'I've been stabbed three times and survived a terror attack - this is my story'
18.03.2023 - 22:51
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Frazer Clarke had just walked out of the Houses of Parliament when he heard a loud bang. Then came the screams.
The 31-year-old boxer thought there had been a car crash. Having never been to London before, he assumed the crowds of people running were just part of the hustle and bustle of city life.
But what Frazer didn’t realise was that he’d actually just witnessed the start of a terrorist attack.
“Everything was normal, I thought it was fantastic,” the boxer told the Manchester Evening News. “I saw people running and in London, the world is a million miles an hour, so I didn’t think anything of it.
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“Then I saw police officers running. I looked up and saw a guy come around the corner with two knives, driving them into a police officer.”
The year was 2017 and Frazer was caught up in the Westminster attack. The incident took place outside the Palace of Westminster in London on March 22.
Khalid Masood, 52, drove a car into pedestrians on the pavement along the south side of Westminster Bridge and Bridge Street, injuring more than 50 people and killing four.
He then crashed the car into the perimeter fence of the palace grounds and ran into New Palace Yard, where he fatally stabbed an unarmed police officer. He was then shot by an armed police officer and died.
“The police officer wriggled free from the guy and fell down two metres away from us,” Frazer, who was attending a press conference in London at the time, continued. “Another police officer walked up and shot him twice. I just felt like pinching myself because I didn’t think this was real life.
“It happened really quickly. We got ushered back into the Houses