Business analyst Abisha Moyo today described in vivid detail how he came face-to-face with one of the four would-be suicide bombers whose failed attacks brought a second wave of terror to London.

Abisha, 28, was on the Hammersmith and City Tube on his way to a job interview when he heard a loud bang "which sounded like a pistol" at just before 1pm yesterday.

"I turned round and thought someone had been shot because there was a man lying on the ground with his arms outstretched in a Jesus Christ position lying on top of a rucksack face up", he told the Daily Mail.

He had his eyes shut and there was a puff of smoke coming from the bag.

"Some girls started screaming, the emergency cable was pulled and everyone starting running away from him towards the front of the train.

"I stayed where I was because I wasn't sure what had happened to him and thought he might have been shot. I went went up to him and said: 'Are you alright mate?' But he just ignored me and kept his eyes shut."

"He looked about 19 or 20-years-old, of mixed-race, clean shaven and dressed smartly in jeans, a navy blue T-shirt and baseball cap.

"The rucksack was ripped at the bottom with some kind of muslin showing and some gooey lard coming out of it. I could see what looked like a pressurised cannister or tube and there was a strong smell of vinegar.

"Then people in the other carriage shouted at me to move away from him and come over to the other carriage where they were.

"I looked back and saw him stand up looking disorientated and confused. He then walked to the back of the carriage leaving the bag and his cap on the floor and I could see some copper wire showing out of the back of his T-shirt. It was then I clicked he was an attempted suicide bomber.

"He then opened the emergency exit door and jumped down onto the tracks and started calmly walking away down the line heading west.

Abisha, who was born in Zimbabwe and has lived in London for the past 10 years, said. "I thought should I go after him - but didn't. I don't know what happened to him after that.

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