The moment police shoot dead terrorist on London Bridge

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan: “One of Our Strengths Is Our Diversity”
DEC 8, 2019 10:00 AM BY HUGH FITZGERALD53 COMMENTS
Sadiq Khan, the Muslim mayor of London, and a tireless apologist for Islam, had his usual reaction to the latest murders by Muslim terrorists in “the greatest city in the world.” For Sadiq Khan, the defense and promotion of “diversity” has become an obsession. Last summer Sadiq Khan earned the outrage of many Londoners for his expensive focus on this “diversity”; they discovered he now spends annually close to $2 million on”diversity” bosses for London Transport, far more than he does on employees devoted to keeping fares down, or on improving safety in the system.

Here’s Khan’s latest praise of “diversity”:

London mayor Sadiq Khan told reporters that diversity is one of the British capital’s strengths in the wake of the London Bridge attack, and that all great cities are targets for terrorists.

“Look, I’m mayor of the greatest city in the world, and one of our strengths is our diversity,” he told reporters shortly the attack by Usman Khan, a convicted radical Islamic terrorist who had been freed from prison on a tag after serving less than half of a 16-year term, which left two dead and three injured.

This insistence that “diversity is our strength” is the byword not just of Sadiq Khan, but of many European politicians, and above all, of Chancellor Merkel. It is stated as a given; no evidence need be offered. But why should we accept this assertion? Is all “diversity” a “source of strength”? What kind of “strength”? Start asking these questions, and you will not get a coherent answer, but merely self-satisfied repetition of the mantra that brooks of no disagreement. In Seoul, in Beijing, in Tokyo, in Warsaw, in Budapest, there is precious little diversity, and no one in those cities appears to be longing for it to arrive, so that those capitals can be more like the London of Sadiq Khan. London’s “diversity” finds its expression not just in the terrorist attacks that fill Londoners with anxiety, but in the crime wave of stabbings by Muslim criminals, in the “greatest city in the world.” The “diversity” that the 3.5 million Muslims have brought to Great Britain includes, as well, the grooming gangs in a dozen of its cities that have led to the ruined lives of tens of thousands of English girls, the victims of “diversity” whom Sadiq Khan appears not to have noticed.

“But we do know there are people out there who hate our diversity, hate what we stand for, and are trying to seek to divide us”, he added — although his grounds for appearing to suggest that terrorists despise Britain for being diverse were unclear.

Who are the people who are taught to “hate our diversity”? Surely it is the Muslims themselves, who read Qur’anic verses that describe them as “the best of peoples” while non-Muslims are “the most vile of creatures”? Why should Muslims wish to have anything to do with such people? The Qur’an further instructs them not to take Christians or Jews as friends, for “they are friends only with each other.” The doctrine of Al-wala’ wa-l-bara’ (Arabic: الولاء والبراء‎) is a concept in Islam, literally “loyalty and disavowal,” which signifies loving and hating for the sake of Allah. This type of love requires Muslims to love those who are obedient to Allah and to defend and assist them, and to hate those who are disobedient, which means all non-Muslims.

Muslims are thus taught not to integrate into a non-Muslim society, but instead are instructed in more than a hundred Qur’anic verses to fight, to kill, to smite at the necks of, to strike terror in the hearts of, non-Muslims. Is such a population a source of “strength” for British society, or is it, rather, a source of physical danger and societal disarray? We know the answer to this: look at the London that Sadiq Khan has helped create, and what his cherished “diversity” has meant to the social fabric, and to the physical safety, of Londoners.

Mayor Khan then flirted with controversy with a statement echoing an earlier, infamous former claim of his with respect to terror attacks — i.e. that “part and parcel of living in a great global city is you’ve got to be prepared for these things” — by telling reporters: “Look, I know, speaking to colleagues around the world, mayors of other great cities, that we’re all targets for terrorists.”

So according to Mayor Khan, terrorism is something you’ve just got to accept, it’s the price we all pay for the privilege of living in a great city, we just have to prepare ourselves, there’s nothing much else to be done.

Some critics of the Mayor of London have suggested that such attacks only appear to be a feature of life in cities such as London, while in a relatively homogenous place like the Japanese capital of Tokyo they are exceedingly rare — although not entirely unknown….

Quite right: there are many homogeneous cities whose inhabitants are not impressed with those in the West celebrating “diversity”; they do not want it for themselves, and have made great efforts to prevent such “diversity” from being imposed on them. “Non-diversity” – homogeneity of the populace – is seen as a source of societal strength and safety in Seoul, Beijing, Tokyo, Budapest, Warsaw. What would Mayor Khan urge the Mayor of Tokyo to do – let in a million Muslims so Tokyo’s residents can enjoy the same benefits of “diversity” that Londoners do? Not a chance.

“[T]he message I want to send… is we are resolute, we stand united in the face of terrorism, and we will not allow anybody to divide us,” he insisted.

Who are “we” who “stand united”? Surely not those who are taught in their holy book to despise, hate, fight, and strike terror in the hearts of those who do not belong to the same faith? Sadiq Khan says “we stand united in the face of terrorism.” Has he taken a poll of Muslims? How does he know that they are “united in the face of terrorism” when they are told in several Qur’anic verses to “strike terror in the hearts of the Unbelievers”? And what are Muslims to think about terrorism  when Muhammad himself, the Perfect Man and Model of Conduct, boasts in a hadith that “I have been made victorious through terror”? And how does Sadiq Khan know that “we [the British] are resolute…united in the face of terrorism, “and we will not allow anybody to divide us”? Haven’t the bombs and knives of murderous Muslim terrorists done quite enough already to “divide us”?

Here’s what we have in Sadiq Khan: a mayor who has presided over the greatest crime wave in London’s modern history; there are now more murders – mostly by stabbing – in London than in New York. The rate of criminality among Muslims in Great Britain far exceeds that of native British or that of other, non-Muslim immigrants. Don’t bother Mayor Khan with talk of Muslim terrorists and grooming gangs and stabbings on London streets. Sadiq Khan doesn’t need to present evidence; he’s the mayor of the greatest city in the world and he knows that “one of our strengths is our diversity.” But with each new atrocity committed by Muslims who have been prompted by the Qur’an, ever fewer British – despite the pollyannish views about “diversity” that they are constantly fed by the media and many politicians aside from Mayor Khan — are prepared to believe him. That growing disbelief is a welcome sign of mental health.

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15257/europe-deradicalization-programs
'Deadly Delusions': Europe's Deradicalization Programs
by Giulio Meotti
December 9, 2019 at 5:00 am
The latest attack in London was a lethal mix of religious dissimulation and Western naïveté. It also, one hopes, buries all the British illusions of deradicalizing jihadists. As the Times reported, the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), the so-called "nudge unit" formerly part of the Cabinet Office, had examined 33 deradicalization programs across the UK and found that only two were supposedly successful.

France had already tried it out. A bipartisan report in the French Senate had condemned the French deradicalization program as a "total fiasco"....

A recent UK government report warned that British imams in 48 Islamic schools have been promoting violence and intolerance. It is British society that must be deradicalized, not the jihadists.

Usman Khan apparently saw Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones as "unbelievers", not as "rehabilitators". If we do not change our rules of engagement, more of the same will follow.


The November 29 attack in London was a lethal mix of religious dissimulation and Western naïveté. It also, one hopes, buries all the British illusions of deradicalizing jihadists. Pictured: A police officer stands next to where Usman Khan was shot at the end of his murderous rampage, on London Bridge. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

It was a tragedy of good intentions. "Jack Merritt died in the London Bridge attack. Don't forget what he stood for", Emma Goldberg wrote in The New York Times. Merritt was one of the two victims of Usman Khan, an Islamic terrorist who struck on London Bridge on November 29. The other victim was Saskia Jones, a student at the conference targeted by the jihadist. They both dreamed of working to save and protect their murderer.

