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Suspect 'threw bomb from Jeep' | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
A Glasgow airport worker described in court how an alleged terrorist threw a petrol bomb at him from a Jeep. | |
Another man told Woolwich Crown Court he broke a leg fighting the suspect, alleged to be Dr Bilal Abdulla. | |
Prosecutors say he was a passenger in the Jeep which was packed with explosives and rammed into the airport. | |
Dr Abdulla, 29, from Paisley, and Dr Mohammed Asha, 27, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, deny conspiracies to murder and to cause explosions. | |
The court heard that the area was engulfed in flames when the Jeep's driver poured petrol from a window shortly after it crashed. | |
One of the attackers had later shouted: "There are bombs", the jury was told. | |
Taxi Marshall Ian Caldwell told the court he was one of the first people at the scene on 30 June last year. | |
'Molotov cocktail' | 'Molotov cocktail' |
He said: "I heard a lady screaming and I turned around and by that time the Jeep had already hit the main doors offset." | |
As he approached, 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," he said. | |
Mr Caldwell said he watched the driver pull out a five-gallon container and pour petrol from his window. | 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. | "The flames from the cocktail were already there, and everything was engulfed," he said. |
He said the driver, Kafeel Ahmed, was on fire and got out of the Jeep before collapsing. Ahmed, 28, died a month later from his burns. | |
The prosecution claims Dr Asha had provided Ahmed and Dr Abdulla with money and advice behind the scenes. | |
Punches exchanged | |
Michael Kerr said he had just returned from holiday with his family when he saw a man fighting with a police officer and ran to help, exchanging punches with the suspect. | |
He told the court: "A tooth was knocked out - a crown was knocked out - by a punch. | |
"My leg was broken, my fibia and tibia. I don't know if it was a kick from him or me kicking the man. It was just a clash." | |
Mr Kerr spent four days in hospital and had steel rods inserted to mend his leg. | |
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. | |
'There are bombs' | |
Former firefighter Henry Lambie, who was working as a passenger assistant, had earlier told the court black smoke quickly began to fill the building after the Jeep crashed into its doors. | |
He said he ran towards the burning vehicle with a fire extinguisher but as he tried to damp down the area, 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." | |
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. | |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |