{"id":34987,"date":"2019-12-01T19:31:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T19:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=34987"},"modified":"2019-12-01T19:31:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T19:31:11","slug":"london-bridge-female-victim-named-named-as-saskia-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/london-bridge-female-victim-named-named-as-saskia-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"London Bridge: Female victim named as Saskia Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Police have named the woman killed during Friday\u2019s terror incident on London Bridge as 23-year-old Saskia Jones.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former Cambridge University student, from Stratford-upon-Avon, had been attending an event at Fishmongers\u2019 Hall to celebrate the fifth anniversary of prison-based education programme, Learning Together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s Picks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/london-bridge-shut-down-after-gunfire\/\">London Bridge shut down &#8220;after gunfire&#8221;\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/the-brothers-of-grime\/\">The Brothers of Grime<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/greta-thunberg-whats-the-big-deal\/\">Greta Thunberg \u2013 the 16-year-old activist, now author of the year<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/how-historically-accurate-is-the-crown\/\">How historically accurate is The Crown?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Her family paid tribute to her describing her a \u201cfunny\u201d and kind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe had a wonderful sense of mischievous fun and was generous to the point of always wanting to see the best in all people,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside fellow <a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/first-victim-on-london-bridge-attack-named-as-jack-merritt\/\">Cambridge alumni Jack Merritt<\/a>, 25, she was fatally <a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/london-bridge-attacker-named-as-new-details-emerge\/\">stabbed by Usman Khan<\/a>. Paying tribute to his son, David Merritt, wrote on Twitter: \u201cCambridge has lost a proud son and a champion for underdogs everywhere, but especially those dealt a losing hand by life, who ended up in the prison system.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34990\" style=\"width: 765px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34990\" class=\"wp-image-34990 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/12\/Terror63-19-Collage-Jack-and-Saskia-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"755\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/12\/Terror63-19-Collage-Jack-and-Saskia-1.jpg 755w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/12\/Terror63-19-Collage-Jack-and-Saskia-1-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-34990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Metropolitan Police | Victims Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones both graduated from Cambridge University.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Metropolitan Police confirmed the attackers identity 24 hours after he was shot dead by officers having been fought by members of the public armed with a fire extinguisher and a narwhal tusk.<\/p>\n<p>Khan, 28, was convicted of terrorism offences in 2012 and was released in 2018 having served only half of his sentence.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Justice have launched an urgent review into the licencing conditions of every convicted terrorist released from prison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related stories:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/london-bridge-attacker-named-as-new-details-emerge\/\">London Bridge: Attacker named as Usman Khan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/stabbing-attack-in-the-netherlands-follows-london-attack\/\">Stabbing attack in the Netherlands follows London attack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/london-bridge-gunfire-incident-live-reactions\/\">London Bridge: Live reactions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/london-bridge-shut-down-after-gunfire\/\">London Bridge: Shut down \u201cafter gunfire\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/first-victim-on-london-bridge-attack-named-as-jack-merritt\/\">London Bridge: Victim named as Jack Merritt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Words: Dan Taylor | Featured Image: Metropolitan Police<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have named the woman killed during Friday\u2019s terror incident on London Bridge as 23-year-old Saskia Jones. 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