UK police charge 19-year-old with London stabbings

“Ellie Cattle, 21, a student staying in a hotel near the square, said she heard police shouting: “‘Put it down, put it down!’

Mother-of-two Darlene Horton, 64, was stabbed in the back with a kitchen knife and bled to death on the pavement.

Her husband was leading a summer study programme in London. The couple was expected to return to Florida today.

On August 4, 2016, London police patrol the crime scene at Russell Square.

“There are no words to express out heartache over this bad tragedy”, said FSU President John Thrasher.

Horton was pronounced dead at the scene.

The woman who died in a knife attack in central London was a US citizen, police said Thursday.

Florida State University officials have confirmed that an American woman killed in a mass stabbing in London was the wife of a university eminent scholar.

Scotland Yard has said no evidence has been found of radicalisation or anything to suggest the attack was “in any way motivated by terrorism”.

The other four victims – an American man, an Australian woman, an Australian man and an Israeli woman, also suffered stab wounds but have since been discharged.

While the police counter-terrorism unit is part of the investigation, authorities said they believe the attack was an isolated incident and that the man’s mental health is likely a “significant factor”. Police called the incident “spontaneous” and said they believe the attacker selected victims at random. He was arrested after being subdued by police with a stun gun.

The man suspected of murdering an American woman in a stabbing rampage in central London has been named locally as Zakaria Bulhan. He was later formally arrested on suspicion of murder. Other witnesses said when the “large man” stabbed the people he did not shout or scream anything. “People ran away in the direction of the British Museum”, Simo told the London Evening Standard.

Scotland Yard is in contact with the relevant embassies, he added.

Five others were injured in the attack in Russell Square. The series of attacks killed 52 people.

Hours before the stabbings, police announced that the first of an additional 600 armed officers were trained and ready to hit the streets.

Mayor Sadiq Khan said police were seeking “to establish the full facts including motives” for the attack and urged the city’s residents to stay calm but alert.