Posted on 12/02/2020 8:46:28 PM PST by xomething
Anti-terror police were today called in after a man stabbed a Marks & Spencer worker and a shopper just hours after all 'non-essential' stores reopened in England.
A 57-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the attack in Burnley at around 9.30am and remains in custody, Lancashire Police said.
The two women, a Marks & Spencer employee in her 40s and a shopper in her 60s, were rushed to hospital with serious knife injuries which are not thought to be life threatening.
Officers said the stabbing was not being treated as a terrorist incident, although counter-terror detectives were leading the investigation due to comments made at the scene.
A force spokesperson also praised members of the public who detained the suspect at the scene for their 'brave actions'.
The knife attack came as shoppers flocked back to the High Street after the national coronavirus lockdown was lifted and all shops reopened on 'Wild Wednesday.'
Footage from the scene captured a man in a face mask being detained by officers outside the Marks & Spencer store this morning.
Witnesses claimed one of the women was stabbed in the neck during the attack, but this has not yet been confirmed.
Lancashire Police said a knife was recovered from the scene following what is believed to be an 'isolated incident.'
Superintendent Stasia Osiowy, of Lancashire Police, today thanked passersby who 'acted very quickly this morning in order to detain the attacker'.
She added: 'Without their brave actions this incident, while serious, could have been so much worse.
'At this time we are keeping an open mind as to motivation but what I can say is that we are considering the mental health background of the man we have arrested.' ...
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Couldn’t be more obvious what the jihadi’s motive is.
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Couldn’t be more obvious what the jihadi’s motive is.
It’s a mystery. We need to keep an open mind. He’s a nut-case. Blah, blah, blah.
But at least he’s wearing a mask so the two women don’t have to worry about catching the plague. Very responsible of him.
He’s also modeling the dress code that will be mandatory in the UK in a couple of decades.
The West is doomed
Huh? He doesn’t look like any rabbi I know or Catholic priest, Buddhist monk, the Dalai Lama, etc.
Maybe he is Amish. Just look at his beard. Forget about his Moslem white prayer garb. Nothing to look at. No clue as to his motives.
Typical British “Head-Cheese PC bullshit”.
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