenes. |
| Mr Lambie told the court that when he used his extinguisher to try to damp down the building, an Asian man had approached and told him to stop. | Mr Lambie told the court that when he used his extinguisher to try to damp down the building, an Asian man had approached and told him to stop. |
| "I thought he was going to have a go at me so I hit him in the face with the jet of water. I thought he was on drugs or something. He just could not focus on me." | "I thought he was going to have a go at me so I hit him in the face with the jet of water. I thought he was on drugs or something. He just could not focus on me." |
| Mr Lambie said two police officers had run over and ordered the man to step away from the car but he had run off. | Mr Lambie said two police officers had run over and ordered the man to step away from the car but he had run off. |
| "I said 'Get back'. He pointed towards the vehicle and said 'There are bombs'," said Mr Lambie. | "I said 'Get back'. He pointed towards the vehicle and said 'There are bombs'," said Mr Lambie. |
| Failed to detonate | |
| The court has previously heard that the device in the Jeep failed to detonate and that Dr Abdulla was arrested at the scene. | The court has previously heard that the device in the Jeep failed to detonate and that Dr Abdulla was arrested at the scene. |
| Two other car bombs - allegedly planted by Ahmed and Dr Abdulla - had also failed to explode in London's West End in the early hours of the previous day. | |
| Prosecutors say that when those attacks failed, the pair left London for Glasgow intent on killing both travellers and themselves on what was the airport's busiest day of the year. | |
| Taxi rank marshall Ian Caldwell told the court he was one of the first people at the scene when the Jeep hit the terminal. | |
| He said: "I heard a lady screaming and I turned around and by that time the Jeep had already hit the main doors offset." | |
| 'Molotov cocktail' | |
| As he approached the Jeep, Mr Caldwell said the passenger opened his door and threw a "Molotov cocktail" towards him. | |
| "At first I didn't realise what it was. It actually hit the ground and there was a surge of heat." | |
| Mr Caldwell said he watched the driver pull out a five-gallon container and pour petrol from his window. | |
| "The flames from the cocktail were already there, and everything was engulfed," he said. | |
| "That's what made me actually step back and the chap that was driving then opened the door and collapsed in a heap outside the vehicle." | |
| He said the passenger then ran into the terminal building. | |
| The trial continues. |