London had been hosting the fifth anniversary of Learning Together, an event in which ex-prisoners, staff members, students and criminology experts came from all over the country to celebrate the success of their initiative to deradicalize jihadists. Khan had been present as a model of the recovery program. In 2012, Khan was sentenced to prison for plotting to blow up first the London Stock Exchange, then London's Mayor at the time, Boris Johnson, and then the London Eye ferris wheel. According to the Daily Telegraph, Learning Together used Khan as a "case study" on how reintegration programs in society work. He had even written a poem and a note of thanks to the organizers, on a computer made available to him by his tutors.

Merritt, one of the two victims, had worked with him while Khan was behind bars in Cambridgeshire. The pictures from Fishmongers' Hall a few minutes before the terror attack testify as to all the good will of the rehabilitation program. Merritt was the first person who tried to stop Khan during his killing spree. Moments before he attacked, Khan was pictured sitting quietly through the conference session. Many considered him a kind of "star pupil" of the deradicalization program.

Khan had also been quoted in one of Learning Together's newsletters as saying that the group "has a special place in his heart":

"It is more than just an organisation, helping to provide learning of individual academic subjects. For me it's main benefit is bringing people together, through the means of learning. Learning Together is about opening minds, unlocking doors, and giving voice to those who are shut down, hidden from the rest of us. It helps to include those who are generally excluded. This is what Learning Together means to me".

Khan also gave an interview to the BBC, in which he condemned the stigmatization he was suffering:

"I've been born and bred in England, in Stoke-On-Trent, in Cobridge, and all the community knows me and they will know, if you ask them, they will know like these labels what they're putting on us, like terrorist, this, that, they will know I ain't no terrorist".

The latest attack in London was a lethal mix of religious dissimulation and Western naïveté. It also, one hopes, buries all the British illusions of deradicalizing jihadists. As the Times reported, the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), the so-called "nudge unit" formerly part of the Cabinet Office, examined 33 deradicalization programs across the UK and found that only two were supposedly successful. The British criminologist Simon Cottee has blamed "liberal professors' deadly delusions about curing terrorists".

France had already tried it out. A bipartisan report in the French Senate had condemned the French deradicalization program as a "total fiasco", in the words of Philippe Bas, a senator from the center-right Republicans party. When Senators Esther Benbassa and Catherine Troendlé, both leading the task force, visited the deradicalization center housed in the Château de Pontourny, they found only one resident at the facility.

France also has suffered through the failure of the monitoring mechanism. Many terror attacks in the last few years have been conducted by jihadists who were already flagged in France's special counter-terrorism database: the attack at Christmas market in Strasbourg, the attack at the church in Normandy and the attack at the supermarket in Trèbes, to recall just a few. Recently, a jihadi attack took place inside Paris police headquarters. The terrorist, Mickaël Harpon, worked, in fact, in the unit tracking terrorists.

All over Europe, none of the deradicalization programs has proven effective. "There are not enough reliable data to reach definitive conclusions about the short-term, let alone the long-term, effectiveness of most existing deradicalization programs," a RAND report concluded. It might be beyond the reach of Western states to deradicalize people who, like the London Bridge terrorist, wore a fake suicide vest to invite being killed by the police and becoming a "martyr".

So what does one do with these jihadists? Trusting them can be deadly, as in London. Leaving them in prison might means keeping them as part of "one of the most important places of radicalization". Europe does not have a Guantanamo Bay, a legal limbo which, after 9/11, was useful for the US war on terror. Gitmo could also be useful now, when Europe is dealing with the return en masse of ISIS's foreign fighters.

According to the annual Europol report, 45% of Britons who travelled to Syria and Iraq to join ISIS, have already come back to their home country. Of 714 prisoners former prisoners who were held at Guantanamo Bay, 124 (16.9%) have returned to terrorist activities, while 94 more are suspected by the Defense Intelligence Agency of having returned to terrorism. Deporting these extremists from Europe is extremely controversial for many European politicians. UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn was filmed protesting the extradition of British terror suspects, including two aides to Osama bin Laden. The UK fought for years with Europe over the deportation to Jordan of the radical imam Abu Qatada.

So, what is Europe's solution? Closing one's eyes and hoping for the best is probably not affordable. Too many people have already died on Europe's streets.

"Now I am much more mature and want to live my life as a good Muslim and also a good citizen of Britain", Khan had written before killing two young British citizens.

A recent UK government report warned that British imams in 48 Islamic schools have been promoting violence and intolerance. It is British society that must be deradicalized, not the jihadists. Britain's best-known hate preacher, Anjem Choudary, recently was released from prison and now walks the streets of London a free man. Recently, a picture surfaced of London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan with his "personal friend", Anjem Choudary. The imam who allegedly radicalized the terrorist who attacked in Paris police headquarters is based in Gonesse and is still free to preach.

Deradicalization works only if it defies this suicidal Western political correctness by tackling the real causes of this kind of terrorism, which are in the Islamic texts. "Kill the unbelievers wherever you find them", says the Koran (9:5). Usman Khan apparently saw Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones as "unbelievers", not as "rehabilitators". If we do not change our rules of engagement, more of the same will follow.

Giulio Meotti, Cultural Editor for Il Foglio, is an Italian journalist and author.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7763645/London-terrorist-Usman-Khans-body-arrives-Pakistan-buried.html?ico=pushly-notifcation-small
London terrorist Usman Khan's body arrives in Pakistan so it can be buried in family's home village
Usman Khan's body was flown from London to Islamabad, Pakistan to be buried
A cousin of the convicted terrorist said his family would bury him in Kashmir
Khan murdered two Cambridge graduates before he was shot dead by police
On Tuesday, his family said they 'condemn his actions' in a short statement 
By ROD ARDEHALI FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 11:37, 6 December 2019 | UPDATED: 12:25, 6 December 2019
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Usman Khan was released from prison before unleashing the London Bridge terror attack. His body was flown from London to Pakistan - arriving on Friday morning to be buried +6
Usman Khan was released from prison before unleashing the London Bridge terror attack. His body was flown from London to Pakistan - arriving on Friday morning to be buried

The body of London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan has been released by the City of London coroner and flown to Pakistan. 

Officials at Islamabad International Airport confirmed that the 28-year-old's body had been flown out on Thursday afternoon and arrived in Pakistan on Friday morning. 

Khan attacked five people, killing two Cambridge graduates, while armed with two kitchen knives and wearing a fake suicide vest. 

He was tackled by several brave bystanders on London Bridge before being shot dead by police at point-blank range.  

A cousin of the convicted terrorist told Sky News that Khan's parents and other close family members would bury the killer in their home village in Kashmir. 

The cousin added that the parents wanted to keep the burial 'low key' and that 'they don't want to bury him in the UK' because they were 'scared'. 

On Tuesday, the family of Khan said in a short statement issued through the Metropolitan Police: 'We are saddened and shocked by what Usman has done. 

Khan attacked five people, killing two Cambridge graduates, while armed with two kitchen knives and wearing a fake suicide vest. He was tackled by several brave bystanders on London Bridge before being shot dead by police at point-blank range +6
Khan attacked five people, killing two Cambridge graduates, while armed with two kitchen knives and wearing a fake suicide vest. He was tackled by several brave bystanders on London Bridge before being shot dead by police at point-blank range

Saskia Jones +6
Jack Merritt +6
Cambridge graduates Saskia Jones, 23, (left) and Mr Merritt, 25, (right) were fatally stabbed during a prisoner rehabilitation event late last month.

'We totally condemn his actions and we wish to express our condolences to the families of the victims that have died and wish a speedy recovery to all of the injured. 

'We would like to request privacy for our family at this difficult time.' 
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The London Bridge killer was a convicted terrorist who had been a member of an al Qaida-inspired group that plotted to blow up the London Stock Exchange.

