Police have named the man who killed two people and injured several more in a terror attack in central london. Officers shot dead usman khan on London Bridge. Its been revealed that he was convicted of terrorism offences in 2012 and had been released from prison on licence in december of last year. Simon jones has more details. This was an attack that brought terror back to the streets of london. A man and a woman killed before the attacker was shot dead on friday afternoon on London Bridge. Now, during the night the police have named the man who was shot dead as usman khan. He was 28 years old from staffordshire in the midlands here in the uk. Now, he is a convicted terrorist. He was jailed back in 2012 for a plot to bomb the london stock exchange. He was initially given what was called an indeterminate sentence, meaning he could be kept in jail for as long as was deemed necessary, for as long as was deemed he was a threat to the public. But he appealed that and then he was given a ja
Police have named the man who killed two people and injured several more in a terror attack in central london. Officers shot dead usman khan on London Bridge. Its been revealed that he was convicted of terrorism offences in 2012 and had been released from prison on licence in december of last year. Simonjones has more details. This was an attack that brought terror back to the streets of london. A man and a woman killed before the attacker was shot dead on friday afternoon on London Bridge. Now, during the night the police have named the man who was shot dead as usman khan. He was 28 years old from staffordshire in the midlands here in the uk. Now, he is a convicted terrorist. He was jailed back in 2012 for a plot to bomb the london stock exchange. He was initially given what was called an indeterminate sentence, meaning he could be kept injailfor as long as was deemed necessary, for as long as was deemed he was a threat to the public. But he appealed that and then he was given a jail
On the grounds and the Police Officers had guns and i heard pops. Police are still trying to establish motive. The debate ahead of the general election was overshadowed by the attack. In the netherlands, at least three people have been stabbed in an attack on a busy shopping street in the hague. Hello and welcome to world news today. A man has been shot dead by police on London Bridge after a number of people were stabbed this afternoon. Two people have died. Police say it was a terror attack. In the last hour, its also been confirmed that three people were seriously hurt. The attackers identity is not yet known. The incident unfolded just before 2pm local time on friday afternoon. Police say they were called to an incident at a premises near London Bridge amid reports of a stabbing. Shortly afterwards, eyewitnesses filmed members of the public as they cornered a man carrying a knife on the north side of the bridge and pinned him to the ground. Armed Police Arrived within minutes and s
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Good evening. Its been confirmed that a man who stabbed two people to death in Central London was a former terrorist prisoner who was out on parole. The attacker was later shot dead. Several members of the public managed to wrestle him to ground, and their bravery has been widely praised. Three people were seriously hurt in the incident which happened just before 2 00 local time on friday afternoon. Police say they were called to an incident at a building near London Bridge after reports of a stabbing. Shortly afterwards, eyewitnesses filmed members of the public as they cornered a man carrying a knife, on the north side of the bridge, and pinned him to the ground. Armed Police Arrived within minutes and shot him. He appeared to be wearing an explosive device which turned out to be fake. The man died at the scene. Police are now trying to find out whether anyone else was involved in the attack. This report from our correspondent, daniel sandford. Once aga
To a weaker dollar and higher yields across the globe. Time now for global exchange. We are going to bring you todays market moving news from all around the world. Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. We want to start with the breaking news in the u. K. The pound is strengthening against the dollar on brexit optimism. Francine lacqua is live at westminster. Give us the lay of the land as we start trading this morning. Francine i have to say, you are absolutely right. You have to look at the currency. Theres this renewed optimism after a lot of ministers say they will be able to pass this first, we dont know whether Boris Johnson will be eight able to push his deal once again through a vote in parliament. Cow in the past has said no because this is the same deal. We could have various moments forcing the Prime Minister to ask for a referendum or forcing the u. K. To stay in the customs union. If it gets amended, word on the ground is that the Prime Mini