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The London Bridge suspect, Usman Khan, “attended an event earlier on Friday afternoon at Fishmonger’s Hall called ‘Learning Together,’” Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said.
Basu continued by saying “we believe the attack began inside before he left the building and proceeded onto the Bridge.”
According to information on the “Learning Together” webpage, the group was celebrating a Five Year Celebration Alumni Event at Fishmonger’s Hall. The event was due to run between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. (6 a.m. ET through 11 a.m. ET).
The group, according to its website, is affiliated with the University of Cambridge and two professors, Ruth Armstrong and Amy Ludlow, work at the Faculty of Law and Institute of Criminology.
The University of Cambridge tweeted the following message at 1:39 p.m. ET on Friday: “we are gravely concerned at reports that University of Cambridge staff, students and alumni were caught up in the incident at London Bridge.”
Later Friday evening, the vice-chancellor of Cambridge University Stephen J. Toope, said he was “devastated to learn that today’s hateful attack on London Bridge may have been targeted at staff, students and alumni attending an event organised by the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Criminology.”
Neil Basu, the Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner, said a man and two women injured in Friday’s attack remain hospitalized.
He also identified the two people killed on London Bridge as a man and a woman.
A terror suspect who was shot dead on London Bridge Friday has been identified as 28-year-old Usman Khan, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said in a statement.
Khan had been residing in the Staffordshire area in England. Police are carrying out a search at an address in the county of Staffordshire.
Khan was known to authorities having been convicted in 2012 for terrorism offenses and released from prison in December 2018 on license, according to the statement.
When prisoners are released on a license, they are given an electronic tag and they must abide by certain conditions like a home detention curfew, according to a Crown Prosecution Service barrister. If they violate the conditions, they are returned to prison without an appeal.
West Midlands Police released the following photo of Khan:
Tom Gray, a tour guide who tried to apprehend the terror suspect, told CNN affiliate ITV that the attacker was “wielding two knives, one was duct-taped to his hand.”
After other bystanders held the suspect down, Gray said he tried to “stamp the other knife from his wrist” and then kicked it further down the bridge.
Gray also said that he saw the suspect “running away from five guys running him down with a fire extinguisher.”
A law enforcement source tells CNN that British authorities are currently searching an address believed to be associated with the London Bridge attacker.
CNN previously reported that police have now positively identified the suspect, who was shot dead by police.
Sources have told CNN that the London bridge attacker “was released from jail for terror offenses on license.”
According to a Crown Prosecution Service barrister, when prisoners are released on a license, they are given an electronic tag and they must abide by certain conditions like a home detention curfew. If they violate the conditions, they will be returned to prison without an appeal.
Earlier tonight, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that it is a “mistake” to allow violent criminals out of prison early.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed to give police the support they need for their investigations following the stabbing attack at London Bridge.
The prime minister also took the opportunity to say his thoughts were with the families and everyone caught up in the attack that left two dead today.
Johnson, speaking prior to an emergency meeting at 10 Downing Street, also talked about the importance of enforcing appropriate prison sentences for criminals and especially terrorists.
“I have long argued that it is a mistake to allow serious and violent criminals to come out of prison early,” he said in a pool interview.
A law enforcement official familiar with the ongoing investigation tells CNN that British police have positively identified the London Bridge attacker.
What we know: The suspect was fatally shot by police after a stabbing attack at London Bridge, police said. Two people were killed in the attack.
New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio shared his condolences on Twitter following the stabbing attack in London today.
“On behalf of all New Yorkers, I want to express our condolences to Mayor @SadiqKhan and the people of London after the horrific terror attack on London Bridge,” de Blasio said.
Read his tweet:
It’s an “absolute priority” to identify the two people who were killed by the suspect in the London Bridge stabbing attack, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick told reporters on tonight.
Three other people are being treated for injuries, Dick said.
The attack started in Fishmonger’s Hall in London, Dick told reporters.
“My understanding is that police were called at 13:58 hours and city of London police officers had bravely and professionally confronted the suspect by 14:03 hours, just five minutes later,” she added.
The Metropolitan police commissioner warned that there would be more police presence in the coming days, both armed and unarmed, patrolling the streets.
A State Department official told CNN today that they “are not aware of any US citizens affected by today’s events at London Bridge.”
Earlier today: Police opened fire on a suspect today during a stabbing incident. Police observed some sort of wiring and adhesive material protruding from what turned out to be a hoax device the suspect was wearing, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the ongoing investigation.
Realizing they did not have control over the suspect, and since officers and bystanders were in the vicinity, officers shot and killed the suspect to eliminate any possible threat, the official said.
Two victims of the stabbing have died.
Two people who were injured in the London Bridge stabbing attack have died, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said in a news conference today.
These deaths are in addition to the suspect who was shot dead, she added.
Hours after the stabbing attack in London, three people were wounded in a stabbing incident in the Dutch city of Hague, the city’s police said on Twitter on this evening.
Police did not mention a motive for the attack.
The following video from the scene was taken by Twitter user Sebastian Kruis.
The Labour party has suspended campaigning in London tonight in the wake of the stabbing attack, its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, said in a statement.
He continued: “We are suspending campaigning in London tonight as a mark of respect for those who suffered in this attack. We will not be cowed by those who threaten us. We must and we will stand together to reject hatred and division.”
Earlier today, the leader of the Conservatives, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, also said that the party would stop campaigning for the evening.
European Council President Charles Michel said he was saddened by the terror attack in London.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen also expressed solidarity, tweeting:
The London Bridge underground station has reopened after a stabbing attack in its vicinity.
The first train left the station at 6:28 p.m. local time (1:28 p.m. ET), and security cordons were lifted.
Initial reports from the UK are that responding police opened fire on the suspect after observing some type of wiring and adhesive material protruding from what turned out to be a hoax device, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the ongoing investigation.
Realizing they did not have control over the suspect, and since officers and bystanders were in the vicinity, officers fired on the suspect to eliminate any possible threat, the official said.
The incident in London Bridge has been contained “to the best of our knowledge,” UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday evening.
Johnson also urged the public to remain vigilant and thanked emergency serviced for their bravery.
“We are very saddened to learn some people have been injured in this event and sympathies are with them and tier loved ones. Anybody involved in this crime and these attacks will be hunted down and brought to justice,” Johnson said.
He added that the UK will “never be cowed, or divided, or intimidated by this sort of attack” and that “our British values will prevail.”
Johnson concluded that he has stopped campaigning for the upcoming UK general election for the evening, but will be reviewing that decision in the next few hours.
A NATO official tells CNN that with the London attack taking place just days before the long-planned NATO meeting in London, the alliance is not making any change in plans for next week’s summit in London.
President Trump and other leaders are scheduled to attend a summit in London next week that will also mark the 70th anniversary of the trans-Atlantic alliance.