The 28-year-old killed the two Cambridge graduates and injured three other people in his knife rampage before being shot dead, wearing a mock suicide vest, last Friday.

Ms Jones had graduated from Cambridge University in the summer of 2018 with a master's in criminology and had applied to join West Midlands Police +6
Ms Jones had graduated from Cambridge University in the summer of 2018 with a master's in criminology and had applied to join West Midlands Police

Mr Merritt also had a master's degree in criminology at Cambridge having already completed a law degree at Manchester University. Mr Merritt, from Cottenham, near Cambridge, was a co-ordinator for Learning Together, a programme associated with Cambridge University's Institute of Criminology +6
Mr Merritt also had a master's degree in criminology at Cambridge having already completed a law degree at Manchester University. Mr Merritt, from Cottenham, near Cambridge, was a co-ordinator for Learning Together, a programme associated with Cambridge University's Institute of Criminology

He had been living in Stafford after he was released from prison on licence in December 2018. 

Khan was charged with conspiracy to cause explosions and other terrorism offences in late December 2010, along with eight others.

On February 1 2012, the nine pleaded guilty to various terrorist offences, with four admitting an al Qaida-inspired plot to detonate a bomb at the London Stock Exchange.

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Polish kitchen worker Lukasz Koczocik who was stabbed five times as he battled London Bridge killer Usman Khan with a 5ft CEREMONIAL LANCE says he acted instinctively and sends condolences to victims' families after 'sad and pointless attack'
Lukasz Koczocik grabbed hold of 5ft ceremonial staff to engage Usman Khan 
Porter was locked in a one-on-one battle inside Fishmongers' Hall on Friday 
Two others, one with a narwhal tusk, the other a fire extinguisher, then moved in
Khan was chased down London Bridge where he was shot dead by police 
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By JOE MIDDLETON and ROSS IBBETSON FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 18:46, 3 December 2019 | UPDATED: 18:53, 3 December 2019
The Polish kitchen worker who bravely battled London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan with a 5ft ceremonial lance said he 'acted instinctively' and has sent his condolences to the families and victims of 'this sad and pointless attack'.

Lukasz Koczocik, 38, who lives with his girlfriend in southeast London, whipped a 5ft-long ceremonial lance from the walls of Fishmongers' Hall when Khan began his bloody knife attack last Friday.

In a statement released through the Met Police this afternoon, Mr Koczocik said: 'On the afternoon of Friday, 29 November I was working at Fishmongers Hall as normal when the unimaginable and tragic terrorist attack happened.

'I and several others tried to stop a man from attacking people inside the building. I did this using a pole I found. Someone else was holding a narwhal tusk.

Lukasz Koczocik (pictured) grabbed hold of a 5ft lance when he heard chilling screams while washing glasses at Fishmongers' Hall on Friday +7
Lukasz Koczocik (pictured) grabbed hold of a 5ft lance when he heard chilling screams while washing glasses at Fishmongers' Hall on Friday

'The man attacked me, after which he left the building. A number of us followed him out but I stopped at the bollards of the bridge. 

'I had been stabbed and was later taken to hospital to be treated. I am thankful that I have now been able to return home.

'When the attack happened, I acted instinctively. I am now coming to terms with the whole traumatic incident and would like the space to do this in privacy, with the support of my family.

'I would like to express my condolences to the families who have lost precious loved ones. I would like to send my best wishes to them and everyone effected by this sad and pointless attack.'

Two former Cambridge students - Saskia Jones, 23, and Jack Merritt, 25 - died in Khan's horrifying attack, however the toll could have been far higher had members of the public like Mr Koczocik not stepped in to fight back, witnesses said.

Mr Koczocik charged at 28-year-old Khan and thrust the pike into the attacker's chest before engaging him in one minute of 'kill or be killed' combat (pictured: Mr Koczocik with his girlfriend Kasia) +7
Mr Koczocik charged at 28-year-old Khan and thrust the pike into the attacker's chest before engaging him in one minute of 'kill or be killed' combat (pictured: Mr Koczocik with his girlfriend Kasia)

Mr Koczocik, who had been washing glasses in the basement, was alerted to the carnage by desperate screams from upstairs.

The heroic worker charged at 28-year-old Khan and thrust the pike into the attacker's chest before engaging him in a minute of 'kill or be killed' combat.

In the confusion immediately after the attack, reports said Mr Koczocik had been wielding a narwhal tusk grabbed form the walls, but it became clear yesterday that a second hero had used that improvised weapon while a third brandished a fire extinguisher.

Instead Mr Koczocik had a pike in his hands as he launched himself at Khan, earning praise yesterday from his boss for his selfless courage.

Commodore Toby Williamson, CEO of Fishmongers' Hall, told the BBC: 'He's the guy who cleans the glasses down in the basement and that's exactly what he was doing when he hears this scream.

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Two of the other men who aided Mr Koczocik tackled the terrorist on London Bridge with a narwhal tusk and a fire extinguisher +7
Two of the other men who aided Mr Koczocik tackled the terrorist on London Bridge with a narwhal tusk and a fire extinguisher

'The scream was so loud that, as a first aider, he makes a choice. He goes towards the trouble. He gets there on the first floor of the building just behind me and it's pretty clear that there's a bad guy.

'He's got two knives in his hands, there's blood, there's screams, there's chaos.

'Lukasz pulls off the wall this long stick, he charges towards the bad guy, and he impacts him on the chest and there's clearly something here that is protective and it doesn't make any sort of impact.

'But he's buying time. He allows others to escape, to move to adjacent rooms. At that point he's got about one-minute of one-on-one straight combat.'

Cdre Williamson recounted the events using just the Christian names of his staff, however Mr Koczocik's identity was revealed by The Sun last night.

He told how Mr Koczocik was left severely injured as he fought 28-year-old Khan, but refused to give up. 

At that point the men with the narwhal tusk and fire extinguisher, who had been taking part in the prisoner reform charity event hosted by the Cambridge students, joined in the battle.

Cdre Williamson described how a brutal showdown spilled into the great hall.

Khan, realising the weight of numbers were against him, tried to flee down the main staircase to the front-door.

Mr Koczocik previously photographed London Bridge in 2015 after it appeared to be have been cleared by emergency services in an unknown incident. He captioned it: 'Bomb attack on London Bridge' +7
Mr Koczocik previously photographed London Bridge in 2015 after it appeared to be have been cleared by emergency services in an unknown incident. He captioned it: 'Bomb attack on London Bridge'

Mr Koczocik in a recent social media post. Cdre Williamson described how Khan managed to dodge and work his way up Mr Koczocik's pole, slashing five wounds into the porter's left side. Mr Koczocik was released from hospital on Saturday +7
Mr Koczocik in a recent social media post. Cdre Williamson described how Khan managed to dodge and work his way up Mr Koczocik's pole, slashing five wounds into the porter's left side. Mr Koczocik was released from hospital on Saturday

But he was unable to get out because a doorman named Gary was holding the door fast so that another worker, Dawn, could ring the emergency services and hit the alarms.

At this point Khan shifted his attention to two cloakroom girls, who Cdre Williamson named as Alla and Sandra, and said had a 'hell of a time'.

A maintenance man named Andy, an ex-policeman and 'pretty cool customer', had taken over the task of holding the door shut.

Andy was stabbed through the chest by Khan, but still paused for a moment, reluctant to allow the carnage to spill out onto the street, before realising he would have to relent, Cdre Williamson said.

Khan managed to burst out of the hall onto London Bridge, but the commodore said severely injured Mr Koczocik still 'lead the attack' against him as it spilled into the open.

Mr Koczocik shouted to members of the public to get back but many were keen to help in any way possible.

