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| One of the people stabbed to death in Friday's attack at London Bridge has been named as University of Cambridge graduate Jack Merritt. | One of the people stabbed to death in Friday's attack at London Bridge has been named as University of Cambridge graduate Jack Merritt. |
| He was one of two people killed when 28-year-old Usman Khan launched the attack at a Cambridge University conference on prisoner rehabilitation. | He was one of two people killed when 28-year-old Usman Khan launched the attack at a Cambridge University conference on prisoner rehabilitation. |
| Khan, who had been jailed over a terror plot, was shot dead by police after members of the public restrained him. | |
| Mr Merritt was described by his father on Twitter as a "beautiful spirit". | |
| A woman who died in the attack - declared by officers as a terrorist incident - has not yet been named. Three others were injured. | |
| Mr Merritt was a course coordinator for Learning Together, a prisoners' rehabilitation programme that was hosting the conference at Fishmongers' Hall at the north end of London Bridge. | |
| Khan had been one of dozens of people - including students and offenders - at the event. | |
| The Metropolitan Police said the attack is believed to have started inside Fishmongers Hall at 13:58 GMT on Friday, before continuing onto London Bridge itself, where Khan was shot by armed officers. | |
| Khan was known to the authorities, having been convicted of a terrorism offence in 2012. He was released from prison on licence in December 2018, Met Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said. | |
| Police believe Khan had acted alone, Met Commissioner Cressida Dick said. | |
| NHS chief executive Simon Stevens said three victims remained in hospital following the attack - two in a stable condition and one with less serious injuries. | |
| Police are carrying out a search, believed to be linked to Khan, at flats in Stafford, close to the town centre. | |
| Staffordshire Police's Deputy Ch Con, Nick Baker, said it was "vitally important everyone remains alert but not alarmed". | |
| The Met Police is urging anyone with information - particularly anyone who was at Fishmongers' Hall - to contact them. | |
| Shock and disbelief at search site | |
| Ben Perrin, BBC News Online Staffordshire | |
| There is a general feeling of shock and disbelief here in Stafford, where a top floor flat is being searched. | |
| Blue screens and forensic tents are outside the front of the semi-detached property within a 50m police cordon. | |
| I've seen evidence bags being taken out of the house and the garden also appears to be part of the search. | |
| The property is believed to be privately-owned and used, in part, as a halfway house. Local residents have told me it has a high turnover of tenants and Khan had only been living there for about six months. |