Terrorist ‘just wanted to be loved’

Fishmongers’ Hall terror attacker Usman Khan was driven by his desire for ‘admiration’ more than political beliefs, according to a senior psychologist. The convicted jihadi, 28, was still on license and deemed ‘high-risk’ by authorities when he targeted a prison rehabilitation event at the City of London venue on 29 November 2019. Cambridge graduates Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, were killed and three others were left seriously injured in the atrocity. The inquest into the victims’ deaths at…

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