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One person died and 7 others were injured following the stabbings occurred during the night at various points in the center of Birmingham, In England. This was announced by the British local police (West Midlands Police), specifying that two of the injured, a man and a woman, are “in serious condition.”
Superintendent Steve Graham did not name a motive, simply saying that an urgent investigation has been launched and that there is a “link” between the various fights and assaults that occurred in an area in the heart of the city’s nightlife “between midnight. half past and 2.30.
The chancellor and number 2 of the British government of Boris Johnson, Dominic Raab, said this morning that he had no “information” on any terrorist hypothesis behind the stabbings that took place overnight in central Birmingham, central England. However, Raab defined the incident – described by some witnesses as the result of a violent fight between two groups of young people in an area crowded with pubs, restaurants and discos – a “very serious” episode and invited citizens to “monitor” and Avoid the area The epicenter of the attack was isolated and closed to traffic to facilitate investigations and “distancing” linked to the coronavirus emergency, West Midlands Police said.
A eyewitness to nighttime stabbings in Birmingham refers to one maxi fight It happened in the local area. Cara, this is the name of the woman who works at the Arcadian Center club, she told the BBC that she had seen “more people fight.” She had finished her shift and was drinking with her colleagues when she heard a “loud roar and a lot of commotion.” I saw more people arguing. People from pubs and clubs came out and began to see what was going on. There were women, men, old people, young people, such a mix of people, it didn’t feel real at the time. Working in clubs, I’ve always seen a lot of discussions but never like tonight. “The amount of things that I heard that happened tonight in the space of three hours – concludes -, with stabbings, crashes from behind and many other things is a great shock for me”.
The Arcadian Center is an area of restaurants, bars, cafes, clubs and hotels. With a central open-air plaza, it is close to the Chinatown and Gay Quarter areas of the city. The witness, a promoter of several clubs, said the bars were full and it appeared to be the busiest night since the coronavirus lockdown restrictions were lifted. When many were already drunk “tensions began to rise.”
Last Updated: Sunday, September 6, 2020, 12:31 PM
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