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Earlier in the day it was being reported that several people had been killed but this appears not to be the case. Alum Rock is a strongly Asian or Muslim area of the city.

Man is stabbed and woman injured in attack outside primary school as armed police arrest suspect, 32 who fled 'after being run over by passerby'​


A man was brutally stabbed in the street yards from a primary school and nursery in Birmingham today.

Armed counter-terror officers raced to the scene in Alum Rock after the horrific attack shortly before midday.

A Good Samaritan drove his van at the knifeman in a desperate bid to stop the stabbing. The suspect then ran inside a block of flats and barricaded himself inside.

A woman was seen screaming with bloodied hands from an upstairs window shouting that the man was outside her door.

Armed police ran down Bridge Road telling bystanders to leave the scene, describing it as a 'siege'.

 
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Man stabbed near Birmingham primary school​


A man has been stabbed and a woman also injured in an attack near a primary school.

Emergency services, including firearms officers, were called to Bridge Road, in Alum Rock, Birmingham, shortly after 12:00 GMT following reports a man had been seriously injured.

A 32-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the attack and remains in police custody.

West Midlands Police said the woman's injuries were not life-threatening, adding that it was a contained incident and officers were reviewing CCTV footage in the area.

 
  • #3
Earlier in the day it was being reported that several people had been killed but this appears not to be the case. Alum Rock is a strongly Asian or Muslim area of the city.

Man is stabbed and woman injured in attack outside primary school as armed police arrest suspect, 32 who fled 'after being run over by passerby'​


A man was brutally stabbed in the street yards from a primary school and nursery in Birmingham today.

Armed counter-terror officers raced to the scene in Alum Rock after the horrific attack shortly before midday.

A Good Samaritan drove his van at the knifeman in a desperate bid to stop the stabbing. The suspect then ran inside a block of flats and barricaded himself inside.

A woman was seen screaming with bloodied hands from an upstairs window shouting that the man was outside her door.

Armed police ran down Bridge Road telling bystanders to leave the scene, describing it as a 'siege'.

What is the betting that before long an announcement will be made about the perpetrator having mental health problems and that it was not a terrorist attack.
 
  • #4
Crazy situation. Hope everyone involved is going to be okay, especially the man who was stabbed.
 
  • #5
Unfortunately the man who was stabbed has since died.


Earlier reports were that this was an interracial incident with the attacker being a black migrant and the victim an Afghan one. However, I've not seen confirmation of this. The police tend to be very reluctant to disclose ethnic information in cases like this unless and until forced to do so.
 
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