Two Cambridge graduates stabbed to death by convicted terrorist in Fishmongers Hall attack were unlawfully killed after failures by police, MI5 and the probation service, inquest jury finds
Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, were fatally stabbed by the fanatic at a rehabilitated prisoners event
Khan, 28, who wore a fake bomb vest, tackled by delegates armed with a narwhal tusk and fire extinguisher
Today jury found the victims had been unlawfully killed and confirmed basic facts surrounding their deaths
An inquest has found London Bridge terror victims unlawfully killed after security failures
Usman Khan stabbed 25-year-old Jack Merritt and 23-year-old Saskia Jones to death at a prisoner rehabilitation event near London Bridge in November 2019.
16:27, 28 MAY 2021
London Bridge terror victims unlawfully killed (Image: Peter Summers)
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Inquest concludes London Bridge terror attack victims unlawfully killed
Saskia Jones, who died in the attack, was from Stratford-upon-Avon
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An inquest jury in London has concluded the two university graduates stabbed during a terrorist attack at Fishmongers’ Hall were unlawfully killed .
Relatives of two Cambridge graduates who were killed by a convicted terrorist lambasted the security services last night for shambolic blunders which contributed to the atrocity.
At the climax of a dramatic inquest into the attack at Fishmongers Hall in central London, a jury ruled that MI5, the police and the probation service were all at fault.
Jurors concluded that missed opportunities by the agencies contributed to the killing of Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, by jihadi Usman Khan.
Jack s parents David and Anne (pictured), both 56, said the way Khan was monitored was a shambles and totally dysfunctional
Jurors concluded that missed opportunities by the agencies contributed to the killing of Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, by jihadi Usman Khan