After a woman and an 11-year-old child were stabbed at a well-known London landmark, the suspect has been taken into custody by the police.
Leicester Square is a well-known landmark in London. On Monday, a woman and an 11-year-old girl were stabbed there, according to the police. According to AFP, the accused man was taken into custody by the police while the mother and the child were taken to the hospital.
The attack on Monday happened in Leicester Square, a popular tourist destination this time of year. The two victims, according to police, were brought to a hospital. Their injuries were not immediately apparent in their full extent.
The police made the following official statement: “Officers are responding to a stabbing incident in Leicester Square. A man is being held after being taken into custody. We are awaiting word on the condition of the two victims, an 11-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman, who were taken to the hospital.
The suspect’s details were left unspecified.
According to the BBC, the two victims were taken right away to a “major trauma center,” suggesting that their injuries were quite severe.
This occurs during a period of increased unrest and violence in Britain, where protesters have clashed with police while chanting anti-immigration and anti-Islamic slogans. Right-wing activists have been fueling the unrest by disseminating false information on social media regarding a knife attack that claimed the lives of three girls at a dance party with a Taylor Swift theme.
After being stabbed during an attack at the event two weeks ago in the seaside town of Southport, nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar and two other girls died, while eight others were injured.
It is unknown at this time whether the stabbing was connected to the ongoing unrest in the UK in any way.
Over the weekend, police had prepared for more riots, but no significant disturbances materialized. The office of Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated that ministers were still on high alert and that work was still being done to address the aftermath of the violence.
