LONDON, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — London’s Metropolitan Police said a 32-year-old man had been arrested after an 11-year-old girl was “seriously injured” in a stabbing in Leicester Square in the city centre.
The young victim will require further treatment in hospital but her condition is “not life-threatening”, while her 34-year-old mother also suffered minor injuries, police added.
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.
“An urgent investigation is now ongoing and detectives are working to establish the details around exactly what happened,” Detective Chief Superintendent Christina Jessah said.
“While we continue to work to establish the suspect’s motive, at this stage there is nothing to indicate the attack was terror-related.”
It comes exactly two weeks after the knife attack in Southport, northwest England, in which three girls were killed and eight other children injured, as well as two adults.
The mass stabbing sparked riots across England, after rumours online that the attacker was a Muslim asylum seeker. A British-born teenager has been charged with murder and attempted murder.
That case is also not being treated as terrorism.
