The stabbing spree which occurred in Manchester, England on New Year’s Eve is being investigated as terror-related, police said. The attack left three people injured, including a police officer, and the suspect was detained.
“We are treating this as a terrorist investigation,” Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police Ian Hopkins told reporters on Tuesday.
He said that police are continuing their efforts to identify the man apprehended after the attack and are currently searching an address in the city’s Cheetham Hill area where the suspect is believed to have been living recently.
The knife-wielding assailant began stabbing commuters at the Manchester Victoria Train Station around 9pm on Monday. He wounded a man and a woman before being subdued and detained by the police. A transport police officer was also injured during the incident.
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