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Two people were killed and three others were injured when Usman Khan went on the rampage yesterday on London Bridge armed with two knives and wearing a fake suicide vest. In a statement, the Queen said: "Prince Philip and I have been saddened to hear of the terror attacks at London Bridge.

“We send our thoughts, prayers and deepest sympathies to all those who have lost loved ones and who have been affected by yesterday's terrible violence. "I express my enduring thanks to the police and emergency services, as well as the brave individuals who put their own lives at risk to selflessly help and protect others." It has emerged following the attack that Khan was a convicted terrorist released half-way through a 16-year prison sentence for a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange.

The Queen has released a statement following the London Bridge terror attack

The 28-year-old, who was on licence and wearing an electronic monitoring tag, was attending a conference on prisoner rehabilitation at Fishmongers' Hall when he went on the rampage. Dramatic video footage shows Khan being confronted by heroic members of the public on London Bridge. One man sprays him with a fire extinguisher and another lunges towards him with a narwhal tusk, believed to have been taken from the wall inside Fishmongers' Hall. READ MORE: London Bridge terror attack: Shocked Piers Morgan warns of 'scandal'

Two people were killed and three others were injured in the attack

Usman Khan went on the rampage yesterday on London Bridge

The attack comes weeks after the UK's terrorism threat level was downgraded to "substantial" from "severe"

The Parole Board said it had no involvement in his release and that Khan "appears to have been released automatically on licence (as required by law), without ever being referred to the board". Speaking before chairing a meeting of the Government's emergency committee Cobra on Friday night, Mr Johnson said he had "long argued" that it is a "mistake to allow serious and violent criminals to come out of prison early and it is very important that we get out of that habit and that we enforce the appropriate sentences for dangerous criminals, especially for terrorists, that I think the public will want to see".

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