
One woman died and at least five people were wounded as a result of an attack committed on a Russell Square in the center of London. According to the BBC, the attack about the attack was received by the police on Wednesday at 22:33 local time. The calling reported that an unknown man with a knife attacks passers -by.
The attacker was detained six minutes after the first messages about the attack. Police officers used stampers.
As the representative of Scotland Yard later said, a 19-year-old young man turned out to be a criminal. The police called the version of the attack one of the main ones.
The police also noticed that, according to preliminary data, they indicate that the state of the attacker’s psyche could become an essential factor.
Later on Thursday, The Guardian reported that the detainee is a subject of Norway of Somali origin. At the same time, the note notes that there has not yet been evidence that the offender adheres to any radical views.
Russell-Square is located in the very center of London, close to many tourist attractions, including the British Museum, as well as a number of large hotels.
The attack happened a few hours after Scotland Yard announced his intention to additionally attract 600 armed police officers to defend London from terrorist attacks.
On Monday, in the British capital, a 30-year-old native of Somalia Muhiddin Mir, who attacked passengers of the London metro in December last December, was sentenced to a life-long period. Thus, the world, sick with paranoid schizophrenia, tried to avenge the kingdom in the war in Syria. Two people were injured: one received serious injuries, the other lungs. The peaceful liberation of the world will be able to petition not earlier than after eight and a half years.
The assumptions about the relationship of the attack of the 19-year-old Somalis with the verdict of his countryman, as far as is known, was not expressed.