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Sunday, September 06, 2020
After the knife attacks in Birmingham, UK, the search for a suspect continues. So far, nothing indicates a terrorist background. Public safety concerns are increasing across the UK with an increase in knife attacks.
A city in terror: A man indiscriminately stabbed several people in Birmingham, UK, killing one of his victims. Seven people were injured on the spot Sunday night. Police are still searching for the man. The attacks occurred in the city center in four locations and over a period of approximately two hours.
The police are investigating the murder and are not assuming a terrorist attack, racist motive, or gang crime. The researchers asked the population to be very careful on Sunday. Police found a knife in a ravine near the crime scene. A witness described the perpetrator in an interview with Sky News as a man dressed in black between the ages of 20 and 25.
West Midlands police said seven people were injured, two of them seriously. The seriously injured are a man and a woman. People appear to have been targeted “indiscriminately”, as Steve Graham of the West Midlands Police told a news conference. There is also nothing to suggest a clash between rival gangs. The police opened a murder investigation.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked rescuers on the short message service Twitter. According to the investigation, the events occurred between 1.30 and 3.20 am (CEST) at night. “The events in the early hours of the morning are tragic, shocking and understandably terrifying,” said Steve Graham of the appropriate police department. He called eyewitnesses to come forward. Anyone who observes something suspicious should react wisely and report it to investigators. Graham spoke of an “accidental attack for no clear reason.” According to him, there is no connection between the victims. He also ruled out racism as a motive for the crime.
His colleague David Jamieson blamed the corona pandemic for an increase in violence among young people. In view of the fear of the future and the repressed feelings, this was “almost inevitable”, said the police expert. But he did not mean to say that this was the reason for the knife attacks in Birmingham. According to eyewitnesses, there were reportedly earlier violent clashes between young people.
Young people attack
Cara Curran told the BBC on Sunday that there was a “multicultural night” in the clubs near the crime scene. “I’ve been in the club scene for two years and I’ve seen a lot of fights, but I’ve never seen anything like this,” the woman said. According to her, two groups of young people are said to have assaulted each other. Chancellor Dominic Raab called on the people of Birmingham to be “very vigilant.”
Birmingham is the second largest metropolis in Great Britain, with a population of over one million. In the past, the city was repeatedly rocked by gang violence. In 2003, a gang opened fire on a rival gang and killed two uninvolved youths.
In the UK, concerns are growing about an increase in knife attacks, especially in the capital London. According to the national statistics authority, the number of stabbing attacks in England and Wales increased by six percent compared to the previous year at the end of March. In June, a man stabbed three people and seriously wounded three others in a park in Reading, near London. The British counter-terrorism police took over the investigation of the case. Also at the weekend people were injured by bites in London, police said. In the southeast of the capital, five people were injured on Saturday night.
