Police did not say where in the USA she was from.
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Officers used a stun gun to subdue the 19-year-old suspect, who was arrested on suspicion of murder. The female victim – who was in her 60s, police said – was treated at the scene but was pronounced dead a short time later.
Police later said in a tweet that the suspect had left hospital, where he had been receiving treatment.
Police said mental health issues appeared to have been a factor. Police said a 19-year-old Norwegian national arrested in connection with the incident had mental health issues, with no evidence of terrorist links.
The mass stabbing happened at Russell Square Wednesday evening. She was later identified as the wife of an eminent psychology professor at Florida State University, the university said in a statement on Thursday.
The woman who fell to the stabbing attack was an American national, Rowley said, adding that those injured were Australian, American, Israeli and British nationals.
“We came around the corner and there were armed police everywhere … a massive police presence … and a corpse lying in the street covered in a blanket”, the man, who gave his name as Paul, said.
Bulhan, a Norwegian national of Somali origin who moved to the United Kingdom in 2002 and lived in Tooting, south London, is due to appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
“We believe this was a spontaneous attack and that the victims were selected at random”.
The London Metropolitan Police chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe on Sunday warned a terror attack in Britain was a case of “when, not if”.
Police forces clear police tape off a knife rampage at Russell Square in London, Aug. 4, 2016. The police were doing an incredibly hard job, the mayor said, adding that the safety of Londoners was his “number one priority”.
London mayor Sadiq Khan called for “calm and vigilance” after the attack and said peoples safety “is my number one priority”.
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“When I arrived, the police cordon was up, there were a lot of armed police, police cars, ambulance”, she said in a telephone interview, estimating that she had arrived about an hour after the attack. The idea was to sustain public confidence following attacks by Islamic State-inspired groups in Europe.
