- U.K. At least five stabbed in a Manchester mall
The man arrested Friday in Manchester as a terrorist suspect after attacking several people with a knife in a mall has mental health problems, police said.
The 40-year-old suspect, who was arrested first for serious assault and then for alleged terrorism , has now been arrested again under British mental health legislation, after being "examined by specialists," Manchester Police said. .
Agents confirmed that the detainee stabbed three people - one man and two women - while two other women were also injured in the incident but not with a knife, and none is serious.
About 10.15 GMT on Friday, a man began running through the Arndale shopping complex in downtown Manchester brandishing a knife, trying to hurt those he found in his path, according to some witnesses.
The attack spread panic and many customers took refuge inside the stores, which closed their doors to protect them.
The security forces arrested the suspect shortly afterwards in the vicinity of the scene, and prepared to investigate his motivations.
After weighing the possibility that it was a terrorist act, after which the city lived in May 2017, the local police have concluded that the suspect is a mentally ill person.
Manchester, in the north of England, was the target of a suicide attack on May 22, 2017, in which 22 people died when a bomb exploded in the Manchester Arena, after a concert by the American Ariana Grande .
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