Via Mirror Online:

. . . Adebolajo said he believed he would be shot dead by police and hoped that he would be accepted as a martyr.

Asked why he ran at the firearms officers, he said: “I wanted Allah to love me. I wanted Allah to laugh at me, so I ran towards him.

“It is forbidden for the mujahid to turn his back on the enemy. I had already made a promise that we would not turn our back on the enemy so I wanted Allah to laugh at me, if Allah laughs at me he will not throw me into the fire.”

He praised the actions of the firearms officers who gave first aid to him at the scene, saying “I respect that. Every mujahid would respect that.”