A man can be seen holding a knife on London Bridge during the incident +7
A man lies on London Bridge following the incident that saw a huge police response +7
One of the bystanders on London Bridge was seen holding a knife (left) which appeared to have been taken from the suspect. Another man - believed to be the knifeman - could be seen lying on the ground, close to a knife (circled, right)

They were backed by the man wielding the narwhal tusk and the one with the fire extinguisher in pursuing Khan down London Bridge.

Mr Koczocik, who had been able to rally himself once before, had grown weaker from the blood loss as the battle continued onto the bridge.

But Cmdre Williamson added that by this stage, Mr Koczocik's 'job was done, the police are here and I think you've seen the rest on camera.'

Footage showed the other men with the tusk and the fire extinguisher bravely going after Khan with members of the public before he was tackled to the ground.

Khan was shot in the chest by armed police officers shortly afterwards. He had been wearing a mock suicide vest.

Yesterday it emerged Mr Koczocik was being put forward for an official honour in Poland, acknowledging his 'sacrifice and courage'.

Cdre Williamson said that Mr Koczocik had been released from hospital on the Saturday following the attack.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7745965/Usman-Khan-looks-calm-buys-4-99-chicken-meal-just-days-London-Bridge-rampage.html?ico=pushly-notifcation-small
The takeaway terrorist: Killer Usman Khan looks calm and collected as he buys a £4.99 chicken meal with a Coke just days before London Bridge knife rampage
Usman Khan, 28, was spotted enjoying a meal alone days before going to London
CCTV from Staffordshire, last Tuesday shows him eating the £4.99 chicken meal
Three days later, Khan carried out his London Bridge attack, killing two people
By DANYAL HUSSAIN FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 10:27, 2 December 2019 | UPDATED: 10:45, 2 December 2019
Footage of London Bridge killer Usman Khan enjoying a takeaway just days before he carried out his horrific attack has emerged.

Khan, 28, killed Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, in Central London last Friday, injuring several others in his rampage. 
Now, CCTV from Staffordshire last Tuesday shows Khan eating a £4.99 chicken meal with a Coke, three days before he travelled to the capital and carried out his attack.

Khan is dressed in a high-collared grey jacket and appears to be wearing glasses with dark lenses.
He looks calm and collected as he sits alone in the takeaway, seemingly keen on keeping a low profile.   

London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan pictured buying food from a takeaway restaurant days before carrying out his attack which left two dead +5
A worker at the takeaway shop told the Mirror last night: 'I can't believe he was freed to kill.' 
Khan was later spotted by neighbours on Thursday,  just 24 hours before he was shot dead by police in London after his frenzied attack.
They said he was in the driver's seat of a private hire taxi and 'acting suspiciously' by 'staring' at people as they walked past. 
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One resident, who did not want to be named, said: 'We've seen him around here a bit recently. I know him because I went to the same school as him.
'Me and my wife saw him last Thursday. He was in a private hire taxi parked round the corner from his dad's home on the end. She noticed because she said he was staring at everyone walking past, including her. I'd seen him earlier so God knows how long he was sitting out there
An Islamist jailed alongside London Bridge killer Usman Khan (pictured) was dramatically held for allegedly plotting a fresh atrocity
Usman Khan in a photo issued by West Midlands Police 

'I'd seen him in a silver taxi before but he was in a black car last week. In the past I've seen him with some kids in the car. I think he was dropping them off at school.

'It's mad to think the day after we saw him acting strange he was on the rampage in London.'

Khan travelled to London after being invited to a prisoner rehabilitation conference on Friday. 

The event was organised held by Learning Together, a programme associated with Cambridge University's Institute of Criminology.

He was on licence and wearing an electronic monitoring tag when he launched the attack, after being given permission to travel to the capital.

Learning Together had assisted Khan while he was in prison, as well as after his release. 

Khan, pictured using a laptop, was signed up to the Cambridge University-run programme Learning Together +5
Saskia Jones +5
Jack Merritt +5
Former University of Cambridge students Saskia Jones, 23, (left) and Mr Merritt, 25, (right) were fatally stabbed during a prisoner rehabilitation event on Friday

Khan, 28, murdered two people at a prisoner rehabilitation conference less than a year after being released from prison +5
Khan, 28, murdered two people at a prisoner rehabilitation conference less than a year after being released from prison 

The programmed described him as a success story and Khan even wrote organisers a thank-you note after they provided him with a computer he could use without breaching his licence.

His thank-you letter to staff claimed that the Learning Together programme had a 'special place in [his] heart'. 

It is understood that one of Khan's victims, Mr Merritt, who was a coordinator for the course, worked with him while he was in prison.

Such was his apparent turnaround after an arrest for plotting to blow up the London Stock Exchange in 2010, Cambridge University encouraged Khan to apply for a place as an undergraduate student.

And in an astonishing report called Learning Together by staff at Whitemoor prison, Khan’s apparent rehabilitation was used as a case study promoting its work. 

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Jack Merritt's devastated girlfriend arrives in tears at vigil to honour her partner and Saskia Jones who died in London Bridge terror attack
Vigil is held in the City of London for those killed in Friday's terrorist attack
Leanne O'Brien, the girlfriend of victim Jack Merritt, wept as she arrived
Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn, Sadiq Khan and Cressida Dick all attended
By RICHARD SPILLETT and TIM STICKINGS and JACK NEWMAN and FAITH RIDLER FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 00:05, 2 December 2019 | UPDATED: 11:24, 2 December 2019
The devastated girlfriend of London Bridge terror attack victim Jack Merritt wept today as she attended a vigil to remember those who died. 

Former University of Cambridge students Saskia Jones, 23, and Mr Merritt, 25, were fatally stabbed by 28-year-old convicted terrorist Usman Khan during a prisoner rehabilitation event they were both supporting on Friday.

Today, Mr Merritt's girlfriend Leanne O'Brien broke down in tears as she arrived at a public remembrance service at Guildhall Yard in the City of London.

The vigil was also attended by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Met Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick and Home Secretary Priti Patel. 

Leanne O'Brien, the girlfriend of London Bridge terror attack victim Jack Merritt wept as she attended vigil to remember those who died +10
Ms O'Brien was supported by family as she arrived at the public event in the City of London +10
Among those attending was Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn +10
Among those attending was Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
The vigil, held at the Guildhall in London, was taken by the Bishop of London Sarah Mullally +10
Around London Bridge Underground station this morning, several white boards had been placed with messages of support, including: 'Together we stand. An attack on any one of us is an attack on us all. Haters are not welcome. We are London and we won't fall.'

Veterinary science student Ms O'Brien learned of her boyfriend's murder just weeks after they had enjoyed a romantic trip to Seville, Spain, to celebrate his 25th birthday. 
Yesterday tributes poured in for Mr Merritt, a Cambridge University graduate who was hailed by his father as a 'beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog'.
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David Merritt said that his son 'would not wish his death to be used as the pretext for more draconian sentences or for detaining people unnecessarily'.
'R.I.P. Jack: you were a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog,' he said.

Friends recalled how Mr Merritt had possessed a sense of social justice from a young age. 'He was always sticking up for the little guy,' said one. Friends of Leanne O'Brien said she was 'beside herself'.

Mr Merritt had studied law at Manchester University before taking a postgraduate course in philosophy at Cambridge.
Jack, pictured with his girlfriend Ms O'Brien, studied law at Manchester University before doing an postgraduate degree at Cambridge +10
Jack, pictured with his girlfriend Ms O'Brien, studied law at Manchester University before doing an postgraduate degree at Cambridge
Friends have previously told how Ms O'Brien is 'beside herself' with grief over his death +10
At the time of his death, Mr Merritt was working as course co-ordinator for a Cambridge criminology department initiative called Learning Together, in which students in universities and prisons 'learn degree-level material alongside one another'.

