Arsenal football star, Sead Kolasinac is being hailed online
for his bravery after he fought off knife-wielding moped thugs with his bare
hands during a carjacking attack in London.
Kolasinac was with his teammate Mesut Ozil when they were
attacked by the thugs who attempted to steal the vehicle they were driving in
this afternoon July 25th.
Ozil was said to be racing along North London's Golders
Green Road in his black Mercedes G-Class SUV, while being pursued by two thugs
on a moped.
In the video, his teammate and Bosnian international
Kolasinac is seen coming out from the vehicle and going after the armed
gangsters with his bare hands.
It was later revealed that Ozil abandoned his car in the
middle of the road and fled on foot into the Turkish restaurant Likya. Waiters
and chefs at the restaurant reportedly ran to his defense and also took to the
street to chase away the attackers before Police arrived at the scene.
Narrating the ordeal, Financial worker Azuka Alintah, 36,
who lives nearby, said he was out shopping for food when he noticed the
commotion.
It was totally mad and strange,' he told MailOnline. 'His
car was standing there empty in the middle of the road with its door hanging
open. It is very distinctive, with gold trim.
'Ozil looked absolutely terrified, as anybody would after
being chased by men with knives. He looked like he was running for his life.
'I saw him disappear into the restaurant with the motorcycle
guys on his tail. They didn't take off their helmets and were all in black,
wearing long sleeved tops in this hot weather. They stood out. It was really
creepy.
'God knows what would have happened if they'd caught him. It
looked to me like he'd have been hacked to shreds and he clearly thought so
too.
'As soon as the restaurant staff started to come to the
window and to the doorway, they turned around and roared off. The police were
there shortly afterwards and the road was almost blocked off.'
Watch the moment knife-wielding thugs attacked Mesut Ozil
before teammate Sead Kolasinac helped fight them off during carjacking terror
He added: 'It was totally surreal, just surreal and strange.
You don't expect something like that to happen at any time, particularly the
mid-afternoon.'
The manager of the restaurant confirmed the incident but
said he had no comment to make.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said today: 'Police were
called to Platts Lane, NW3, shortly before 5pm on Thursday July 25 to reports
of an attempted robbery.
'It was reported that suspects on motorbikes had attempted
to rob a man who was driving a car.
'The driver, along with his passenger, managed to get away unharmed
and travelled to a restaurant in Golders Green, where they were spoken to by
officers. There have been no arrests. Enquiries continue.'
