Royal Marine Saved 130 Soldiers by Rugby Tackling Suicide Bomber

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A hero Royal Marine saved 130 soldiers from certain death when he rugby tackled a suicide attacker before he could detonate a huge motorcycle bomb.

The 40-year-old Marine saw the Afghan insurgent reaching for a yellow detonator button on the bike and leapt into action to drag him away.

He foiled a cunningly planned attack in which the same motorcycle had been checked by the same troops just hours earlier when its panniers had been packed with potatoes instead of explosives.

The suicide bomb contained 70 kilograms of explosives and was so huge it would have destroyed everything within 180 metres and left a huge crater.

He spotted wires running from the bulging saddlebags to another yellow button on the petrol tank and he hauled the bomber off the bike as he reached to press it.

The Marine grappled the insurgent to the ground and comrades rushed in to detain him.

Explosives experts later made safe two huge bombs each weighing 35 kilos or five and a half stone, which were packed into each of the panniers on either side of the red 50 cc bike.

The Marine, from Devon, who has asked not to be identified, has now been recommended for a gallantry medal.