Suspect In Court Over Stabbing Of UK Soldier

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Suspect in court over stabbing of UK soldier

London, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th Jul, 2024) A 24-year-old man appeared in court on Thursday charged with attempted murder over the repeated stabbing of a British soldier near an army barracks earlier this week.

Police have yet to indicate a motive in the attack, but they are not thought to be treating it as terror-related.

Suspect Anthony Esan is accused of attacking Lieutenant Colonel Mark Teeton in Gillingham, in southeast England on Tuesday.

Teeton, who is in his 40s, was in hospital and his condition "is currently described as serious but stable", according to police.

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