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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Katie Dickinson

Hero who stopped hospital bombing: ‘I was just in the right place at right time’

Nathan Newby speaking to the Press Association at Elland Road Police Station (Bruce Rollinson/PA) - (PA Wire)

A hero hospital patient who talked a “lone-wolf terrorist” out of detonating a bomb in a maternity wing said the would-be attacker “asked for a cuddle” before telling him to “phone the police before I change my mind”.

Nathan Newby, who stopped an atrocity through an act of kindness, spoke publicly for the first time about his encounter with Mohammad Farooq ahead of receiving the George Medal for bravery.

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