3 stabbed at UK railway station; 'Allahu Akbar!'

3 stabbed at UK railway station; 'Allahu Akbar!'

Manchester Victoria stabbing: Eyewitness claims attacker shouted 'Allah'

Sam Clack, a BBC producer, was on a platform at Manchester Victoria railway station waiting for a tram when he witnessed the attack

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By Damon Wilkinson
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23:27, 31 DEC 2018

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A knifeman shouted 'Allah' after stabbing innocent commuters at Victoria Station, an eye-witness has claimed.
Sam Clack, a BBC producer, was on a platform at Victoria waiting for a tram when he witnessed the attack just before 9pm tonight.
British Transport Police (BTP) confirmed three people, including a police officer, were injured in the stabbing.
Mr Clack, 38, said: "I just heard this most blood curdling scream and looked down the platform.
"What it looked like was a guy in his 60s with a woman of similar age and another guy all dressed in black.
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"It looked like they were having a fight but she was screaming in this blood curdling way.
"I saw police in high-viz come towards him.
"He came towards me. I looked down and saw he had a kitchen knife with a black handle with a good, 12 inch blade.

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"It was just fear, pure fear."
Mr Clack, on his way to catch a tram home, said police officers used a Taser and pepper spray before, 'six or seven' officers jumped on the man.
Mr Clack, who is from Newcastle but is working in Manchester for the BBC, said as the suspect was held down, he said: "As long as you keep bombing other countries this sort of shit is going to keep happening."

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Police at the scene inside Victoria Station after three people were stabbed (Image: Jake Lindley/ASP) He said it looked like both the man in his 60s and the woman with him had been stabbed, but both were conscious and were walked to a waiting ambulance.
BTP said they were called at 8.52pm to reports of man with a knife who has been detained.
Two members of the public have been taken to hospital with knife injuries and a BTP officer is being treated for a knife wound to the shoulder.

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Three People Stabbed in UK by Man Screaming about “Allah” – Authorities Not Sure if Attack Terrorist Related (VIDEO)

December 31, 2018, 8:59 pm by Jim Hoft 32 Comments

Three people including a police officer were stabbed a knife attack at Victoria Station Monday night in Manchester.

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The attacker was screaming something about Allah.
But police are not sure if the attack was terror related.
Hmm.
Here is the man screaming “Allahu Akbar!” as he was arrested.
You be the judge.

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UPDATE: Multiple eyewitness reports claim that the attacker was screaming "Allah Allah" and as police tackled and pepper sprayed him he was screaming along the lines of "these things will continue as long as you continue bombing these countries".

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Social media footage of the suspect shouting "Allah Akbar" as he was taken into the police van after stabbing three people (Man, woman and a police officer) at #Manchester #Victoria station pic.twitter.com/7m2w0w90su

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The Manchester Evening News reported:

Three people – including one police officer – have been stabbed in an attack at Victoria Station tonight.
The stabbing has been declared a ‘critical incident’ by police.
Officers from British Transport Police were called to the station just before 9pm as a man wielding a knife stabbed members of the public.
A man has been arrested and two people have been taken to hospital with knife injuries.
A BTP officer is also being treated for a stab wound to the shoulder.
An eyewitness claims he heard the attacker shout ‘Allah’, though whether or not the incident is terror related has not been confirmed.

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