'You were a beautiful spirit': First London Bridge terror attack victim named as Jack Merritt

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'You were a beautiful spirit': First London Bridge terror attack victim named as Jack Merritt
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One of the two people killed by a knifeman during an attack at London Bridge has been named as 25-year-old Jack Merritt

As the confrontation moved from inside the hall to the pavement outside, a throng of people could be seen in videos grappling with Khan.

Tour guide Stevie Hurst told BBC radio:"Everyone was just on top of him trying to bundle him to the ground. The attacker, named by police as 28-year-old Usman Khan, was out of prison at the time of the attack.A British Transport Police officer in a suit and tie who also intervened was seen carrying a large knife away.

Police said on Saturday that Khan had been convicted in 2012 for his part in an al Qaeda-inspired plot to blow up the London Stock Exchange. He was released in December 2018 subject to conditions."There's got to be a very full investigation," Mr Corbyn said. "I think there is also a question about what the probation service were doing ...

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