The first victim of the London Bridge terror attack has been named as a Cambridge University worker who was a "champion" for ex-cons.Mr Merritt, 25, was a course leader for a prisoner rehabilitation programme, Learning Together, that was attended by the convicted terrorist and other offenders at Fishmongers' Hall.
"The warmest heart, always with time for anyone. Completely irreplaceable - I will mourn his loss greatly and honour his memory xxxx." Khan, 28, knifed five people before he was tackled and disarmed by brave witnesses and then shot dead by police at point-blank range. Despite being stabbed in the hand, the chef hit Khan with a 5-ft long narwhal tusk he grabbed off a wall inside the hall. Another man sprayed the terrorist in the face with a fire extinguisher.
Khan, of Stafford, struggled as he was pinned to the ground until armed officers arrived and shot him in front of dozens of witnesses as traffic came to a grinding halt on the bridge over the River Thames.In the aftermath on Saturday, the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh sent a message of sympathy to those killed and affected by the "terrible violence" and praised the "brave individuals who put their own lives at risk to selflessly help and protect others".