Knife suspect detained under UK’s Mental Health Act
LONDON (AP) — Police said Saturday that a man who allegedly lunged at shoppers with a knife at a northwestern England mall has been detained under the Mental Health Act.
Five people were hurt during the attack Friday at the Arndale Centre in Manchester. Thee of the injured needed hospital treatment but none of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening.
Police arrested the 41-year-old man on a charge of “the commission, preparation and instigation of an act of terrorism.”
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