Stabbings kill one woman and injure five others. Incident being investigated as a possible terror attack.
DEVELOPING: A man attacked several people with a knife in central London Wednesday evening, killing a woman and injuring five other people in what police described as a possible terror attack.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said officers were called to Russell Square at around 10:30 p.m. local time (5:30 p.m. ET) for a report of an armed man. They found "up to six people injured", including a woman who was pronounced dead.
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Russell Square is located near the British Museum (bottom left) in central London (SkyNews/Google Earth)
"Terrorism is one possibility being explored at this stage," the statement added.
Woman killed, five others injured in London knife attack | Fox News
DEVELOPING: A man attacked several people with a knife in central London Wednesday evening, killing a woman and injuring five other people in what police described as a possible terror attack.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said officers were called to Russell Square at around 10:30 p.m. local time (5:30 p.m. ET) for a report of an armed man. They found "up to six people injured", including a woman who was pronounced dead.
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Russell Square is located near the British Museum (bottom left) in central London (SkyNews/Google Earth)
"Terrorism is one possibility being explored at this stage," the statement added.
Woman killed, five others injured in London knife attack | Fox News