The second victim of the London terrorist attack has been identified by police as Saskia Jones, 23, a volunteer for the rehabilitation group that worked with killer Usman Khan.
Ms Jones, a graduate of the University of Cambridge, had applied to join the police and wanted to work with the victims of crime, her family said.
The first victim was identified on Saturday as Jack Merritt, 25, a coordinator of the Learning Together programme, which worked with current and former inmates with a prison education programme.
Khan had been freed in December 2018, half-way through a 16-year jail term for plotting an attack on the London Stock Exchange, and attended the conference near London Bridge.
He stabbed Ms Jones and Mr Merritt before running towards the bridge, wearing a fake suicide vest, where he was restrained by passers-by and other former prisoners. He was shot dead by police.
“Saskia was a funny, kind, positive influence at the centre of many people’s lives,” her family said in a statement released by police. “She had 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.
“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 programme, wishing to specialise in victim support.”
The rehabilitation scheme was connected to the university, from which both victims graduated. A member of staff was among the three people injured, a senior university official said.
Mr Merritt’s family called on the government not to use the fatal attack to introduce more draconian sentencing of prisoners.
“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.
“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.”
