London Attacker Had Been Convicted on Terrorism Charges
The suspect had been attending a symposium on prisoner rehabilitation before launching his attack
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, second right, and Home Secretary Priti Patel attend the scene at London Bridge in London,Nov. 30, 2019, after an attack on Friday.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said people convicted of terrorism offenses should not be allowed out of prison early after it was revealed the London Bridge attacker was released from jail last year before the end of his sentence.
Wearing a fake suicide vest and wielding knives, Usman Khan went on the rampage on Friday afternoon at a conference on criminal rehabilitation beside London Bridge.
“I think that the practice of automatic, early release where you cut a sentence in half and let really serious, violent offenders out early simply isn’t working, and you’ve some very good evidence of how that isn’t working, I am afraid, with this case,” Johnson said on Saturday.