Two people were stabbed in London’s Leicester Square, a tourist hot spot, on Monday, the police said.
The victims, an 11-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman, were taken to a hospital, Westminster police said in a post on social media.
In a later update, the police said that the girl would require hospital treatment but that her injuries were not life threatening and that the woman suffered more minor injuries.
The episode came exactly two weeks after a deadly knife attack in Southport, near Liverpool, that led to the death of three young girls and injured eight other children and two adults.
In the days after the stabbings in Southport, false information about the identity of the attacker, including that he was an undocumented migrant, spread rapidly online and ignited a series of violent riots around Britain.
Organizations:
Westminster police
Locations:
London’s Leicester, Westminster, Southport, Liverpool, Britain
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