This is the moment two terrorists who butchered soldier Lee Rigby also tried to kill a hero woman cop who was first on the scene of the carnage.
Shocking footage obtained by the Daily Mirror shows how the calculating pair lured officers to the scene by dragging the body into the middle of the road and brazenly waiting for armed police to arrive.
When the first police car arrived the pair split up in a pre-planned manoeuvre with knife-wielding Michael Adebolajo charging them head-on, while his accomplice ran up alongside, aiming his revolver at them.
The film of the 10 seconds of terror show how Adebolajo got within TWO FEET of the terrified female cop who was driving the armed response vehicle.
She was armed with just a Taser as she sat in the driver’s seat of the BMW X5 and was only saved when a male colleague sitting in the back made a split-second decision to fire his machine-gun from point blank range through the window.
As he is sent sprawling to the ground by the force of the two shots and the two cops jump out to cover him they appear to fail to spot the other suspect aiming his hand gun at them.
Luckily a third SO19 marksman running round from the far side of the specialist Trojan unit spots him and he is brought to the ground as a further volley of six shots ring out in the suburban street in Woolwich, south east London.
Former Det Ch Ins Peter Kirkham, an expert in firearms tactics said after watching the footage today: “ I have never seen anything like this before, or even heard of it happening before.
"For two suspects to carry out a brutal attack like this then stand around in plain sight waiting for the police is crazy.
“The instant the spot the police car come round the corner they are on it straight away. The first one is sprinting full speed towards the cops before they have even got out the car.
"The female officer only has her Taser out and must have been terrified. They had no option but to open fire to stop them.”
The dramatic climax to the horrific attack was filmed by a resident in a tower block over looking the scene in Artillery Road and captures the moment the terrorist charges the officers in a suspected death-by-cop suicide bid.
The footage reveals how, after beheading the soldier, they hatched a plot to ambush and murder the first police officers to come to his aid.
The soldier killed in an attack in London has been named as Drummer Lee Rigby of the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
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| The murdered soldier has been named as 25-year-old Drummer Lee Rigby |
Drummer Rigby, 25, from Manchester, leaves behind a two-year-old son.
For eight minutes in the film before the armed police arrive the suspects can be seen talking to passers-by and three women who are trying to help the victim.
They made no attempt to try and harm them.
But as soon they see the patrol car turn the corner they spring into action in a pre-meditated attack, carefully designed to give the gunman time to target the officers.
The birds-eye 15 minute 50 second long footage, obtained exclusively by the Daily Mirror, was filmed from 100ft up a tower block, which overlooks the scene on Artillery Place at the corner of Rectory Place.
Calls started flooding in to the police at 2.20pm yesterday and Scotland Yard said it was assigned to a armed response unit four minutes later, who arrived on the scene ten minutes after that.
The filming opens shortly after the suspects have picked up the body and dumped it in the road and can then be seen talking to those filming them and the brave women trying to tend to their victims.
A couple of minutes into the footage a lone ambulance drives slowly up the street towards the butchered victim and looks like it is going to stop.
But when they spot the two armed suspects standing nearby they have no option but to swerve round his body and keep going.
Suddenly eight minutes and 21 seconds into the footage the men sprint into action when the police BMW X5 comes round the corner and skids to a halt 25 feet away.
Instantly the knife and cleaver wielding suspect, wearing a charcoal hooded top and black woolly hat, runs head-long towards the driver’s side of the marked silver patrol car.
He can be seen dropping one of his blades and moving the other into his right hand as he rushes wildly at the vehicle.
Just as he is within touching distance of the car two shots ring out and the man is sent sprawling to the ground by the force of the bullets.
The split-second decision to open fire means that the officers had to shoot while they were still sitting in the vehicle, either through open windows or partially opened doors.
Simultaneously the second terrorist, armed with the handgun, takes off, running along the pavement past the three officers as the emerge from the car.
In his light-coloured trench coat he can be seen raising his right arm and pointing the revolver at the officers as they tackle his accomplice.
As he disappears briefly behind a tree four more shots ring out, including one from him according to some witnesses, and he then stumbles and falls near a road sign.
As the cops advance on the blade carrying suspect the female driver of the car can be seen to be carrying a bright yellow Taser.
She is flanked by two male colleagues who ran out from either side of the vehicle, carrying their Heckler and Koch MP5 submachine guns.
One trains his gun on the downed knifeman and the other opens fire on the running gunman who also slumps to the floor as he is hit.
It is likely the marksmen were using newly introduced hollow-point bullets which flatten on impact for more stopping power.
The knifeman cartwheels 6-8ft feet making it appear that the special rounds were used.
The design also means that they are also less likely to pass through the body of the intended target and hit any passerbys.
Despite being hit the gunman then can be seen lying on the ground on his back before appearing to roll on to his left side towards the advancing police.
The final two shots, of the eight fired in the film clip are from by the specialist officers at the gunman as he lies of the floor.
Witnesses say he was still holding the gun despite being shot.
At the same time the female officer can be seen dropping her stun gun and pulling out a handgun from her holster and covering the knifeman as he lays prone on the ground, kicking his legs.
Amazingly as all the shooting is taking a place a woman can be seen just feet away from the suspects talking on her mobile phone.
During the footage before the police arrives scores of people are visible in the background walking along both sides of the street.
They either have their heads down staring straight ahead or nervously looking over at the body and the suspects.
Culled from MIRROR NEWS
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