Floral tributes were placed at the scene in memory of Mr Merritt yesterday, including a sign which says: 'I love you forever. I am so so proud of you.' 
It comes as West Midlands Police said a 34-year-old man arrested in Stoke-on-Trent on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts had been recalled to prison due to a suspected breach of his licence conditions.
He has been named in reports as  Nazam Hussain who was jailed with Usman in 2012 for terrorism offences, and like Usman had been released early on licence after successfully appealing against his original indeterminate sentence.

Officers from the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit held him after a search of his home on Saturday.

The force has said there is no information to suggest he was involved in Khan's attack at London Bridge.

Jack Merritt and (right) Saskia Jones (right) were killed in Friday's terror attack +10
A floral tribute left at the scene of the London Bridge terror attack today says: 'I love you forever, I am so proud of you' +10
A floral tribute left at the scene of the London Bridge terror attack today says: 'I love you forever, I am so proud of you'
Khan, 28, also from Stoke, was on licence and wearing an electronic monitoring tag when he launched the attack, which injured three others, after he was invited to the prisoner rehabilitation conference on Friday afternoon.
The event was organised held by Learning Together, a programme associated with Cambridge University's Institute of Criminology.
The attack has prompted the Ministry of Justice to review the licence conditions of every convicted terrorist released from prison, which Prime Minister Boris Johnson said was 'probably about 74' people.

Usman Khan had been helped by the scheme whose workers +10
Justice Secretary Robert Buckland said any of the individuals concerned who was found to be in breach of their licence conditions would be recalled to prison.

'I will be meeting my officials this morning to satisfy myself about not only those cases, but also people who are about to be released and also a wider group who weren't convicted of terrorism offences but who present an extremist risk in the prison system,' he told the BBC.

Mr Buckland said an order had already been issue preventing prisoners on early release attending events such as that where Khan carried out his attack.

Mr Johnson has vowed to take steps to ensure people are not released early when they commit serious offences.

Miss Jones, a volunteer with Learning Together from Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, was described as having a 'great passion' for providing support to victims of crime by her family.

In a statement, they said: 'She was intent on living life to the full and had a wonderful thirst for knowledge, enabling her to be the best she could be.

'Saskia had a great passion for providing invaluable support to victims of criminal injustice, which led her to the point of recently applying for the police graduate recruitment programme, wishing to specialise in victim support.'

Khan, who was living in Stafford, was given permission to travel into the heart of London by police and the Probation Service.
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Convicted of terror offences in February 2012, he was released from prison on licence in December 2018, halfway through his 16-year prison sentence.

He launched the fatal attack at the Learning Together event just before 2pm on Friday.

Armed with two knives and wearing a fake suicide vest, he was tackled by members of the public, including ex-offenders from the conference, before he was shot dead by police.

One of the three people injured in the attack has been allowed to return home while the other two remain in a stable condition in hospital.

No-one else is being sought over the attack.
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Police probing released terrorists after London Bridge stabbings arrest man, 34, on suspicion of preparing ANOTHER attack
A search was conducted last night in connection to existing licence conditions
A 34-year-old was arrested on suspicion of terrorist acts at his home address 
No information to suggest the arrested man was involved in London Bridge 
An urgent review of terrorists released from prison was launched by the MOJ
By JOE MIDDLETON FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 18:25, 1 December 2019 | UPDATED: 18:55, 1 December 2019
Police have arrested a man in Stoke-on-Trent on suspicion of preparing a terrorism attack.

The force said a 34-year-old was arrested after a search of his home address.

West Midlands Police said the search warrant was executed in connection to 'a wider on-going review of existing licence conditions of convicted terrorism offenders.'

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The man, who has not been named, was arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts contrary to Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: 'There is no information to suggest that the arrested man was involved in the incident at London Bridge on Friday.

'There was no immediate risk to public safety.' 

It comes after Usman Khan, 28, went on a deadly knife frenzy in London on Friday, killing two people and injuring three others.

An urgent review of terrorists released from prison was launched by the Ministry of Justice following the attack on Friday.

Armed with two knives and wearing a fake suicide vest, Khan was tackled by members of the public, including ex-offenders from the conference, before he was shot dead by police on London Bridge.

Khan (circled) was confronted by several heroic members of the public, including one who used a Narwhal tusk to try and restrain him +2
Khan (circled) was confronted by several heroic members of the public, including one who used a Narwhal tusk to try and restrain him

The 28-year-old was part of an al Qaeda-inspired terror group and was convicted of terror offences in February 2012.

Khan, who had been based in Stoke-on-Trent, was handed an indeterminate sentence for public protection, with a minimum term of eight years - meaning he could have been kept in prison for as long he was deemed to be a threat to the public.

The sentence was quashed at the Court of Appeal in April 2013 and he was given a determinate 16-year jail term, with a five-year extended licence period, under legislation which meant he was released automatically halfway through the sentence.

Sentencing law changed later in 2012, and if Khan was given the same sentence today he would have had to serve at least two-thirds of it.

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Second victim of London Bridge attack is named as 23-year-old former Cambridge student who was volunteering at prisoner rehabilitaion conference where terrorist's knife frenzy began
Saskia Jones, of Stratford-upon-Avon, was volunteering on the day she died 
Other victim Jack Merritt was a coordinator at the prisoner rehab conference 
Their families paid tribute to them in emotional statements released by police  
By LARA KEAY FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 16:25, 1 December 2019 | UPDATED: 16:58, 1 December 2019
The second victim of the London Bridge terror attack has been named as another young Cambridge University graduate.
Saskia Jones, 23, of Stratford-upon-Avon, died alongside Jack Merritt, 25, of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, after Usman Khan, 28, went on a deadly knife frenzy in London on Friday. 
Both graduates were taking part in a prisoner rehabilitation conference that was trying to rehabilitate the likes of the terrorist who went on to kill them. Miss Jones was working as a volunteer and Mr Merritt as a coordinator.   
The 23-year-old's family paid tribute to her 'funny, kind, positive influence', saying she was 'intent on living life to the full'. 
Saskia Jones, 23, (pictured) of Stratford-upon-Avon, died alongside Jack Merritt, 25, of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, after Usman Khan went on a stabbing frenzy in London on Friday +9
Pictured: Saskia Jones, 23, on the day she graduated from Cambridge University +9
Saskia Jones, 23, (pictured) of Stratford-upon-Avon, died alongside Jack Merritt, 25, of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, after Usman Khan went on a stabbing frenzy in London on Friday
Saskia Jones (pictured) was working as a volunteer at an event designed to help rehabilitate prisoners +9
The 23-year-old graduate is pictured before her tragic death in London on Friday +9
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Khan was on licence and wearing an electronic monitoring tag when he attended the conference on prisoner rehabilitation hosted by Cambridge University scheme Learning Together at Fishmongers' Hall near London Bridge.   
He was shot dead by police after members of the public bravely rushed to disarm him, one with a narwhal tusk taken from the venue. 

The attack left three other people injured, one of whom was a member of staff, the university's vice-chancellor Stephen Toope has said. 

Today one of the people injured in the horrific attack was allowed to return home today, while two others remain in hospital. 
Miss Jones's family's heart-breaking statement read: 'Saskia was a funny, kind, positive influence at the centre of many people's lives. 
'She had a wonderful sense of mischievous fun and was generous to the point of always wanting to see the best in all people.
'She was intent on living life to the full and had a wonderful thirst for knowledge, enabling her to be the best she could be.
Her fellow Cambridge graduate Jack Merritt (pictured) was a coordinator at the event on Friday
Jack Merritt is pictured with his Cambridge degree +9
He died after being stabbed by Usman Khan +9
Jack Merritt (left), 25, of Cottenham, Cambridge, was the first victim to be named. He died after being stabbed by Usman Khan (right)   
A family photo shows Jack Merritt who died after being stabbed by terrorist Usman Khan +9
'Saskia had a great passion for providing invaluable support to victims of criminal injustice, which led her to the point of recently applying for the police graduate recruitment programme, wishing to specialise in victim support.
'This is an extremely painful time for the family. Saskia will leave a huge void in our lives and we would request that our privacy is fully respected.' 
Mr Merritt's family called their 25-year-old son a 'beautiful, talented boy', saying he died 'doing what he loved'.
'He lit up our lives and the lives of his many friends and colleagues, and we will miss him terribly,' it read.  
His girlfriend, veterinary science student Leanne O'Brien, learned of her boyfriend's murder just weeks after they had enjoyed a romantic trip to Seville, Spain, to celebrate his 25th birthday.  

