An Australian woman has been left unable to speak after she was stabbed in the throat during the terror attacks in London, her family says.
Candice Hedge, 34, from Brisbane, is recovering at St Thomas Hospital following emergency surgery for a knife wound to her neck.
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"She can't talk. She's been stabbed around her neck, her throat. She's all bandaged up." her mother, Kim Del Toro, told Fairfax Media.
"She went into surgery, but she's going to be fine, thank goodness."
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Earlier on Sunday, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said consular officials were seeking to confirm reports that a second Australian had been directly affected by the violence.
Ms Hedge has been living in London for the past year and she was working with her boyfriend, Luke, at a bar and restaurant in the Borough Market when one of the terrorists stormed the building on Saturday night.
"He heard some commotion out the front and went out to see what was going on," Ms Hedge's mother said.
"He saw some men with knives coming toward them, and he ran back inside to see where Candice was."
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In the chaos, he couldn't find her and police yelled for everyone to stay down.
Then, she came running toward him, holding her bleeding neck.
He grabbed her and the two of them took an ambulance to hospital.
Ms Del Toro said it broke her heart to see this happen to her daughter.
"I'm really, really upset. I didn't know what to do when I found out. I tried to ring the hospital, but they couldn't take any calls right away."
Ms Hedge's boyfriend has been by her beside as the couple call her worried friends and family back in Australia.
She was able to make a Skype call with her mother on Sunday night while Luke passed on the details about what had happened.
"She couldn't speak, but I got to see her and she gave me the thumbs up, so I knew that she was OK."
Ms Hedge also told her Facebook friends to not worry about her.
She wrote: "I'm doing OK. Still in hospital, but all in the clear. I really can't talk. The f----- stabbed me in the neck. Don't worry too much. I love you all."
Her grandfather, Brian Hedge, said he was shocked when he found out on Sunday night that Ms Hedge was injured.
"She was in the market area and apparently she was hiding when one of them saw her and stabbed her in the neck," he told Fairfax Media.
"She's a really nice girl. It's unbelievable."
Police have confirmed at least seven people were killed in the attacks with another 48 injured.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said two Australians were "directly affected" by the attack, but the condition of the second Australian is unknown at this time.
The three terror suspects were shot dead by police following the attacks.