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One Dead In London Stabbing As Police Probe Terror Link
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published August 04, 2016 | 02:03 PM
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LONDON, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 4th Augst,2016) - A woman was killed and five people injured in a knife attack in central London Wednesday which police said they are investigating for possible terrorist links. A 19-year-old man was arrested in Russell Square in the city centre where the stabbing happen, which near the British Museum and University of London. A woman in her 60s was treated by paramedics at the scene but pronounced dead.
No details were released about the condition of the other victims. The arrested man is currently in police custody in hospital. "Early indications suggest that mental health is a significant factor in this case and that is one major line of inquiry but of course at this stage we should keep an open mind regarding motive and consequently terrorism as a motivation remains but one line of inquiry for us to explore," Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said in a statement.
Officers were called to Russell Square at 10.33pm local time (2133 GMT) following reports a man armed with a knife was attacking people.
The man was arrested six minutes later as a Taser electroshock gun was fired by officers. The police cordoned off the area, a busy tourist area with a string of high end hotels. Xavery Richert, 22, a French tourist staying in youth hostel on the square, told AFP: "I was buying a beer when I heard a woman shouting who was being chased by a man. "I thought it was a bag snatching...
she was not hurt. I came out for a cigarette, I went back, there were firefighters, police, and then I saw the body under a sheet. You could only see the feet sticking out." Russell Square resident Constantine Somerville said: "It's such a safe area and very quiet especially at night -- why would somebody commit an attack in such a quiet area?"
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