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Sky reporter mocked for walking out of a church and saying: ‘If I was a terrorist I could have killed them all’
The blunder has been compared to the inept fictional presenter
A SKY News reporter has found himself the victim of public ridicule after he walked out of a church in a TV report claiming: "If I was a terrorist, I could have killed them all."
Crime correspondent Martin Brunt was reporting from a church in England today when he made the blunder - which many have likened to an "accidental Alan Partridge moment" or something from 1990s current affairs parody TV show Brass Eye.
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In his piece to camera, the veteran reporter is outside a church talking about the warnings from cops to ramp up security in the wake of the terrorist attack on a church in the small French town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray on Tuesday.
He says: "The morning service began about 20 minutes ago and there are no obvious signs of any security. In fact, this sign at the church door says ‘everybody is welcome’."
"If I was a terrorist, I could have killed them all."
Martin Brunt
He then walks into the church and returns moments later saying: "There are about a dozen worshippers in there and one priest.
"If I was a terrorist, I could have killed them all."
The bizarre statement has provoked merciless mocking of the reporter on social media with some comparing him to the fictional blundering television and radio presenter Alan Partridge.
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One Twitter user, Bernie Banter, posted: "Just been to Spar. About 8 people & an assistant in. If I'd been a terrorist, I could have killed them all."
While a police officer, identified only as Neil, tweeted: "Just seen the video of Martin Brunt at the church. 'I could have killed them all' he says. What on earth was he thinking?"
Chris Baynes however saw the funny side posting: "This is so much like Brass Eye I can't fathom how Martin Brunt kept a straight face."
Others were quick to reassure people that the clip was a genuine Sky News report and not a stunt or joke.
Warren McWilliams posted on Facebook: "Really Sky? Partridge comes to life."
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Among his accolades Martin Brunt is attributed with being the first to report that the 7/7 bombings in London were the work of terrorists, being the first to break the news of the death of the Queen Mother in 2002 and the arrest of the late singer Amy Winehouse.
On Tuesday 19-year-old Abdelmalik Petitjean killed Father Jacques Hamel, 86, in the Normandy town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray after taking five people hostage in the local church.
ISIS later claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack and as a result churches across the UK have been advised to up their security to prevent similar attacks being carried out here.
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