he was cambridge university graduate jack merritt, he was 25. the relevance of his graduation is not many that explains his photograph and the way he is stressed, that he was working for cambridge university at the time, the university organised the conference at fishmongers hall, outside of which the attack took place. the organisation he was working for is one which specialises in education services for people in prison, and it held a conference on rehabilitation at fishmongers hall in london, which was attended by the attacker, as mankind. jack merritt ‘s father described his son as a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog. it comes as the prime minister says he wants longer sentences for violent crime and an end to early release for serious offenders. the attacker, usman khan, had been released on licence last december, after serving half of a 16—yearjail sentence for his part in a plot to blow up the london stock exchange. earlier this afternoon, the prime minister has been speaking at the scene of the attack. we unde

university, it was a criminal justice cambridge university, it was a criminaljustice event, cambridge university, it was a criminal justice event, and cambridge university, it was a criminaljustice event, and he was invited, as i understand, is a former prisoner, to discuss issues of criminaljustice. my goodness, so many details which we still want to learn. there was one aspect and i know you were looking at that as we were, the prime minister boris johnson, he gave a statement and he spoke somewhat cryptically about how much prison time that terror, people have been —— people that have been convicted of terror act should get. you can let our viewers know a little bit about what was said. the prime minister was speaking at a cobra meeting, that is where people are fully briefed and up—to—date with what is happening with terror incidents and plans. the prime minister gave an interview in which he spoke about the idea that criminals convicted of serious offences needed to serve decent amount of time injail. of offences needed to serve decent amount of time in jail. of course we

we know that two people died, a man that has been identified as jack merritt, a cambridge university graduate. the identity of the woman who died has not yet been revealed. there were three other people that were injured, a man and two women. we now know that two of them are stable, and the third suffered less serious injuries. again, they have yet to be named, but police have contacted theirfamilies named, but police have contacted their families and they are being supported by specially trained officers. thank you very much. this evening, the london mayor, sadiq khan, condemned the government for its handling of offenders. this government was wrong to get rid of the power to give an indeterminate sentence to protect the public. that sentence was removed by the government. i am concerned, and i have said it publicly before, that i think the cuts that have been made to the ministry ofjustice, the changes made to privations and prisons means their ability to rehabilitate and supervise is compromised. it is important that the government reverses those cuts and changes. it is a fact of

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university students with former criminals with former prisoners and that's where he started stabbing people at the moment 3 of them are still being treated at one of the hospitals here in london and 2 of them sadly have died as a result of this attack the attacker himself 28 year old khan he is a convicted terrorist he was convicted in 2012 for plotting a bomb attack on the london stock exchange and for plotting to set up a terrorist camp in kashmir a chair terrorist training camp there now that attack of course has been shot at the scene he was released he was in prison for several years he was released last december in december of 2018 and ever since and had been wearing and tag and so the a sari to use at all times knew where he was and this is what authorities of course are looking at closely now if they knew where he was why didn't they know what he was planning and at the moment this is an open question i guess another question is what effect will this have now now that the united kingdom is in the middle of a general election campaign. exactly less than 2 weeks to go december

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one of the two people killed in the london bridge attack has been named as cambridge university graduate jack merritt. the 25—year—old is believed to have been a course co—ordinator for learning together, an organisation specialising in prison—based education. it held the rehabilitation conference at fishmongers hall in london, yesterday, attended by the attacker usman khan. jack merritt‘s father described his son as a ‘beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog.‘ in the last half an hour, assistant commissioner neil basu of the metropolitan police said detectives had found no evidence that anyone else was involved in the attack. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i'd like to update you on our continuing investigation into the terrible attack of yesterday near london bridge. officers from london's counterterrorism command have been working flat out with security services over night, as you would expect, to continue to try and establish the full circumstances of what's happened. at this time, we've found no evidence, no evidence, to suggest anybody else was

obviously university of cambridge are very concerned and have released a statement tonight expressing their concern for their staff, their stu d e nts concern for their staff, their students and who was caught up in that incident. they are "urgently seeking clarification and further details and all thoughts are with those who were affected either these terrible events". as you say, the event was former prisoners, prison officers and perhaps even members of the public, we don't know. but it does, like you say, questions will be raised. you would be having this co nfe re nce be raised. you would be having this conference and suddenly horror would break up. —— breakout was of it must have been a horrendous moment. too difficult to describe. there will be questions for the security services. the services and the police have done an amazing job since 2017, by porting 22 terrorist attacks. they also realise that they have to be held to scrutiny. there were errors in the last terror attack on london bridge. all of these things have to be investigated and explored was not just on the poin

