Insp Campbell fought Monzo with his baton, as shown by this bodycam footage
Posted on 06/26/2025 10:33:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A police officer who confronted Marcus Monzo after he murdered schoolboy Daniel Anjorin with a samurai sword in Hainault, east London, last year says he does not see himself as a hero.
Inspector Moloy Campbell engaged in face-to-face fighting with Monzo - receiving a slash wound to his hand as he tried to disarm him.
But he said his team of officers are "undoubtedly heroic" for their actions in stopping the attack.
Recalling the confrontation in April 2024, Insp Campbell told the BBC: "It's a natural instinct: fight or flight, and in that moment it was fight. There was emotion after the event and after it all died down, but there was no fear."
Insp Campbell fought Monzo with his baton, as shown by this bodycam footage
Insp Campbell and his colleagues ran towards Monzo and appeared to have him cornered by a set of garages.
The officer said Monzo "was slashing at me, and I was hitting him, and my baton hit his sword mid-air and we clipped each other.
"He went across the top of my chest and cut off part of my body worn camera and I made small contact with him but not enough to cause any real concern for him.
"I could see that he had real determination in his eyes. We then went back at each other and hit each other and at that point the blade came down my arm, cutting my fleece and then nicking my hand on the way out.
"I looked down at my hand and I could see the inside of it and my thumb was hanging down."
Former delivery driver Monzo managed to run away but officers eventually found him a short distance away, fired a number of Tasers and managed to arrest him.
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So British police use pepper spray and batons instead of firearms, to dispatch murderous psychos with swords? Brilliant.
That officer is one bad mama jama. Maybe he’ll accept that title instead of hero.
There’s a video of the sword man’s rampage and ultimate capture. It’s about the 5th image down at the link.
After apologizing for insulting Uma as a silly girl playing with swords.
That really was a Hitori Hansu sword.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o30a97Kx7S0
Typo.
Hattori Hanzo sword.
I much prefer to read about the fatal gunshots sustained by persons threatening law enforcement with deadly weapons.
The attacker (from a different article).
“He went on a journey of supposed enlightenment, travelling the world to spiritual retreats, following the teachings of a guru, and taking a cocktail of hallucinogenic drugs.
But instead of inner peace, Monzo ended up drinking and washing in his own urine, ranting about 9/11, Covid, and the sinking of the Titanic being faked, and believing the Pope is the leader of a lizard race who rule the world.”
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/marcus-monzo-sword-killer-hallucinogenic-drugs-cannabis-b1234993.html
Two great movies!
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