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| Stabbing in Manchester shopping mall leaves four injured - reports | Stabbing in Manchester shopping mall leaves four injured - reports |
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| Several people have been stabbed at a Manchester city shopping mall, according to reports. Police used a taser to apprehend a suspect in the attack, and the area has been evacuated and cordoned off. | |
| Police sources told local media that four people were assaulted with a knife close to Manchester’s Arndale shopping center. It’s not known if the stabbings resulted in any fatalities. | |
| A dramatic video posted to social media shows officers deploying a Taser on a man as they pin him to the pavement. | |
| A witness said told the Manchester Evening News that two people were ”randomly stabbing people” in the shopping mall. | |
| "A man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of serious assault. He has been taken to custody for questioning," a spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said. | |
| Public transport in the surrounding area has been temporarily shut down. | |
| In a brief statement released on Twitter, Greater Manchester Police said they were responding to an incident in the city center and would provide more details soon. | |
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