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| Regent's Park stabbing: Mosque sealed off as police hunt attacker | Regent's Park stabbing: Mosque sealed off as police hunt attacker |
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| A manhunt is under way after a man was stabbed to death in central London. | A manhunt is under way after a man was stabbed to death in central London. |
| The victim was found with stab wounds in Cunningham Place, near Regent's Park, at 18:15 GMT, and died in hospital. | |
| Scotland Yard said the attack was linked to a raid of the nearby London Central Mosque, which has been sealed off by armed officers. | Scotland Yard said the attack was linked to a raid of the nearby London Central Mosque, which has been sealed off by armed officers. |
| A spokeswoman confirmed the stabbing was not terror-related, and officers continued to hunt the attacker. | A spokeswoman confirmed the stabbing was not terror-related, and officers continued to hunt the attacker. |
| The victim is believed to be in his early twenties. | |
| Bahir Moulana said he saw two people being detained and put in handcuffs by police at the mosque. | |
| "The police just surrounded them. I saw that at around 19:00," he added. | "The police just surrounded them. I saw that at around 19:00," he added. |
| Mr Moulana said a woman told him she saw "two guys" enter the building. | |
| "Someone else told me the police were chasing them," he added. | |
| He said as he was walking towards the mosque the police were pushing people back before they closed the main gate. | He said as he was walking towards the mosque the police were pushing people back before they closed the main gate. |
| With a number of armed officers at the scene, the 39-year-old said it gave him the "jitters", especially following the recent attack at two mosques in New Zealand. | With a number of armed officers at the scene, the 39-year-old said it gave him the "jitters", especially following the recent attack at two mosques in New Zealand. |
| "I saw all the blue lights and my heart was in my mouth," Mr Moulana said. | "I saw all the blue lights and my heart was in my mouth," Mr Moulana said. |
| A police cordon has been put in place at the mosque, with officers flanking parts of the building's perimeter as a helicopter circled overhead. | |
| A section of the A41 Park Road was also closed off by police. | A section of the A41 Park Road was also closed off by police. |
| No arrests have been made. | No arrests have been made. |
| Footage released on social media shows armed police standing guard outside the mosque on Park Road, about half a mile from where the man was found stabbed. | Footage released on social media shows armed police standing guard outside the mosque on Park Road, about half a mile from where the man was found stabbed. |
| The Met tweeted: "Officers continue to deal with a stabbing at Cunningham Place/Park Road, Westminster. | The Met tweeted: "Officers continue to deal with a stabbing at Cunningham Place/Park Road, Westminster. |
| "We can confirm that this incident is not terror-related. Searches for suspects are ongoing." | "We can confirm that this incident is not terror-related. Searches for suspects are ongoing." |
| Westminster North MP Karen Buck said she was "deeply saddened to hear this awful news". | Westminster North MP Karen Buck said she was "deeply saddened to hear this awful news". |
| Knife crime victims in 2019 | Knife crime victims in 2019 |
| Motives and circumstances behind killings have varied - as have the age and gender of the victims. | Motives and circumstances behind killings have varied - as have the age and gender of the victims. |