A Police officer stands at the scene in Leicester Square, as a man was arrested with the accusation of stabbing an 11-year-old girl and 34-year-old woman, in London, Monday Aug. 12, 2024. (James Manning/PA via AP)
LONDON – A man accused of stabbing an 11-year-old girl in London’s bustling theater district was charged Tuesday with attempted murder.
Ioan Pintaru put the girl in a headlock and stabbed her eight times, seriously wounding her, prosecutors said.
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The girl was hospitalized and required plastic surgery for wounds to her face, shoulder, wrist and neck area, prosecutor David Burns said.
Authorities haven’t offered a motive for the attack, but police said that there was no suggestion the stabbing was terror-related and they don’t believe the suspect knew the mother or daughter.
The attack happened around 11:30 a.m. on Monady in Leicester Square, a tourism hot spot, outside a shop selling tea.
An employee of the tea shop and other bystanders jumped on the suspect and held him to the ground until police arrived. A steak knife was recovered.
“Fortunately members of the public intervened, which prevented any further injury being made to the child,
Man charged with attempted murder in stabbing of 11-year-old girl in a London tourism hot spot
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