An elderly American woman was on Thursday stabbed to death and five others, including foreigners, were injured when a suspected mentally ill teen went on a rampage with a knife in central london, in an attack police said could be linked to terror.
A 19-year-old Norwegian national of Somali origin was arrested using a Taser gun on suspicion of carrying out the “random” mass knife attack at Russell Square near the popular British Museum in central london at 10.39 pm (local time yesterday), Scotland Yard said.
An American woman, in her 60s, was killed in the attack that also injured two other women and as many men, police said but there was “no evidence of radicalisation” in the assault. The victims include Australian, American, Israeli and British citizens.
london Mayor Sadiq Khan called for “calm and vigilance” the people, whose safety he said “is my number one priority” as londoners woke up this morning to notice an increased presence on the streets of officers following the attack that comes days after a public warning against ISIS-inspired assaults.