Prevent team had no specific training on terror offenders, inquest told

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Prevent team had no specific training on terror offenders, inquest told

Staffordshire's Police's Prevent team have had no specific training for handling terrorism offenders, according to a lawyer of one of the victim's family in the Fishmonger Hall attack.

London Bridge knifeman Usman Khan

Date - 19th October 2020
By - Chloe Livadeas

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Usman Khan, a convicted terrorist who had been living in Stafford, stabbed Cambridge University graduates Saskia Jones, 23, and Jack Merritt, 25, during a prisoner rehabilitation event near London Bridge in November last year. Two other women,...

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