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    London Bridge Attack Prompts Urgent Review of Terrorists’ Jail Release Conditions

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    Boris Johnson has pledged to introduce a 14-year minimum prison term for convicted terrorists, while the government is to zero in on those former inmates that are now out on parole.

    The UK Ministry of Justice has launched an urgent review of the licence conditions of offenders freed from prison on parole after the deadly Bridge attack on Friday.

    Overall, 70 convicted perpetrators released from prison could potentially be the focus of the government review, with the Justice Department having been harshly criticised after it came to light that the attacker, a convicted terrorist, was released from prison less than seven years into his full 16-year prison sentence.

    ‘Extensive List of Licence Conditions'

    Usman Khan was jailed for his role in a foiled attempt to plot the 2012 bombing of the London Stock Exchange, as well as planned attacks on Big Ben, and Westminster Abbey. The London Bridge assailant had even planned to set up a whole gang to be trained in his home province of Pakistani-administered Kashmir.

    Despite the conviction he was deemed suitable for release, albeit being subject to an “extensive list of licence conditions”, Met Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said.

    “To the best of my knowledge, he was complying with those conditions”, he added.

    As part of the terms of his release, the 28-year-old, who was shot dead by the Met police after killing two and injuring three others, was obliged to take part in the…

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