london dozens of people gathered in central london on monday morning to pay tribute to the victims of a terror attack that unfolded near london bridge on friday jack merritt 25 of cottenham cambridgeshire and saskia jones 23 of stratforduponavon warwickshire were stabbed to death while attending a prisoner rehabilitation conference on friday afternoon according to londons metropolitan police service merritt and jones were both graduates of the university of cambridge and were involved in the schools learning together program which had organized the conference flowers and letters have been placed at the scene of the attack near the iconic bridge with one note reading i love you forever i am so proud of you in this photo taken on dec 2 2019 floral tributes are left for jack merritt and saskia jones who were killed in a terror attack in london england peter summersgetty images merritts family described him as a beautiful talented boy who died doing what he loved surrounded by people he loved and who loved him jack lived his principles he believed in redemption and rehabilitation not revenge and he always took the side of the underdog his family said in a statement sunday jack was an intelligent thoughtful and empathetic person who was looking forward to building a future with his girlfriend leanne and making a career helping people in the criminal justice system we know jack would not want this terrible isolated incident to be used as a pretext by the government for introducing even more draconian sentences on prisoners or for detaining people in prison for longer than necessary more 2 killed in stabbing near london bridge jack merritt left and saskia jones right are seen in this undated combination image provided by londons metropolitan police service merritt and jones were bo show more metropolitan policevia reuters joness family described her as a funny kind positive influence with a wonderful sense of mischievous fun and was generous to the point of always wanting to see the best in all people she was intent on living life to the full and had a wonderful thirst for knowledge enabling her to be the best she could be the family said in a statement sunday saskia had a great passion for providing invaluable support to victims of criminal injustice which led her to the point of recently applying for the police graduate recruitment program wishing to specialize in victim support more london bridge stabbing suspect usman khan plotted to attack london stock exchange in 2010 police officers stand behind the cordon at the scene of a stabbing near london bridge in which two people were killed in london england november 30 2019 simon dawsonreuters three other people were injured in fridays attack two of them remain hospitalized in stable condition according to londons metropolitan police service the alleged attacker who was wearing a fake suicide vest was shot and killed by authorities at the scene he has since been identified as 28yearold usman khan a