Police in the English city of Manchester say they are treating the New Year’s Eve stabbing of three people as a terrorist incident, VOA news reports.
Greater Manchester Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said Tuesday two people suffered very serious injuries in the attack.
A police sergeant who was stabbed in the shoulder has been released from the hospital.
Hopkins said the police investigation is continuing. He praised the “bravery” of four police officers who subdued the suspect at Manchester’s Victoria Station.
The suspect has been arrested but not yet charged or identified.
An eyewitness said he was chanting Islamic slogans during the stabbings.
Assistant Chief Constable Rob Potts said the incident is “not ongoing” and there is “currently no intelligence to suggest that there is any wider threat.”
The incident happened very close to Manchester Arena, where a suicide bomber killed 22 people at a concert in 2017.