| 2019 London Bridge stabbing | |
|---|---|
| Part of Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
 Fishmongers' Hall, with London Bridge in the foreground. The attacker was shot near the street name plate on the bridge pier. | |
  London Bridge   | |
| Location | Fishmongers' Hall and London Bridge, London, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°30′33″N 0°05′15″W / 51.50917°N 0.08750°W |
| Date | 29 November 2019 |
| Target | People at Fishmongers' Hall and on London Bridge |
Attack type | Stabbing |
| Weapons | Two knives |
| Deaths | 3 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 3 |
| Assailant | Usman Khan |
| Motive | Islamic extremism |
On 29 November 2019, five people were stabbed, two fatally, in Central London. The attacker, Usman Khan, had been released from prison in 2018 on licence after serving a sentence for terrorist offences.
Since Khan was considered a "success story" for a Cambridge University rehabilitation programme,[1][2] and was featured as a case study by the University,[3] he was attending an offender rehabilitation conference in Fishmongers' Hall. He threatened to detonate what turned out to be a fake suicide vest and started attacking people with two knives taped to his wrists, killing two of the conference participants by stabbing them in the chest.[4] Several people fought back, some attacking Khan with a fire extinguisher, a pike and a narwhal tusk as he fled the building and emerged on to London Bridge, where he was partially disarmed by a plain-clothes police officer. He was restrained by members of the public until additional police officers arrived, pulled away those restraining him, and shot him.[5]
- ^ Dixon, Hayley; Ward, Victoria; Wilford, Greg (1 December 2019). "London bridge attacker was poster boy for rehab scheme he targeted". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ Harper, Tom; Ungoed-Thomas, Jon; Wheeler, Caroline (1 December 2019). "London Bridge attack: poster boy for rehabilitation. And killer". The Times. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ McInnes, Kathie (6 December 2019). "How London Bridge murderer Usman Khan's radicalisation began in Stoke-on-Trent". stokesentinel.
- ^ Grierson, Jamie (10 December 2019). "Islamist extremism remains dominant UK terror threat, say experts". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ "Fishmongers' Hall Inquest". Retrieved 10 June 2021.