Several people were stabbed Friday, October 11 at a shopping mall in Manchester, northern England, and a suspect in his 40s was arrested, police said.

The suspect was taken into custody, the local police added on Twitter. According to local media, the Arndale shopping center, where the events took place, was evacuated.

The ambulance services said they had taken care of five people after the incident at the Arndale shopping center.

The anti-terrorist police have been seized.

With AFP and Reuters