Minto ‘terror’ attack caught on CCTV

THIS is the horrifying moment terror suspect Ihsas Khan tries to force his way into a western Sydney hair salon.

A MINTO woman has told how a stabbing victim fled from an accused knife-wielding terrorist and into a hair salon on Saturday, looked at his bloodied fingers and asked, “Why, why?”

A Current Affair aired exclusively obtained CCTV footage of the alleged terror-fuelled stabbing of Wayne Greenhalgh on Saturday morning, that shows the 59-year-old grandfather being chased by a man alleged to be Ihsas Khan.

The accused 22-year-old terrorist appears to try to smash his way into Duyen Phen’s suburban garage salon through a glass sliding door, after Ms Phen and two customers locked the door to protect Mr Greenhalgh.

He ran for his life into the salon after heroic neighbours intervened to stop an apparently random attack on him, allegedly by Khan, in the southwest Sydney suburb.

Mr Greenhalgh had been out for his daily walk when Khan, yelling in Arabic, set upon him with a large knife, hacking off a number of fingers, police claim.

Mirabelle Brooks was in Ms Phen’s hair salon when Mr Greenhalgh burst in, bleeding profusely.

“He kept saying to me, he sort of lifted his fingers, his arms, was looking at them and he (asked) ‘Why, why? Look what he did to me,’” she said.

“I went and got one of Duyen’s towels and wrapped it around one arm but I couldn’t get the other one because he wouldn’t sit down and he kept telling me, “I’m all right love, I’m all right’.”

Mr Greenhalgh can be seen bleeding on the salon floor as the pair usher him towards a rear entrance, while a man alleged to be Khan, still gripping a large knife, tries to gain entry.

Mrs Brooks said the grandfather’s hands were badly injured.

“I couldn’t see the injury because there was so much blood,” she said.

“The only thing I could see was his fingers on his right hand. I could see the bone … and his fingers were white.”

Outside the salon, neighbours who rushed to Mr Greenhalgh’s aid armed with fence palings and broom sticks, confronted Khan.

Sivei Ah Chong, whose family have been hailed heroic for intervening in the attack and allowing Mr Greenhalgh to flee, said Khan told him he was ready to die.

“He was trying to attack me and he just stood there,” he said.

“I said, ‘mate, you do that to me, you know, I’ll kill you.’

“He said, ‘Oh do that, I’m here to die.’ He said, ‘I’m ready to die’.

Alleged terror suspect Ihsas Khan (front right) is seen brandishing a large knife in the Sydney suburb of Minto. Picture: A Current Affair/Channel 9

The Daily Telegraph reports that Maribel Brooks was getting her hair done when she heard the “commotion” outside the salon.

“Wayne (Greenhalgh) came rushing through the sliding door and screamed at us to lock the door,” she said.

“He was covered in blood … there was blood everywhere and we were trying to get him to sit down and relax but he kept saying he was all right.”

Ms Brooks told how Khan appeared at the glass sliding door just moments after they slammed it shut and locked it.

Terror suspect Ihsas Hkan, 22, is allegedly shown trying to force his way into the Minto hair salon where a badly injured Wayne Greenhalgh, whose blood can be seen in the foreground, has sought refuge. Picture: A Current Affair/Channel 9

Brandishing his knife, Khan allegedly rammed the door, headbutting the glass and screaming in Arabic, “I’m here to die.”

“He was stabbing at the glass door and praying in Arabic, saying, ‘Allah Akbar, this is all for Allah’, and he was constantly saying the blood that had been spilt inside the shop was a beautiful sight,” witness Derek Ah Chong told The Daily Telegraph.

Raymond Brooks was working in his home office when he looked outside his window and saw police yelling at a man to drop his weapon, the paper reported.

A man armed with what appears to be a large tree branch, bravely confront Khan on the front lawn.

Mr Brooks described the moment police took Khan down in dramatic detail.

“It was happening right there in front of me, this bloke with a bit of beard, he was just standing there with this large commando knife and the male constable had him covered with the Taser and the female constable had her gun drawn,” he said.

“He was talking about how we are killing his Muslim brothers and sisters and eventually the male constable was forced to fire the Taser but it didn’t look like it got him fully at first because the male constable had to jump on him.

“He started struggling, straight away started struggling, and they had to get several officers involved to subdue him while the female police officer covered the knife.”

The hair dresser who sheltered the stabbing victim cleans up the blood. Picture: Stephen Cooper