<p class="title">A reformed prisoner who fought London Bridge assailant Usman Khan with a fire extinguisher said Thursday he was ready to die because he believed the attacker wore a live suicide belt.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Khan killed two people and wounded three while on conditional release from prison in the November 29 knife attack.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was shot dead by police while wearing what proved to be a fake explosives vest on the iconic bridge in the heart of the UK capital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Khan had been serving a 16-year prison sentence for an Al-Qaeda-inspired plot to attack central London and was freed after being deemed to no longer be a risk to the public.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was prevented from causing more harm by Londoners who jumped on him before the police arrived, tackling him to the ground and hitting him with whatever was at hand.</p>.<p class="bodytext">John Crilly, 48, who served eight years in prison for murder in a botched burglary, was attending a class for reformed convicts at the time of the attack, which came in the heat of Britain's general election campaign.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He told the BBC that he acted on "instinct" and "was screaming at (Khan) to blow it (the belt)... calling his bluff."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was prepared to probably lose my life," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Khan had taken part in the same convict rehabilitation programme as Crilly during some of his time in jail.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Crilly said he first tried bring down Khan with a wooden lecturn he grabbed from Fishmongers' Hall, where the class was being held, before using the fire extinguisher.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The spray distracted him," he told the BBC.</p>
<p class="title">A reformed prisoner who fought London Bridge assailant Usman Khan with a fire extinguisher said Thursday he was ready to die because he believed the attacker wore a live suicide belt.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Khan killed two people and wounded three while on conditional release from prison in the November 29 knife attack.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was shot dead by police while wearing what proved to be a fake explosives vest on the iconic bridge in the heart of the UK capital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Khan had been serving a 16-year prison sentence for an Al-Qaeda-inspired plot to attack central London and was freed after being deemed to no longer be a risk to the public.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was prevented from causing more harm by Londoners who jumped on him before the police arrived, tackling him to the ground and hitting him with whatever was at hand.</p>.<p class="bodytext">John Crilly, 48, who served eight years in prison for murder in a botched burglary, was attending a class for reformed convicts at the time of the attack, which came in the heat of Britain's general election campaign.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He told the BBC that he acted on "instinct" and "was screaming at (Khan) to blow it (the belt)... calling his bluff."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was prepared to probably lose my life," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Khan had taken part in the same convict rehabilitation programme as Crilly during some of his time in jail.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Crilly said he first tried bring down Khan with a wooden lecturn he grabbed from Fishmongers' Hall, where the class was being held, before using the fire extinguisher.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The spray distracted him," he told the BBC.</p>