that said that they are gravely concerned by reports that university of cambridge staff, students and alumni were caught up in the incident at london bridge. they are urgently seeking clarification and further details. our thoughts are with all of those who have been affected by these terrible events. at the beginning of this there was a bit of confusion as to where exactly this incident took place, and where police were called to but we understand now and may have taken place within the hall itself. if we turn to the front page of the telegraph there have been so many tributes paid to the members of the public that stepped in. absolutely and this really comes back to jason's point, when you get these things that people were stab so pointlessly, i use that word advisedly again, your thoughts to term to the people, obviously, very badly injured and there are two that have been killed and it's very difficult to know we don't know the condition of the other three, was it three that were stabbed? there were five injured, two sadly passed away. so of those five injured to have died we don'

there were academics and students from cambridge university there, we understand. he then began this attack. we understand that he stabbed one woman initially at the event, it then spilt out onto the street, onto the bridge. usman khan was held down by a number of members of the public. we believe some people who had been attending that event. we understand that one person at the event took a task ——tusk from a whale on the wall and use that to fend him off. another had a fire extinguisher and was trying to spray that in the attacker‘s face to try to stop him. the police moving in quickly and shooting him dead. daniel sandford looks back at how the day's events unfolded — there are some disturbing images in his report. it's a crisp winter afternoon in the city of london when, just before 2pm, the panic starts. passengers filming from a bus see armed officers pointing their weapons. there's a struggle on london bridge, and two of the officers go forward. beside the melee is a man standing with a knife, which he is taken from the suspect. he runs with it as a

university. he was described by his father today as a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog. yesterday, he was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by a former prisoner at a conference that he had helped organise. in the aftermath, his killer was wrestled to the ground by other former prisoners who had been attending the conference and then shot dead by police. the man who stabbed him, usman khan, was released from prison last year halfway through a sentence for plotting to bomb the london stock exchange. 11 years ago he told the bbc he was no terrorist. i have been born and bred in england, in stoke—on—trent and all the community knows me and if you ask them, they will know, these labels they are putting on like terrorist, they will know, i am no terrorist. today, his lawyer said his client had wanted help with de—radicalisation but had not got the right assistance. he requested assistance with addressing some of his flawed thinking. he recognised that. his extreme vio

university, and jen copestake was in the audience to see the results. cambridge union is the world's oldest debating society. in the past, it has hosted winston churchill, the dalai lama and theodore roosevelt, but tonight's star guests are not human but artificial intelligence. the next issue is bias... ibm's project debater is the first of its kind in the world. a machine that can debate humans on complex objects. and in another world —first, it is here tonight to help to humans debate the motion ai will do more harm than good. project debater, these take the floor. applause project debater: ai will not be able to make a decision that is the morally correct one. the two project debaters are present in this this single avatar using a female voice. each team's debater presents the opening arguments for the debate, which has been determined from over 1,000 contributions, something ibm calls speech by crowd. project debater: we will demonstrate how ai will automate repetitive tasks and the next issue will show how ai will create new jobs. the system sol

khan launched his attack at a conference called learning together, linked to cambridge university and it rehabilitates convicts. video shows khan onto the london bridge and civilians disarmed him. some had chased him from the conference, others were passing by. after police shot and killed khan, they saw he wore what appeared to be a bomb vest. >> we believe a device was strapped to the body of the suspect in hopes of an explosive device. >> reporter: the incidents have widespread confusion and panic and no one knew if they would be more violence. >> it was extremely frightening. you don't know what to do. why are gunshots going off in london? >> reporter: police swarmed the area and cleared offices and restaurants. they searched khan's home and said they weren't actively pursuing other suspects but we are also working at full tilt to understand exactly what just happened and whether anyone else was involved. the area will remained cordoned off. the prime minister is criticizing co >> it is a mistake to allow serious and violent criminals to come out of prison early. it is very import

university, and jen copestake was in the audience to see the results. cambridge union is the world's oldest debating society. in the past, it has hosted winston churchill, the dalai lama and theodore roosevelt, but tonight's star guests are not human but artificial intelligence. project debater: the next issue is bias... ibm's project debater is the first of its kind in the world. a machine that can debate humans on complex objects. and in another world —first, it is here tonight to help to humans debate the motion ai will do more harm than good. project debater, these take the floor. applause project debater: ai will not be able to make a decision that is the morally correct one. the two project debaters are present in this single avatar using a female voice. each team's debater presents the opening arguments for the debate, which has been determined from over 1,000 contributions, something ibm calls speech by crowd. project debater: we will demonstrate how ai will automate repetitive tasks and the next issue will show how ai will create newjobs. the

