On November 29th 2019, a man and a woman were brutally killed amid an islamist terrorist knife attack in London, England. Two other people were also injured in the attack. The attack represents the first deadly terrorist plot in the United Kingdom since 2017, when separate attacks in March, May, and June 2017 killed 35 people.
In footage captured by cellphone, civilians can be seen wrestling with the Islamist attacker, who is lying on the ground, before being pulled to safety by police arriving at the scene. Moments later officers can be seen opening fire, killing the attacker after it was revealed he was weaing a hoax suicide bomb vest.
However, following the attack it was revealed that the terrorist, Usman Khan, had been known to officials prior to the deadly attack. According to reports, Khan was among nine others, in three cities, who were arrested in 2010 and ultimately convicted for their role in an Al Qaeda plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange.
