A quick-thinking Muslim security guard tackled a knifeman after he stabbed an 11 year-old girl and her 34 year-old mother in Leicester Square. The Mail has more.
The Metropolitan Police said a man, thought to be the only suspect, had been arrested after the attack in the tourist hotspot on Monday.
The guard, who gave his name as Abdullah, 29, and works at TWG Tea shop in the square, said: “I heard a scream, at that moment I saw there was one person, roughly [in their] mid-30s or early 30s, and he was like stabbing a kid.
“I jumped on him, held the hand in which he was [carrying] a knife, and just put him down on the floor and just held him and took the knife away from him.
“Then a couple of more people joined as well, and we just held him until the police came, it took maybe three to four minutes for the police to arrive and then they just took him into custody.”
Police said two victims, an 11 year-old girl and 34 year-old woman, had been taken to a major trauma centre following the incident.
The girl will require hospital treatment but her injuries are not life threatening, while the woman suffered more minor injuries, the force said in a statement.
It added there was no suggestion that the incident was terror related.
It is currently unclear whether the man was known to the victims.
Abdullah said he and his colleagues gave first aid to the child before the police took over and that he did not know if the girl was with family members at the time.
“I just saw a kid getting stabbed and I just tried to save her. It’s my duty to just save them,” he said. …
A witness said the suspect in the attack in Leicester Square was a young, white, skinny male wearing a black T-shirt and jeans.
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