A Christchurch man, stabbed several times during yesterday's terror attack in central London, is expected to return home and make a full recovery, says his sister.
Oliver Dowling was stabbed in the face, neck and stomach after three terrorists rammed a van into pedestrians on London Bridge and knifed dozens more on Saturday night (London time).
The 32-year-old is recovering after a four-hour surgery, according to his sister Freddy Dowling, who added her brother survived because the terrorist's blade missed his vital organs.
After mowing down pedestrians, the three terrorists leapt from the white vehicle with large knives and began targeting people at bars and restaurants in nearby Borough Market.
Dowling, a Christ's College old boy, was out for dinner at the markets with his partner, Marie Bondeville, when he was attacked.
"You never think that any of these terrorist attacks will come into your home and directly affect your family, but this time it has," Freddy wrote in an Instagram post.
She said her brother "will hopefully be able to go home in a few days time and fully recover".
"Doctors are very happy with how he's come out the other side," she wrote.
"A massive thank to the University of London Hospital for their tireless efforts in helping my brother out!!
Bondeville, who is not a New Zealander, is also believed to have been wounded in the attack, but her status is unknown.
"This is heartbreaking get well soon Oliver and Marie," Freddy wrote on Facebook.
A Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokeswoman said the New Zealand High Commission in London has been in contact with Dowling's family and was providing consular assistance.
Dowling, who has been living and working in London, has also been offered support from dozens of UK-based Kiwis, many of whom have offered to donate money to help during his recovery.
Meanwhile, more than 1000 registered Kiwis in London are also being advised to follow the instructions of local authorities.
MFAT said there are currently 2709 New Zealanders registered on SafeTravel as being in the UK, with 1058 of those being in London.
The High Commission is in contact with British officials and is advising New Zealanders in London to follow their instructions.
Seven people died and 48 were injured in the stabbing frenzy and as of Monday morning, 36 people remained in hospital with 21 of those listed in a critical or serious condition.
Canadian woman Chrissy Archibald (30) is the first victim killed in the attack to be identified.
Her fiance Tyler Ferguson reportedly held her as she died.
His sister Cassie told Canada's CBC News her brother was "broken into a million pieces" as he "watched her die in his arms."
The couple, from British Columbia, were in London for the weekend ahead of their wedding.
They had been living in the Netherlands and planned to return to Canada after Mr Ferguson had finished an overseas contract.
Chrissy Archibald's family paid tribute to their ''beautiful, loving'' daughter.
"She had room in her heart for everyone and believed strongly that every person was to be valued and respected.
"She lived this belief working in a shelter for the homeless until she moved to Europe to be with her fiance. She would have had no understanding of the callous cruelty that caused her death.
"Please honour her by making your community a better place. Volunteer your time and labour or donate to a homeless shelter.
"Tell them Chrissy sent you."
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was "heartbroken" a Canadian was among those killed in Saturday's London Bridge terror attack.
Queensland woman Candice Hedge was one of three Australians injured, after one of the terrorists ran up and slashed her throat as she sat at a bar with her boyfriend.
She was reportedly briefly in a coma but is now awake and speaking with friends.
Ms Hedge later told friends and family in Australia on Facebook the knife missed her windpipe and main arteries.
"Hey everyone, just so you know I'm doing okay. Bit of pain but I will survive. Thanks for your thoughts and well wishes. Love to all," she wrote.
Her father, Ross Hedge, said Candice thought she had successfully hid from attackers, but one of the armed men came back for her when he saw her under a table.
"She got to hide and thought she was good enough, but just at the last minute he saw her and came back and stabbed her," Mr Hedge told media in Queensland.
"She actually got behind a table. She said they were leaving and he saw her at the last minute and came back."
Mr Hedge said his daughter was left with "a stab wound in the throat somewhere".
"But it's all good, there's no major damage," he said.
Darwin electrician Andrew Morrison was the second Australian to be injured when the attackers charged the busy South London area.
He spoke of his ordeal as he tried to staunch the bleeding from a neck wound in a video posted to social media.
"He got me but I dodged it, I ducked and weaved," he said.
"He looked like, I hate, because, you know, I know the thing with Muslims and terrorism, but he looked like a f***ing Muslim terrorist," he said.
Mr Morrison's sister Katrina said they were just happy that he was safe.
"Yes my brother was involved," she said. "We're currently sorting out his flight home ... Yeah right now we are just happy he is safe," she said.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said consular staff were working to confirm details of the third injured Australian.
"I spoke to our High Commissioner, Alexander Downer, a short while ago, and the three Australians are the only ones that we know have been affected in terms of physical injury, but obviously at any one time, there are about 130,000 Australians living in the United Kingdom, many in London," she told the Nine Network this morning.
A UK man feared dead has been found in intensive care.
Sunday Express journalist Geoff Ho had been feared missing by friends who led a Twitter search for information on his whereabouts.
Just prior to the attack Mr Ho had helped break up a fight at Borough Market where a bouncer was being attacked.
The self-described Kung-fu and kickboxing fan had tweeted "Don't know whether it was stupid or noble to jump in and break up the fight outside the Southwark Tavern, but two a***s trying to do over the lone bouncer on the door isn't happening on my watch."
The terrorists' van crashed into pedestrians shortly afterwards.
Mr Ho was found after being spotted on a video walking away from the scene covered in blood and being taken to hospital.
A woman named Rhiannon Owen revealed the dramatic story of how a taxi driver's shouted warning saved her life.
"I was using a cash point [ATM] at London Bridge, when a taxi driver swerved towards me, and screamed at me to RUN," she wrote on Facebook. "I turned and saw a man three metres from me, with a twelve inch blade, running towards me. I sprinted for my life.
"I saw a man get stabbed. Windows smashed, people screaming everywhere.
"I ran into a nearby open-front pub, and screamed at everyone to run upstairs, that there are people wielding machetes. Around 40 of us hid in the storage room upstairs."
She thanked the driver, adding that she was trying to locate him to personally convey her gratitude.
"I owe you my life."
Meanwhile, victim Brett Stevens has been praised by friends as " a soldier" after being stabbed four times in the terror incident.
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian confirmed a French man was killed in the attack and seven french nationals were injured, four critically.
During an official visit to Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, Le Drian added that "another compatriot is still missing".
The anti-terrorism section of the public prosecutor's office in Paris has opened an inquiry into "assassination and assassination attempts in connection with a terrorist enterprise".
This means judicial police and security agents from Paris will liaise with the British authorities in a major investigation of all seven deaths.
Three women and a man, all of whom were living permanently in London, are among the French nationals hurt. One woman was stabbed, and operated on all night Saturday to Sunday.
Another was thought to have suffered serious injuries to her legs when she was hit by the white van on London Bridge.
London has a sizeable expat French community estimated at more than 200,000 people.
French President Emmanuel Macron was due to meet the family and friends of all those involved, and has already started making phone calls.
He said security would be stepped up for legislative elections due to start in France next week "to show the force of democracy in the face of enemies of freedom".
French school children were also among those injured.
Three jihadists yelling "this is for Allah" are said to be the men behind the horrific rampage that caused chaos on London streets.
Three terrorists tried to storm into the busy pub in the nearby Borough Market, where a man was reportedly stabbed five times in the chest.
All three were shot dead by armed police officers approximately eight minutes after the incident began.
Police said the terrorists were all wearing fake suicide vests. They were believed to have hired a white van from B&Q and drove at high speed across London Bridge swerving along the pavement in an "S shape" to hit as many pedestrians as possible.
