Who was the London Bridge attacker Usman Khan?

YESTERDAY'S horrific terrorist attack in London Bridge saw a man and woman killed while three other people - a man and two women - remain in hospital.

The attacker was shot by police after stabbing two people to death while wearing a fake suicide jacket yesterday.

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Who was the attacker?

The London Bridge terrorist was free to kill an innocent man and woman despite the judge who jailed him ruling he should never be let out.

Usman Khan, 28, from Staffordshire, was released from prison in December last year after being convicted of terrorism offences, before going on to stab two people to death while wearing a fake suicide jacket yesterday.

The knifeman was jailed for eight years in 2012 after police uncovered a plot by his nine-strong terror cell to bomb the London Stock Exchange and build a terrorist training camp.

In 2013, Khan's sentence was replaced with a 16-year-fixed term that saw him released after eight years without parole, after he agreed to wear a tag and have his movements monitored.

Yesterday, killer Khan was a guest at a Cambridge University conference on prisoner rehabilitation when he launched the attack at historic Fishmongers' Hall in central London.

Those at the event at the Grade II listed building said he entered the main hall and went on a rampage, attacking anyone who crossed his path, just before 2pm.

He then made his way on to London Bridge - the scene of the 2017 terror attack which killed eight - but was eventually pinned down by heroes who tackled him with a fire extinguisher and a whale tusk.

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What happened yesterday?

Yesterday, killer Khan was a guest at a Cambridge University conference on prisoner rehabilitation when he launched the attack at historic Fishmongers' Hall in central London.

Those at the event at the Grade II listed building said he entered the main hall and went on a rampage, attacking anyone who crossed his path, just before 2pm.

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He then made his way on to London Bridge - the scene of the 2017 terror attack which killed eight - but was eventually pinned down by heroes who tackled him with a fire extinguisher and a whale tusk.

A man and a woman were killed during the attack while three other people - a man and two women - remain in hospital.