Two people were stabbed in London’s Leicester Square, a tourist hot spot, on Monday, the police said.
The victims, an 11-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman, were taken to a hospital, Westminster police said in a post on social media.
A man has been arrested and is in custody, the police said, adding: “We don’t believe there are any outstanding suspects.”
The episode came exactly two weeks after a deadly knife attack in Southport, near Liverpool, that led to the death of three young girls and injured eight other children and two adults. In the days after the stabbings in Southport, false information about the identity of the attacker, including that he was an undocumented migrant, spread rapidly online and ignited a series of violent riots around Britain.
In Leicester Square, an area in front of a tea shop called TWG Tea was cordoned off by blue and white police tape at 1:30 p.m., with a handful of police officers positioned at the scene.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
