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More and more details of the night of violence in Birmingham are known, surprised eyewitnesses give interviews. The police take on a series and search for a suspect.
By Christoph Heinzle, ARD Studio London
Cara Curran recalls that first only the fists flew, then the knives came into play. The young woman has been working in Birmingham clubs for two years. She had never seen anything like this, she told the BBC: “It was not a fight of each other, but of groups of people. Everything was blurred. There were more and more people, men and women, old and young. Everything was unreal. “. “
Police speak of a total of four knife fights in two hours on Sunday night, especially in the nightlife districts in central Birmingham. To protect against the crown, the streets were closed to traffic: guests of restaurants, clubs and pubs stood and sat in large numbers in the open air.
There have been multiple stabbing attacks at each of these locations, Chief Superintendent Steve Graham said. A murder investigation has been launched: “And although we are still at the beginning, I can say: we are treating the four stabbings as a continuous series.” Police launched a search for a male suspect and evaluated numerous surveillance camera recordings.
“He stabbed five to seven times and then continued”
Savvas Sfrantis works in the area and, according to his own account, followed the attack by a man in black in his 20s:
“Everyone thought they wanted to steal the girl, steal her necklace. But he stabbed her in the neck. She screamed. He was very cold. He didn’t panic. He stabbed five to seven times and then continued. Nothing happened. ”
A clear motive is not yet recognized. The West Midlands Police responsible for Birmingham note that there has so far been no evidence of a terrorist background or gang crime. Based on previous knowledge, the victims were randomly selected.
Police: young men are getting more violent
Knife stabs are common in major British cities. The numbers increased for several years. According to Police Commissioner David Jamieson, Birmingham Police have observed an increase in violence, especially among younger men, since the Corona shutdown: “I’ve been saying this for some time in the context of COVID-19: yes people are not dissatisfied, do not leave mixed with uncertainty about their future and their jobs, more violence is almost inevitable. ” That has nothing to do with this incident. But you see an increase in violence, especially among younger men in the region.
The police are now concentrating on the search for the suspect and have asked the public to report with observations, photos and videos.
