The first victim of the London Bridge terror attack to be named has been praised by his father as “a beautiful spirit”. Jack Merritt, 25, was one of two people stabbed to death by Usman Khan during the convicted terrorist’s rampage on Friday.
Khan, 28, was shot dead on the bridge while wearing a fake explosives vest by police. Merritt, a course coordinator at Cambridge University’s criminology institute, was killed as he helped host an event near London Bridge to mark five years of a prisoner rehabilitation programme.
It was targeted by Khan, a former participant, who arrived armed with two knives.