Greater Manchester Police said on Tuesday that they were treating the stabbing attack at Victoria station in the UK city of Manchester as a terrorist investigation, and were searching the house of the suspect.
LONDON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 01st January, 2019) Greater Manchester Police said on Tuesday that they were treating the stabbing attack at Victoria station in the UK city of Manchester as a terrorist investigation, and were searching the house of the suspect.On Monday evening, three people, a couple and a policeman, got stabbed wounds in an incident at Victoria station. The suspected attacker was detained minutes after the attack and is currently in custody in Manchester. The policeman was discharged from hospital earlier on Tuesday, while the couple "are still being treated in hospital for their serious injuries," the police said.
"We are treating this as a terrorist investigation which is being led by counter terrorism officers with support from Greater Manchester Police. They were working throughout the night to piece together the details of what happened and to identify the man who was arrested," the police wrote on Twitter.
The police added that they were "currently searching an address in the Cheetham Hill area of Manchester which is believed to be where the man had most recently been living."
The police also noted that the attack took place very close to the scene of the Manchester Arena bombing, which claimed lives of 23 people, including the attacker, on May 22, 2017.
