Thursday, August 4, 2016

A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSICION OF MURDER


A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a US citizen was killed and five other people were injured in a knife attack in central London.Police described Wednesday's attack in Russell Square as "random".
The woman who died was thought to be in her 60s. The injured people were from Britain, America, Israel and Australia.
A 19-year-old Norwegian national of Somali origin has been arrested but police said there was no evidence of radicalisation.
He was arrested after a Taser was discharged by an officer. The Met said mental health was a "significant factor" in events.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan called for the public to remain "calm and vigilant".
Scotland Yard said two other women and three men received various injuries in the attack, which happened near the Imperial Hotel.
Two from the group remain in hospital while the other three people have since been discharged, the force added.
After receiving treatment in hospital the arrested man, who was detained in Bedford Place, is now in police custody in a south London police station.
The Met's assistant commissioner for specialist operations, Mark Rowley, said the force's homicide command was leading the investigation into the attack, with support from the counter-terrorism unit





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