Usman Khan was released from prison before unleashing the London Bridge terror attack

London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan was buried tonight as those attending the service prayed that he be pardoned for his sins.

Khan's body was released by the City of London coroner and flown to Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, by his family.

It was then transported to the rural Kashmiri village of Kajlani, which has a community of 3000 people, where he was buried in an Islamic funeral.

As part of the burial traditions and prayers, a plea for a pardon for his sins was made.

Officials at Islamabad International Airport confirmed that the 28-year-old's body had been flown out on Thursday afternoon and arrived in Pakistan on Friday morning.

Khan attacked five people, killing two Cambridge graduates, while armed with two kitchen knives and wearing a fake suicide vest.

He was tackled by several brave bystanders on London Bridge before being shot dead by police at point-blank range.

A cousin of the convicted terrorist told Sky News that Khan's parents and other close family members would bury the killer in their home village in Kashmir.

The cousin added that the parents wanted to keep the burial 'low key' and that 'they don't want to bury him in the UK' because they were 'scared'.

Khan attacked five people, killing two Cambridge graduates, while armed with two kitchen knives and wearing a fake suicide vest. He was tackled by several brave bystanders on London Bridge before being shot dead by police at point-blank range

Cambridge graduates Saskia Jones, 23, (left) and Mr Merritt, 25, (right) were fatally stabbed during a prisoner rehabilitation event late last month.

On Tuesday, the family of Khan said in a short statement issued through the Metropolitan Police: 'We are saddened and shocked by what Usman has done.

'We totally condemn his actions and we wish to express our condolences to the families of the victims that have died and wish a speedy recovery to all of the injured.

'We would like to request privacy for our family at this difficult time.'

The London Bridge killer was a convicted terrorist who had been a member of an al Qaida-inspired group that plotted to blow up the London Stock Exchange.

The 28-year-old killed the two Cambridge graduates and injured three other people in his knife rampage before being shot dead, wearing a mock suicide vest, last Friday.

Ms Jones had graduated from Cambridge University in the summer of 2018 with a master's in criminology and had applied to join West Midlands Police

Mr Merritt also had a master's degree in criminology at Cambridge having already completed a law degree at Manchester University. Mr Merritt, from Cottenham, near Cambridge, was a co-ordinator for Learning Together, a programme associated with Cambridge University's Institute of Criminology

He had been living in Stafford after he was released from prison on licence in December 2018.

Khan was charged with conspiracy to cause explosions and other terrorism offences in late December 2010, along with eight others.

On February 1 2012, the nine pleaded guilty to various terrorist offences, with four admitting an al Qaida-inspired plot to detonate a bomb at the London Stock Exchange.