G-B: four people stabbed in a mall in Manchester – © All rights reserved
Three people were taken to the hospital, not five as previously reported, according to the emergency services and the police.
Two women who were stabbed were in a state "stableAccording to the police, a 50-year-old man was also stabbed, according to the same source.
A man in his forties was arrested for initially aggravated assault and then for terrorism. According to several witnesses, he ran into the mall brandishing his knife, apparently striking at random.
The security department then told all store staff to close their doors and shelter their customers in the back of the stores.
The shopping center of Arndale was evacuated and public transport was stopped.
"Given the location and nature of the incident" the anti-terrorist police was put on the investigation but "all the tracks remain open at this stage".
The city of Manchester was struck more than two years ago by a jihadist attack. On May 22, 2017, Salman Abedi blew up a bomb at the exit of a huge concert hall in which the American pop star Ariana Grande had just performed. Twenty-two people were killed, including seven children, and 260 injured.
A parliamentary committee had concluded that the British intelligence services had missed several opportunities to prevent the jihadist from carrying out his attack.
Police and rescue near the shopping center where a knife attack took place
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