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		</div><p>The final moments of pedestrians mown down by terrorists in the London Bridge attack have been revealed at the inquests into their deaths.</p>
<p>A white van ploughed into people on the bridge before three killers carried out a frenzied knife attack in Borough Market which left eight dead and dozens injured.</p>
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<p>Christine Archibald, 30, Xavier Thomas, 45, and Alexandre Pigeard, 26, died in the attack on June 3, Southwark Coroner&#8217;s Court was told.</p>
<p>Senior coroner Andrew Harris opened and adjourned inquests on Wednesday for the three victims.</p>
<p>He thanked the police for their work in &#8220;difficult and distressing circumstances&#8221; and offered his condolences to the families for their &#8220;sudden and shocking loss&#8221;.</p>
<p>Detective Chief Inspector Simon Moring said, <i>&#8220;A white van travelled south on London Bridge. That van would seem to have been deliberately targeting pedestrians as it travelled towards Borough Market.”</i></p>
<p><i>&#8220;The occupants of that van are known to have alighted and were stabbing members of the public.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Canadian Ms Archibald, who lived in The Hague, Holland, died in her fiance Tyler Ferguson&#8217;s arms after being struck by the van on London Bridge.</p>
<p>The social worker was killed by multiple, severe blunt crush injuries, the inquest was told.</p>
<p>French national Mr Thomas&#8217;s body was recovered from the river near Limehouse in east London, downstream of London Bridge, three days after the attack.</p>
<p>He was visiting London for the weekend with his girlfriend, Christine Delcros, who was struck and seriously injured in the attack.</p>
<p>He was last seen by her on the bridge and police are still investigating how he ended up in the water.</p>
<p>Mr Moring said, <i>&#8220;We had accounts from his girlfriend that he was on the bridge with her and subsequently he was missing.</p>
<p>&#8220;Police were concerned he had gone over the bridge and into the Thames. The circumstances are being investigated as to how he has gone into the Thames.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Mr Thomas, a business events and travel manager living in Paris, was identified by his dental records and his cause of death was given as immersion.</p>
<p>Fellow Frenchman Mr Pigeard was knifed moments later in the nearby Boro Bistro, where he worked as a waiter.</p>
<p>He was found in the shadow of Southwark Cathedral, on Montague Close, with stab wounds to his neck and chest.</p>
<p>Mr Pigeard was born in Paris, had been in London for around two years and lived in Southwark.</p>
<p>His cause of death was given as a haemorrhage caused by knife wounds.</p>
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<p>Armed police killed ringleader Khuram Butt, 27, Rachid Redouane, 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22, just eight minutes after the first emergency call was made.</p>
<p>A hearing took place on Tuesday into the deaths of Sara Zelenak, 21, Kirsty Boden, 28, Sebastien Belanger, 36, James McMullan, 32, and Ignacio Echeverria, 39.</p>
<p>A grim account of their injuries was read out, detailing where they had been found and how they were identified.</p>
<p>The inquest proceedings were suspended by Dr Harris so the vast police operation was not hampered by his investigation.</p>
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