dailymail.co.uk – June 4, 2017

The jihadi in an Arsenal shirt was ‘euphoric’ and asking about how to hire a van just hours before the London Bridge atrocity, it was claimed last night.

He could not contain his excitement during a conversation with a neighbour on Saturday afternoon. The neighbour said he wandered over and asked about his van and how much it would cost to hire one.

Hours later, the father of two, who had worked at KFC and for the Transport for London which is responsible for the Tube and buses in the capital, went on a bloody rampage with two twisted extremists which left seven people dead and scores more injured. The three terrorists were shot dead by police.

Iketina Chigbo, who lives in the block of flats raided in Barking, said he saw the Arsenal-supporting jihadi just a few hours before the terror attack.

He said: ‘It was around 3pm and I was in the process of moving so was loading stuff into a van. He came over and seemed quite excitable. He was wearing his Arsenal shirt and was asking about the van.

‘He was asking where I got the van from and how much it cost. He said he was planning to move too and that’s why he wanted to know – I didn’t think anything of it.

‘He was on another level of happiness and kept shaking my hand. He seemed almost euphoric.

‘But then I saw the picture from the scene of the attack of the guy on the floor – he was wearing the same kind of colour top and I just couldn’t believe it. I knew it was him, I recognised him.’

Source: Details of the London Bridge jihadi killer are revealed