"He was a tall, dark-skinned young man – he has taken most of his time looking and checking his explosive vest.” He said in an interview with HOL.

"The bang tore through the air that all people had to dive to take cover. It was a terrible experience.”

Mr. Hassan said he believed the bomber activated his vest prematurely as his two hands were fiddling the wires.

"If he had his vest working properly a lot of innocent people could have been killed today there would likely have been more casualties.”

CHAOTIC SCENES

Across the Village restaurant, a severed head of the bomber was lying near the kitchen, while his torso laid on the other side.

"Having experienced that shocking bombing, I can’t ground my senses and even breathe properly.” He said.

ENCOUNTER

Hassan has just come back from the bathroom the first moment he saw the bomber walked into the restaurant and ordered mango juice from a waiter.

"He kept his back straight and chin up as he took the seat – he kept checking his mobile phone’s screen and hand an earphone in his ear.” He said.