Mr Merritt believed that Khan's apparent redemption was a powerful case study of how a life could be changed for the better, but it now appears his rehabilitation was a sham intended to hide his murderous intentions.
He was shot dead by police before ISIS claimed responsibility for his attack. 
Victim Jack Merritt is pictured on a recent holiday to Seville with his girlfriend veterinary science student Leanne O'Brien +9
Cambridge University's vice-chancellor Stephen Toope called the news devastating, adding: 'I am devastated to learn that among the victims of the London Bridge attack were staff and alumni of the University of Cambridge, taking part in an event to mark five years of the Learning Together programme.

'What should have been a joyous opportunity to celebrate the achievements of this unique and socially transformative programme, hosted by our Institute of Criminology, was instead disrupted by an unspeakable criminal act.
'I am sad beyond words to report that course coordinator Jack Merritt and former student Saskia Jones were killed. 
'Both were Cambridge graduates. Among the three people injured, whose identities have not been publicly released, is a member of University staff.
'Our University condemns this abhorrent and senseless act of terror. Our condolences, our thoughts and our deepest sympathies are with the victims and their families.' 
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London Bridge terror attack: Everything we know about terrorist Usman Khan
The 28-year-old was once recorded talking about how there were only three possible outcomes for him: victory, martyrdom or prison.
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The London Bridge killer, Usman Khan, was a convicted terrorist who was released from prison less than 12 months ago.

The 28-year-old - who killed a man and a woman in his knife attack on Friday before being shot dead by police - had been living in Stafford, Staffordshire, following his release on licence in December 2018.

Following Friday's attack, during which Khan wore a fake suicide vest, police have been searching a three-storey block of flats in Wolverhampton Road, Stafford, where he is believed to have lived.

In 2012, Khan pleaded guilty to preparing an act of terror; namely travelling to and attending operational meetings, fundraising for terrorist training, preparing to travel abroad and assisting others in travelling abroad.

Police search a property in Stafford, Staffordshire
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Police are searching a property in Stafford
After being put on trial along with eight others, a court heard how Khan was among a group who considered a range of terror activities.

They included the establishment of a terror-training school in Pakistan; the sending of letter bombs; attacking pubs used by far-right groups; attacking a high-profile target with an explosive device; and a "Mumbai-style" terror attack.

A hand-written target list found on a desk at one of the plotters' homes included the names and addresses of the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London, then-London mayor Boris Johnson, two rabbis, and the American Embassy in London.

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The group - from Stoke-on-Trent and Cardiff - settled on two plans: to set up a training school in Pakistan disguised as a legitimate madrassa (an Islamic religious school); and to place a pipe bomb in the toilets of the London Stock Exchange.

The nine were also linked to radical preacher Anjem Choudary by a mobile phone seized from an address of one of the plotters, which contained material relating to protests by the banned al-Muhajiroun group that Choudary co-founded.

The Islamist preacher was due for automatic release after reaching the halfway point of his sentence
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Khan is understood to be a close friend of radical preacher Anjem Choudary
Sky News understands Khan was a personal friend and student of Choudary and was known to have attended a series of al-Muhajiroun protests and street stalls in the Midlands area prior to his arrest.

In the months before Khan's arrest and conviction, police raided his home in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, over concerns about his links to Choudary.

Khan and an accomplice were said to be planning to attend the madrassa and were keen to perform terror acts in Kashmir, a disputed region divided between Pakistan and India.

After they and others they recruited had gained experienced, it was envisaged they would then return to the UK.

Then aged 20, Khan was secretly recorded talking about how there were only three possible outcomes for him and his fellow jihadists: victory, martyrdom or prison.

During a late-night meeting on 4 December 2010, Khan contrasted the action he was planning in support of jihad with the passive approach of those such as Choudary.

"Brothers like Anjem, they ain't going nowhere," he said.
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ISIS claim responsibility for London Bridge terror attack by Usman Khan, who stabbed Cambridge graduate, 25, to death in rampage at prisoner rehabilitation conference that paired killers with students and held creative writing workshops
ISIS has claimed responsibility for knife rampage which killed two and left three injured near London Bridge 
Jack Merritt had been running a course at Fishmonger's Hall when he was stabbed to death by Usman Khan
His father David confirmed his death, saying his son was a 'beautiful spirit who took the side of the underdog' 
Another woman was killed and three more injured in the horrific terror attack carried out by Khan on Friday
By JACK NEWMAN and DANYAL HUSSAIN FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 14:28, 30 November 2019 | UPDATED: 18:57, 30 November 2019
ISIS has tonight claimed responsibility for a terror attack which killed two and left three injured after an attacker went on a knife rampage near London Bridge.

The terrorist organisation said Usman Khan, 28, had acted on their behalf, though the group did not provide any evidence this is the case.

It added that the attack was made in response to Islamic State calls to target countries that have been part of a coalition fighting the jihadist group. 

'The person who carried out the London attack... was a fighter from the Islamic State, and did so in response to calls to target citizens of coalition countries,' IS said, referring to a multi-country alliance against the group. 

It had previously been speculated that the attack may have been revenge for the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.  

Jack Merritt, 25, from Cottenham, was named by his father as one of two victims stabbed to death by Khan at a prisoner rehabilitation conference at Fishmongers' Hall yesterday afternoon. 

Mr Merritt was the course co-ordinator for Learning Together, the education scheme run by the University of Cambridge's Institute of Criminology that killer Usman Khan had been yesterday afternoon.

The group had been running a conference at Fishmonger's Hall where the attack started, with Khan one of the former criminals attending the rehabilitation seminar for prisoners. 

His father David said in a tweet that his son 'would not wish his death to be used as the pretext for more draconian sentences or for detaining people unnecessarily'.

'R.I.P. Jack: you were a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog.'

He also said his son had been a 'champion' for those who had been 'dealt a losing hand by life, who ended up in the prison system'.

Giving a statement outside Scotland Yard, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said Khan was subject to an 'extensive list of licence conditions' on his release from prison and that 'to the best of my knowledge he was complying with those conditions'.

Jack was the course co-ordinator for Learning Together, the education scheme run by the University of Cambridge's Institute of Criminology where Uzman Khan had been yesterday afternoon +76
Jack was the course co-ordinator for Learning Together, the education scheme run by the University of Cambridge's Institute of Criminology where Uzman Khan had been yesterday afternoon

Jack (pictured with his girlfriend Leanne) studied law at Manchester University before doing an postgraduate degree at Cambridge +76
Jack (pictured with his girlfriend Leanne) studied law at Manchester University before doing an postgraduate degree at Cambridge

David said: 'Jack spoke so highly of all the people he worked with & he loved his job.

'Thank you for your support. I know his colleagues are in shock- please look after each other at this terrible time.'

British rapper David Orobosa Omoregie, known only as Dave, also paid tribute to the graduate on Twitter. He wrote: 'Rest in peace brother. One of the most painful things. Jack Merritt was the best guy.

'Dedicated his life to helping others, was genuinely an honour to have met someone like you and everything you've done for us I'll never ever forget'. 

Jack studied law at Manchester University before doing an postgraduate degree at Cambridge. 

