Arrest in London

Another knife attack: woman and girl injured

The crime scene was immediately cordoned off.

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A 34-year-old woman and her eleven-year-old daughter were injured to an undetermined degree in a knife attack in central London on Monday morning. The perpetrator was detained with the help of passers-by and eventually arrested.

In Leicester Square in the heart of the British capital, which is also popular with tourists, a man suddenly grabbed a knife and began his bloodlust. A security guard working in a nearby store was one of the first to run over and pounce on the attacker.

Pictures from the scene show the assailant's cap:

 With the help of other helpers, he was able to hold the man until the police arrived, according to British media reports. They arrested the knifeman.

The two knife victims were injured to an indeterminate degree.

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Police reassured: no more danger
The victims were taken to hospital after receiving first aid. None of them have life-threatening injuries. The authorities did not provide any further details about the crime or the suspected perpetrator. However, it was emphasized that there are no other suspects. Furthermore, there is said to be no terrorist background.

An eyewitness told the Daily Mail that the perpetrator was a young, slim white man wearing a black T-shirt and jeans.

This act of violence will probably do little to help the already heated atmosphere in the UK to quickly return to normal. Far-right riots kept the country on tenterhooks for days after a similar attack on girls attending a vacation dance class in Southport.

Riots after the latest knife attack in the UK in which three children were killed

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There were attacks on security forces, accommodation for asylum seekers, mosques and stores. Thousands of police officers were deployed, dozens of whom were injured. The violence was triggered by misinformation about the origin of the 17-year-old perpetrator. Initially, it was said that he was an asylum seeker. However, the young man is a British citizen with Rwandan roots.