12:44 EDT, 4 June 2021
A firearms officer called to the scene of the Fishmongers Hall terror attack recalled his astonishment that suspect Usman Khan had not died, despite being shot at multiple times.
The officer, known only at Khan s inquest by the cipher AZ99 to protect his identity, was one of six armed police to fire 20 shots at Khan during two periods of gunfire, shortly after the suspect stabbed and killed two Cambridge University graduates.
The first exchange comprised two quick shots which felled Khan, having earlier been pinned to the ground by passers by after telling them he had a bomb on him.
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Homegrown terrorist Usman Khan had a brief conversation with Steve Machin, governor of counter-terrorism at HMP Whitemoor, at a prisoner education event at Fishmongers’ Hall where he would later fatally stab Cambridge graduates Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23. Jack Merritt (L) and Saskia Jones, victims of the London bridge stabbing attack on Nov. 29, 2019, are seen in this undated combination image provided by the Metropolitan Police. (Metropolitan Police/Handout via Reuters)