Revealed: Woman killed in terror attack was former Cambridge University student

The woman killed in the London Bridge terror attack was a former University of Cambridge student, its vice chancellor has said.

The woman, who has not yet been named, was one of two people who died in Friday’s attack by convicted terrorist Usman Khan.

University of Cambridge graduate Jack Merritt was named on Saturday as the other victim killed as tributes poured in for the 25-year-old.

Professor Stephen J Toope, vice chancellor of the university, said he was “sad beyond words” to confirm the deaths and revealed that a member of staff at the institution was also among three people injured in the stabbing spree.

He said: “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.”

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, the medical director for the NHS in London said.

Mr Merritt was a course co-ordinator at Learning Together, which organised a prisoner rehabilitation conference attended by Khan at Fishmongers’ Hall near London Bridge before his deadly rampage.

Prof Toope said the Learning Together event should have been a “joyous opportunity to celebrate the achievements of this unique and socially transformative programme” but was instead “disrupted by an unspeakable criminal act”.

A line of police officers were seen on their hands and knees performing fingertip searches on London Bridge on Sunday, which remained closed with vehicles and buses still stranded.

Khan was wearing an electronic tag when he launched his attack after being released halfway through a 16-year prison sentence last December over a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange.

He was tackled by several members of the public – including ex-offenders and an off-duty policeman – before he was shot dead by officers on London Bridge.

The 28-year-old, who was a student and personal friend of the Islamist extremist Anjem Choudary, was given permission to travel into central London on Friday by police and the probation service.

He had also been allowed to travel to Whitehall earlier in the year.

Police have been searching a three-storey block of flats in Wolverhampton Road in Stafford, where Khan is believed to have been staying, and another property in Stoke-on-Trent, where he had also been based.

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 says is “probably about 74” people.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told Sky’s Sophy Ridge there were lessons to be learned from the incident and there should be a “full investigation” into the circumstances around the attacker’s prison sentence and subsequent release.

He added that convicted terrorists should “not necessarily” serve their full jail terms.

No-one else is being sought over the London Bridge attack.

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