{"id":83540,"date":"2024-08-12T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/uk-police-arrest-man-after-11-year-old-girl-stabbed-in-london\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T21:32:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T21:32:00","slug":"uk-police-arrest-man-after-11-year-old-girl-stabbed-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/uk-police-arrest-man-after-11-year-old-girl-stabbed-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"UK police arrest man after 11-year-old girl stabbed in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>London\u2019s Metropolitan Police said on Monday a 32-year-old man was arrested after an 11-year-old girl was \u201cseriously injured\u201d in a stabbing in Leicester Square in the city centre.<\/p>\n<p>The young victim will require further treatment in hospital but her condition is \u201cnot life-threatening\u201d, while her 34-year-old mother also suffered minor injuries, police added.<\/p>\n<p>The police said in a statement the 32-year-old man was arrested at the scene and that officers were not looking for anyone else in connection with the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn urgent investigation is now ongoing and detectives are working to establish the details around exactly what happened,\u201d Detective Chief Superintendent Christina Jessah said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this stage, we don\u2019t believe the suspect and the victims were known to each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we continue to work to establish the suspect\u2019s motive, at this stage there is nothing to indicate the attack was terror-related.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:250px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1851128\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It comes exactly two weeks after the knife attack in Southport, northwest England, in which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1848784\">three girls were killed<\/a> and eight other children injured, as well as two adults.<\/p>\n<p>The mass stabbing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1850566\/uk-deploys-special-police-to-quell-riots\">sparked riots<\/a> across England, after rumours online that the attacker was a Muslim asylum seeker. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1849555\">British-born teenager<\/a> has been charged with murder and attempted murder.<\/p>\n<p>That case is also not being treated as terrorism.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"terrible\" href=\"#terrible\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>\u2018Terrible\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Monday\u2019s stabbing took place in the heart of the British capital, in an area heavily frequented by tourists and shoppers.<\/p>\n<p>A security guard told the <em>Press Association<\/em> (<em>PA<\/em>) news agency that he intervened and took a knife from a man attacking the 11-year-old child on the west side of Leicester Square.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old guard at a nearby store, who gave his name as Abdullah, said he heard a scream and then saw someone \u201cstabbing a kid\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI jumped on him, held the hand in which he was [carrying] a knife, and just put him down on the floor and just held him and took the knife away from him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen a couple of more people joined as well, and we just held him until the police came.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch  media--embed  \">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Security guard describes moment he tackled Leicester Square knife attacker\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NiStyIsjOc4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Desmond, 45, told <em>PA<\/em> that the suspect \u2014 described as a \u201cyoung, white, skinny male wearing a black T-shirt and jeans\u201d \u2014 appeared to focus the attack on the girl.<\/p>\n<p>The witness, a street entertainer who performs as Darth Vader on the streets of Leicester Square every day, reported the perpetrator putting her in a headlock and stabbing her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was so terrible, I\u2019ve never seen a thing like that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw the woman was screaming with all her strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jessah called it \u201ca horrific incident\u201d and paid tribute to people \u201cwho bravely intervened\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey put themselves at risk and showed the best of London in doing so,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London\u2019s Metropolitan Police said on Monday a 32-year-old man was arrested after an 11-year-old girl was \u201cseriously injured\u201d in a stabbing in Leicester Square in the city centre. The young victim will require further treatment in hospital but her condition is \u201cnot life-threatening\u201d, while her 34-year-old mother also suffered minor injuries, police added. 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