Man cried ‘I’m gone, it’s the end of my life’ as he lay dying after ‘machete’ rampage at busy Sunday market

A MACHETE knifeman hacked one man to death and injured two other people during a random attack at a busy market yesterday.

Stalls were abandoned and shoppers ran in terror during the Remembrance Sunday rampage shortly before the two-minute silence.

The attacker — said to have mental health problems — went berserk with the 18in blade at East Street Market, Walworth, South London.

One man suffered fatal wounds and cried as he lay dying: “I’m gone, it’s the end of my life.’’

Another man and a woman suffered stab injuries before a hero stallholder fought off the attacker with a metal bar.

Police arrived and arrested a man in his 60s on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.

One stallholder, who comforted the fatally wounded victim, told The Sun: “There was a guy running through the market with a huge knife
attacking people at random.”

The 44-year-old owner of a fabric shop added: “The man stabbed one man in the stomach.

"There was blood everywhere. The victim shouted, ‘I am gone. It’s the end of my life’ and collapsed and died.

“A jam stall guy fought the attacker off with a metal bar. He saved lots of lives.”

Fruit stall holder Nihad Osmam, 27, said there was “chaos” in the
market, with stalls abandoned.

Met Police Commander Peter Stevens said: “One man was arrested.

"Nobody else is sought and the incident is not being treated as terrorism.”