Police arrest man after 11-year-old girl stabbed and ‘seriously injured’ in London

LONDON: London’s Metropolitan Police said Monday (Aug 12) a 32-year-old man had been arrested after an 11-year-old girl was “seriously injured” in a stabbing in Leicester Square in the city centre.
The young victim will require further treatment in hospital but her condition is “not life-threatening”, while her 34-year-old mother also suffered minor injuries, police added.
The police said in a statement the 32-year-old man was arrested at the scene and that officers were not looking for anyone else in connection with the attack.  
Monday’s stabbing took place in the heart of the British capital, in an area heavily frequented by tourists and shoppers.
A security guard told the Press Association (PA) news agency that he intervened and took a knife from a man attacking the 11-year-old child on the west side of Leicester Square.
The 29-year-old guard at a nearby store, who gave his name as Abdullah, said he heard a scream and then saw someone “stabbing a kid”.
“I jumped on him, held the hand in which he was (carrying) a knife, and just put him down on the floor and just held him and took the knife away from him,” he said.
“Then a couple of more people joined as well, and we just held him until the police came.”