Nottingham police say man fatally stabbed 3, stole van and ran down 3 more in English city

AP-Aknife-wieldingassailant stabbed two college students to death in the streets of the English city of Nottingham and then fatally stabbed a middle-aged man, stole his van and ran down three pedestrians in a shocking rampage early Tuesday morning,policesaid.

Policearresteda31-yearoldmanonsuspicionofmurder The Nottinghamshire Policeforcesaidinvestigators believe the perpetrator acted alone and detectives were working with counterterrorism officers to try to establish a motive.

“This is a horrific and tragic incident which has claimed the lives of three people,” Chief Constable Kate Meynell said.

The knife attack on the students occurred around dawn in an area near student housingashortwalkfromthe university’s Jubilee Campus. A caller reported that two stabbingvictimswerelyingin the street.

Police think the attacker then killed a man in his 50s and took his van, Meynell said. His body was found on a different street more than a milefromthefirstcrimescene.

About 90 minutes after the initial attack, witnesses werehorrifiedastheywatched thevanplowintopedestrians and flee.

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The driver then sped through the city center with police on his tail, she added. Haggittsaidthewounded man appeared to have a head injury but was helped to his feet. The woman was sitting on the curb and appeared to beOK.Athirdpedestrianwas struck on the same street, police said.

Two of the hit-and-run victims had minor injuries, Meynell said.

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A man who was among the people struck in the hitand-run was hospitalized in critical condition. The dead includedtwo19-year-oldstudents from the University of Nottingham.

“We are shocked and devastated by the news,” the school said in an announcement. A graduation ball scheduled for Tuesday evening was canceled.

Lynn Haggitt was on her waytoworkwhenawhitevan pulled up beside her at 5:30 a.m. She saw the driver look inhismirrorandspotapolice car approaching slowly from behindwithoutitsemergency lights on. The driver then accelerated and struck a man andwomanatastreetcorner, she said.

“He went straight into them. He didn’t even bother to turn,” Haggitt told reporters.“Thewomanwentonthe curb, the man went up in the air, there was such a bang, I wishIneversawit.It’sreally

“We believe these three incidents are all linked, and we have a man in custody,” thepolicechiefsaid.“Weare keeping an open mind as we investigate the circumstances surrounding these incidents and are working alongside Counter Terrorism Policingtoestablishthefacts, as we would normally do in these types of circumstances.”

After stopping the van, officers subdued the suspect withaTaserbeforedetaining him. University of Nottingham student Kane Brady said he awoke to loud shoutsof“armedpolice”and heard what sounded like a gunshot outside.

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Relatives told this publication that the child suffered several severe injuries which includeafracturedskull,dislocated jaw, and a broken righthandandcrushedchest.

Reports are thatWilliams is the youngest of five children, and lived with his mother,AlveenaWilliams,at Onderneeming Sandpit, Essequibo Coast. This publicationwastoldthatthesingle motherwouldusuallyworkin the interior for months at a time, to support herself and children.Atthetimeoftheincident, the boy’s mother was not at home, and the minor was left in the care of his older siblings, the eldest of whomis21-years-old.

Rolisha, who spoke with Kaieteur News earlier, disclosed that her little brother woulddo‘small-smallhustle,’ which ranged from weeding to loading canter trucks.

Monday’s incident occurred as the world observed World Day against Child Labour