Police Treat Stabbings at UK Shopping Mall as Terrorism Incident

British police said five people had been injured after a man lunged at passers-by with a large knife in a shopping center.
Police Treat Stabbings at UK Shopping Mall as Terrorism Incident
Police outside the Arndale Centre in Manchester, England on Oct. 11, 2019, after a stabbing incident at the shopping center that left five people injured.Peter Byrne/PA via AP
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MANCHESTER, England—British police said five people had been injured after a man lunged at passers-by with a large knife in a shopping center in northern England on Oct. 11 in a “brutal” attack officers were treating as terrorism.

The man attacked people around him and chased two unarmed officers shortly after entering Manchester’s Arndale shopping center in the heart of the city at about 11.15 a.m. (local time), police said.