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Today's front pages: Questions over jihadi who 'slipped through the net'

6 June

Saturday night's terror attack on London Bridge and its fallout dominate Tuesday's headlines, with the first victims being named as Canadian Christine Archibald and Londoner James McMullan.

Metro backs calls for Romanian baker Florin Morariu, who hit one of the attackers with a crate in an attempt to end the stabbing spree, to be awarded British citizenship and a medal for his bravery.

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Meanwhile, the Daily Telegraph reports on how attackers Khuram Butt was investigated by MI5 for his extremist views. The "brazen" jihadi even appeared in a Channel 4 documentary about home-grown radicals, it says.

The Times reports that Butt also worked at an all-Muslim gym run by the man accused of training the 7/7 suicide bombers.

"So how did he slip through the net?", asks The Independent's front page, a question also asked by the Daily Star and Daily Mirror.

The Guardian says authorities are already preparing to reexamine the way they look at extremists and potential terrorists in light of the apparent failure to identify the threat posed by Butt.