university. his father said today he was a beautiful spiritual always took the side of the underdog. yesterday, he was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by a former prisoner at a conference that he'd helped organise. his killer was taken on by people from the same conference, including otherformer from the same conference, including other former prisoners and by a passing policeman in civilian clothes, before being shot dead by firearms officers. the attacker, usman khan, was automatically released from prison last december, half way through a 16 year sentence for plotting to bomb the london stock exchange. 11 years ago he told the bbc he was no terrorist. i have 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 they are putting on me, like "terrorist", this, that, they will know i am no terrorist. his lawyer insisted his client had tried to access de—radicalisation while

university together with former prisoners. according to the times newspaper committeeman, the suspected terrorist, threatens to blow up the building, and witnesses told the bbc he stabbed at least one young woman in the building. within the building, he was taken on by various people attending the event. 0ne building, he was taken on by various people attending the event. one man grabbed whatever weapon he could find, and that was the tusk of a narwhal, committee after quail about five feet long. you may be able to see it in some of the images. —— the arctic wail about five feet long. it looks like he is waving a stick, a white stick. another man grabbed a fire extinguisher. i can see images ofa fire extinguisher. i can see images of a fire extinguisher being sprayed in the face of the attacker. in this video, you can see on the left demand retreating away, with a knife in his hand, he has obviously taken it off the suspected terrorist. that man, we understand, is an off—duty police officer. borisjohnson has been sharing

there were academics and students from cambridge university there, we understand. he then began this attack. we understand that he stabbed one woman initially at the events, it then spilt out onto the street, onto the bridge stop usman khan was held down by a number of members of the public. we believe some people who had been attending that event. we understand that one person at the event took a task from a whale on the wall and use that to fend him. another had a fire extinguisher and was trying to spray that in the attacker was mcfeast to try to stop him. the police moving quickly and him dead. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford now looks back at how the day's events unfolded in london. 0nce once again 0nce againa once again a major bridge in central london is closed following a suspected terrorist attack that killed people. 0nce suspected terrorist attack that killed people. once again it involved knives and a fake bomb, and once again police had to kill the suspect. the attack started at fishmongers hall what is thought to bea criminal fishmongers

university. he was described by his father today is a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog. yesterday, he was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by a former prisoner at a conference that he had helped organise. in the aftermath, his killer was wrestled to the ground by other former prisoners who had been attending the conference and then shot dead by police. the man who stabbed him, usman khan, was released from prison last year halfway through a sentence for plotting to bomb the london stock exchange. 11 years ago he told the bbc he was no terrorist. i have been born and bred in england, in stoke—on—trent and all the community knows me and if you ask them, they will know, these labels they are putting on like terrorist, they will know, i am no terrorist. today, his lawyer said his client had wanted help with de—radicalisation but had not got the right assistance. he requested assistance with addressing some of his flawed thinking. he recognised that. his extreme vio

yesterday afternoon, khan attended a cambridge university conference on prisoner rehabilitation at fishmongers' hall, at the north end of london bridge. the attack is believed to have started inside the building before moving onto london bridge, where khan was restrained by members of the public and then shot dead by police. this morning, police are carrying out a search believed to be linked to the attack at a block of flats in stafford. the metropolitan police are appealing for anyone with information to contact the investigation team. our correspondent katharine da costa reports. terror return to the streets of london. man and woman counts, three others injured. to the question is how was this allowed to happen? pictures filmed from a bus show police moving in on the attacker who had been held down by members of the public. a man takes a knife from the suspect and runs away. police pull away and another man wrestling with the attacker and then opened fire. this was the man shot dead. usman khan, 28 years old from staffordshire. he was jailed in 2012 for his part in a plot to bomb the london

khan had been invited to a criminaljustice event, run by cambridge university. mobile phone footage shows what happened next. he is pinned to the ground on the bridge, some of those intervening where prisoners on day release, who had been at the same event. including 42—year—old james ford, a convicted murderer, who helped to chase the attacker. the knife is then taken off him. police arrived within minutes and shot him dead. a man and woman were killed, three others, a man and two women, were also injured and remain in hospital. this is usman khan speaking to the bbc back in 2008, before his conviction. if you asked them, they will know, that these labels that they put on us, terrorist, they will know, i am no terrorist. he was originally from stoke—on—trent, he was jailed in 2012 for his part in a group plot to bomb the london stock exchange. he was sentenced to an indeterminate detention for public protection, with a minimum term of eight years. but in 2013, that sentence was quashed, replaced with a 16 year fixed term of which khan should have served