A woman was also killed and three others were injured in the knife rampage carried out by Usman Khan. 

Police were called to the north side of London Bridge at 1.58pm on Friday, after reports of a stabbing near Bank station and Fishmongers' Hall, which was hosting an event called 'Learning Together'. 

Khan had threatened to blow up the building at the start of the rampage before he headed towards London Bridge wearing a fake suicide vest.  

Jack, pictured with his girlfriend Leanne, studied law at Manchester University before doing an postgraduate degree at Cambridge

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London Bridge terror attack was revenge attack over the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, claim experts after rampage coincided with attacks in Holland and France
Usman Khan, 28, was previously convicted of plot to blow up Stock Exchange 
He was a member of a nine-strong Al Qaeda-inspired gang known to the police
Committee chief said: 'Possible his action was revenge for al-Baghdadi's death'
By ISABELLA NIKOLIC FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 08:37, 30 November 2019 | UPDATED: 08:59, 30 November 2019
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The terrorist who yesterday stabbed two people to death on London Bridge may have been acting in revenge over the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. 
 
Usman Khan, 28, who was shot to death by police yesterday for his terrorist attack, was previously convicted of a plot to blow up the London Stock Exchange in 2012.
 
He was known to security chiefs and checks were underway to find if he had any associates. It is believed that he was one of 20,000 UK jihadi suspects known to police and MI5. 
 
Colonel Richard Kemp, ex-COBRA security committee chief, told the Sun: 'If he turns out to be an Islamic terrorist, he was likely inspired by Islamic State.
 
Usman Khan, 28, who was shot to death by police yesterday for his terrorist attack, was previously convicted of a plot to blow up the London Stock Exchange in 2012 +8
 
'It is even possible his action was in revenge for al-Baghdadi's death. It's something ISIS has called for since the US Delta Force raid in Syria.'
 
Al-Baghdadi died after blowing himself up with a suicide vest during a US raid of the Syrian camp he was being held at on October 26 this year.  
 
Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu confirmed that a man and a woman were killed in the attack which saw Khan, wearing a fake suicide vest, stab up to five people before being shot dead by armed police as hundreds of commuters fled in terror.
 
Yesterday's attack coincided with a similar rampage in Holland which saw three children stabbed on a shopping street in The Hague early yesterday evening, Dutch police said.   
 
National broadcaster NOS said the attack could not immediately be attributed to terrorism.
 
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Colonel Richard Kemp, ex-COBRA security committee chief, said: 'It is even possible his action was in revenge for al-Baghdadi's (pictured) death. It's something ISIS has called for since the US Delta Force raid in Syria' 
Al-Baghdadi died after blowing himself up with a suicide vest during a US raid of the Syrian camp he was being held at on October 26 this year +8
Khan, pictured, third from the right, had been arrested along with his Al Qaeda cell, pictured, after they were planning a pre-Christmas terror campaign in 2010. Officers had tracked the group, who included from left, Mohibur Raham, Gurukanth Desai, Abdul Miah, Usman Khan, Mohammed Chowdhury and Mohammed Shahjahan in Roath Park in November 2010 +8
Khan, pictured, third from the right, had been arrested along with his Al Qaeda cell, pictured, after they were planning a pre-Christmas terror campaign in 2010. Officers had tracked the group, who included from left, Mohibur Raham, Gurukanth Desai, Abdul Miah, Usman Khan, Mohammed Chowdhury and Mohammed Shahjahan in Roath Park in November 2010
 
Dutch police launched a manhunt after the attack, which took place on a busy shopping street near the city's historic centre. The area was cordoned off and dozens of police and ambulances were on the scene. 
 
And in Paris, the Gare Du Nord train station was briefly evacuated after an alleged explosive device was found in an unattended bag.
 
Unverified pictures show the device, which resembles a mortar shell, inside an old duffel bag. 
 
Some people have suggested the device was a dummy explosive used for training purposes.  
 
Commissioner Basu also revealed that Khan, who was from Stoke-on-Trent, had a prior terrorism conviction and had been jailed for eight years in 2012.
He was released on licence in December 2018 and was still wearing a monitoring tag at the time of yesterday's attack.
Anti-terror police have raided a house in the Staffordshire area linked to the killer.
 
Khan had been attending a seminar in Fishmongers' Hall run by Cambridge University's Criminology Department to help offenders reintegrate into society following their release from jail.
 
Several people were stabbed this evening on Grote Marktstraat in The Hague 
 
 
The knife man attacked several people in the city's main shopping district 
He had threatened to blow up the building at the start of his five-minute rampage which ended in his death on London Bridge.
 
Dramatic video footage showed him being tackled to the ground by at least six members of the public. One man chased the attacker with a fire extinguisher while another used a Narwhal whale tusk to restrain him.
 
Khan had previously been arrested on December 20, 2010, four days before he and his nine-strong Al-Qaeda-inspired gang had planned to plant a bomb in the toilets of the London Stock Exchange.
 
He was a member of a nine-strong Al Qaeda-inspired gang plotting to blow up the London Stock Exchange.
 
After arresting Khan's gang, police found a handwritten list of targets which included the U.S. Embassy and the homes of London Mayor Boris Johnson, the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral and two rabbis.
 
Khan was confronted by several heroic members of the public, including one who used a Narwhal tusk to try and restrain him
 
Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu confirmed that a man and a woman were killed in the attack which saw Khan, wearing a fake suicide vest, stab up to five people before being shot dead by armed police as hundreds of commuters fled in terror. +8
Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu confirmed that a man and a woman were killed in the attack which saw Khan, wearing a fake suicide vest, stab up to five people before being shot dead by armed police as hundreds of commuters fled in terror. 
 
The gang also carried out surveillance of other possible targets including Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, the Palace of Westminster and the London Eye.
 
The group planned to send five bombs in the post to London synagogues and the Church of Scientology headquarters, as well as spreading panic in Stoke-on-Trent by planting bombs in pub and club toilets.
 
Yesterday's attack came after the terror threat in the UK was reduced from 'severe' to 'substantial'. 
 
Commissioner Basu has said police will be patrolling the area over the weekend in case of a copycat attack and to reassure the public.  
 
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London Bridge terrorist and Anjem Choudary's 'personal friend' Usman Khan was AUTOMATICALLY freed after serving seven years - less than HALF his 16-year sentence for plotting Mumbai-style terror attack on London and assassination of Boris Johnson
The Met Police have named the London Bridge terrorist as Usman Khan, 28, previously convicted for terrorism
He was jailed for minimum of eight years having been convicted of a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange
He had been part of a group plotting to bomb targets like the US Embassy and kill figures like Boris Johnson 
The knife-wielding terrorist had been released from prison in December 2018 and was wearing an ankle tag  
Anti-terror police have raided a house in Staffordshire that is linked to the terrorist, who killed two people
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PUBLISHED: 22:16, 29 November 2019 | UPDATED: 12:16, 30 November 2019
The Metropolitan Police has named convicted terrorist Usman Khan, pictured, as the man responsible for the London Bridge Terror attack which claimed two lives +50
The Metropolitan Police has named convicted terrorist Usman Khan, pictured, as the man responsible for the London Bridge Terror attack which claimed two lives
 
A furious political row is emerging today after it was revealed that the London Bridge terrorist was released automatically from prison last year.
 
Usman Khan, 28, was jailed in 2012 for terrorism offences for his part in an al Qaeda-inspired terror group that plotted to bomb the London Stock Exchange and the US Embassy and kill Boris Johnson.  
 
Khan, a Stoke-on-Trent-based radical, originally received an indeterminate sentence for public protection with a minimum of eight years behind bars after his 2012 arrest, meaning he would remain locked up for as long as it was necessary to protect the public.
 
