The first victim of the London Bridge terror attack has been named by his father.
Jack Merritt, who worked at the University of Cambridge was one of two people to die on Friday, November 29.
His death has been confirmed on Twitter by his father, David, CambridgeshireLive reports.
Jack served as course co-ordinator for Learning Together, the initiative run by the University's Institute of Criminology aimed at improving prisoner rehabilitation.
Learning Together had been holding a conference at Fishmonger's Hall, near London Bridge, on Friday afternoon, when killer Usman Khan struck.
Khan, 28, killed Jack and a woman who is yet to be named and injured three other people.
He "threatened to blow up" the building just before 2pm before he was tackled by members of the public and shot dead by armed police on London Bridge.
Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said Khan had been living in the Staffordshire area and that police were "not actively seeking anyone else" over the attack.
Forensics are today searching a house in Stafford in relation to the investigation.
CambridgeshireLive reports David Merritt posted on Twitter: "My son, Jack, who was killed in this attack, would not wish his death to be used as the pretext for more draconian sentences or for detaining people unnecessarily.
"R.I.P. Jack: you were a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog."
Khan was known to the police before yesterday's deadly attack. He and others had previously been sentenced for their role in plots to blow up the London Stock Exchange, the home of then London Mayor Boris Johnson, as well as the American embassy.
The 28-year-old received an indeterminate sentence in 2012, with a minimum term of eight years but a year later had his sentenced reduced to a standard 16-year jail term, where offenders serve half before their release.
He was released from jail in December 2018.
