Meet 'The Lion Of London Bridge': The Guy Who Fought Three Terrorists With His Bare Fists

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Meet Roy Larner, the fearless, hilarious 47-year-old who responded to the London Bridge jihadists bursting into the Black & Blue pub by taunting and then fighting all three of the 12-inch blade-carrying murderers with his bare fists. He lost the fight, but it was the terrorists who ended up losing their lives moments later. Despite being stabbed eight times by the cowardly radical Islamists, Larner survived — as did his self-deprecating sense of humor and love of the Lions football club.

The Sun provides a charming profile of Larner, "The Lion of London Bridge," who gave the outlet his account of his confrontation with the jihadists (Khuram Butt, 27, Rachid Redouane, 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22) who took the lives of eight and injured dozens others after plowing a van into pedestrians on the London Bridge, then going on a stabbing rampage in the nearby streets and establishments.

Larner was in the Black & Blue pub with his friends when the three terrorists burst in, chanting "Islam!" and "This is for Allah!" Instead of running for the exit, Larner confronted the losers head-on, and as the Sun puts it, "saving countless lives as he gave staff and other drinkers time to escape."

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