Man killed in London Bridge terror attack named

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Cambridge University graduate Jack Merritt has been named as one of the victims of yesterday's attack at London Bridge. Usman Khan also killed a woman in the attack and injured three other people. Read more about London Bridge here:

Mr Merritt was a course coordinator at Learning Together, which held the prison rehabilitation conference attended by Usman Khan before his deadly rampage on Friday afternoon.

Khan killed a man and a woman in the attack and injured three other people, who are being treated in hospital, before he was shot dead by police.The 28-year-old was a convicted terrorist who was wearing an electronic tag after being released half-way through a 16-year prison sentence for plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange.

Mr Merritt's father David Merritt posted on Twitter:"My son, Jack, who was killed in this attack, would not wish his death to be used as the pretext for more draconian sentences or for detaining people unnecessarily.Image:Khan, armed with two knives and wearing a fake suicide vest, was tackled by members of the public before he was shot dead by police on London Bridge next to the hall.

 

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