But this sentence was quashed at the Court of Appeal in April 2013 and he was given a determinate 16-year jail term instead, meaning he would be automatically released after eight years.
 
Judges including Lord Justice Leveson said at the time when reversing the original sentence that the Parole Board was best placed to decide when he would be safe to be released from jail.
 
But today the Parole Board has released a statement saying that Khan was released automatically and they did not make the decision.
 
It has also emerged today that he was a student and 'personal friend' of hate preacher Anjem Choudary. 
 
Now, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that it was a 'mistake' to release Khan from prison and has vowed to crack down on early releases for inmates. The PM visited the scene of the attack today with Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick, and Home Secretary Priti Patel.
 
Khan was released on licence in December 2018 and was still wearing a monitoring tag at the time of yesterday's attack, which he carried out while wearing a fake suicide vest.
 
Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu confirmed that a man and a woman were killed in the attack which saw Khan stab up to five people before being shot dead by armed police as hundreds of commuters fled in terror.   
Anti-terror police have raided a house in the Staffordshire area linked to the killer, believed to be a bail hostel for offenders. 
Meanwhile, the Queen has sent 'thoughts, prayers and deepest sympathies to all those who have lost loved ones' in the London Bridge attack and praised the 'brave individuals who put their own lives at risk to selflessly help and protect others'.
 
It comes as: 
Members of the public bravely tackled Usman Khan, disarming him after he had stabbed multiple people
One hero used a fire extinguisher while another grabbed a 5ft Narwhal tusk off the wall of Fishmonger's Hall
A man who tackled the attacker was revealed to be a convicted murderer out on day release, it has emerged
Another man was revealed to be a tour guide who stamped on Khan's hand, forcing him to release a knife
Khan was a member of nine-strong Al Qaeda-inspired gang plotting to blow up the London Stock Exchange 
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has now called for an end to violent criminals being released early from prison 
Khan, circled third from the right, had been arrested along with his Al Qaeda cell, pictured, after they were planning a pre-Christmas terror campaign in 2010. Officers had tracked the group, who included from left, Mohibur Raham, Gurukanth Desai, Abdul Miah, Usman Khan, Mohammed Chowdhury and Mohammed Shahjahan in Roath Park in November 2010
 
VIDEO Bystanders take down London Bridge Terrorist with fire extinguishers
Khan (circled) was confronted by several heroic members of the public, including one who used a Narwhal tusk to try and restrain him
Thomas Gray (left) and Stevie Hurst (right), who both work at Small Car Big City, were two of the heroes who came together to disarm the attacker
 
One brave man, later confirmed to be a British Transport Police officer, ran across the road to tackle the knifeman +50
Another of those who intervened in the attack on Friday was James Ford - a convicted murderer who was out on day release +50
Another of those who intervened in the attack on Friday was James Ford (right) - a convicted murderer who was out on day release. One brave man, later confirmed to be a British Transport Police officer, ran across the road to tackle the knifeman
 
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Knife attacker who killed two in London Bridge terror attack 'was an Islamic extremist released from prison a year ago - and still wearing an ELECTRONIC ANKLE TAG'
Knife attacker shot on London Bridge was known to police, security source said
The knife-wielding terrorist had links to Islamist terror groups, the source added 
The attacker is reportedly a convicted terrorist who had served time in prison 
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PUBLISHED: 22:16, 29 November 2019 | UPDATED: 22:33, 29 November 2019

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The knife attacker shot dead on London Bridge was known to police and had connections to terror groups, a security source said.

The attacker had links to Islamist terror groups, the security source added.

The knife-wielding terrorist, who was wearing a fake suicide vest and has not been named, was killed on London Bridge on Friday afternoon in full view of horrified onlookers. 

The attacker was a convicted terrorist who had served time in prison and was wearing an electronic tag, according to The Times newspaper. The paper added he was attending a Cambridge University conference on prisoner rehabilitation being held at Fishmongers' Hall and 'threatened to blow up' the building.

The man had two knives on his possession when he carried out the attack.  

The knife attacker shot dead on London Bridge (pictured) was known to police and had connections to terror groups, a security source said +1
The knife attacker shot dead on London Bridge (pictured) was known to police and had connections to terror groups, a security source said 

It went on to quote unnamed Whitehall sources as saying the attacker had been released from prison around a year ago after serving time for a 'terrorism-related offence', and had agreed to wear an electronic tag. 

A maintenance worker who witnessed the London Bridge knife attack claims he was told the assailant had been in prison for terrorism offences.

Jamie Bakhit, a 24-year-old from Purley, Croydon, said he spoke to one of the men who helped wrestle the knifeman to the ground after they were taken to the Salvation Army headquarters to be interviewed by police.

He told the PA news agency: 'The guy who was on top of him said he [the attacker] had been in prison for terrorism, apparently.

'Some of the guys who were on top of him were ex-prisoners and they had all been in the Fishmongers' Hall.

'The guy told me he was in prison with the attacker.'

Speaking before chairing a meeting of the Government's emergency committee Cobra, Mr Johnson said he had 'long argued' that it is a 'mistake to allow serious and violent criminals to come out of prison early and it is very important that we get out of that habit and that we enforce the appropriate sentences for dangerous criminals, especially for terrorists, that I think the public will want to see'.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick confirmed two people died, and three others were injured in the attack on Friday.

She refused to confirm whether or not the suspect was known to police, but said: 'We will be working as fast as we can to understand who this man is, where he comes from and whether there is anyone else who we need to find quickly who might be in touch with him.'

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The moment police shoot dead terrorist on London Bridge after attacker wearing fake suicide belt stabbed five: Hero passers-by struggle with suspect before officers drag them away and open fire as crowds flee scene
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Video filmed on London Bridge shows at least four people struggling with a man on the ground
Armed police officers then drag the man away and fire a shot before officers back away from him
Frightened bystanders look on and begin screaming and running for their lives as shots are fired
It comes two and a half years after 2017 terrorist attack on London Bridge which saw eight killed 
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PUBLISHED: 14:15, 29 November 2019 | UPDATED: 17:00, 29 November 2019
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Armed police shot dead a knifeman wearing a fake suicide vest on London Bridge today in a shocking terrorist attack that has left up to five people injured as frightened crowds fled the scene.

Up to five people were stabbed before the knife maniac ran onto London Bridge shortly before 2pm, where dramatic video showed he was tackled to the ground by at least six heroic members of the public.

Seconds later police told people on top of the suspect to move away, before dragging the last bystander to safety and open

ing fire. Witnesses said they heard police shouting 'stop moving' twice before shooting at close range.

One of the bystanders was seen holding a knife which appeared to have been taken from the suspect. The suspect lay wounded on the ground, but still moving as officers backed away - clearly fearing they were still in danger.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was 'being kept updated' as he abandoned campaigning and rushed back to Westminster from his Uxbridge constituency. It comes weeks after the UK's terror threat level was downgraded.

The incident today is two and a half years after the horrifying terrorist attack on London Bridge in June 2017 which saw Khuram Butt, 27, Rachid Redouane, 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22, kill eight people and injure 48 others. 

While the episode unfolded this afternoon, hundreds of frightened bystanders look on and begin screaming and running for their lives as shots are fired. Witnesses described a scene of panic around London Bridge. 

Mayor Sadiq Khan said some of those stabbed were 'seriously injured', Home Secretary Priti Patel said she was 'very concerned' and President Donald Trump said the US pledges 'full support to our ally, the United Kingdom'.
Up to five people were stabbed before the knife maniac ran onto London Bridge shortly before 2pm this afternoon, where dramatic video (pictured above) showed he was tackled to the ground by at least six heroic members of the public 

A man can be seen holding a knife on London Bridge during the incident today +60
A man lies on London Bridge following the incident that saw a huge police response today +60
One of the bystanders on London Bridge was seen holding a knife (left) which appe

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