UK police hunting man involved in killing a man, injuring seven others

A knifeman who killed one man and wounded seven other people in a two-hour stabbing rampage across Birmingham city centre is being hunted by police.

The first stabbing was in Constitution Hill at 00:30 BST and the killer moved south, apparently attacking at random, officers said.

The stabbings did not appear terrorism related, gang related or connected to disorder, West Midlands Police said.

The force urged anyone with CCTV or mobile footage to contact officers.

Police said they were hunting a single suspect.

One man died, another man and a woman suffered critical injuries, while five others received injuries which were not thought to be life-threatening.

Ch Supt Steve Graham said the attacker went on to stab people in Livery Street, Irving Street and finally in Hurst Street, where the city’s Gay Village meets the Chinese Quarter, at about 02:20 BST.

Police said there was no evidence the stabbings were a hate crime.

Mr Graham said officers – some armed – remained across the city centre to reassure people.

He added that a number of descriptions had come in of the suspect but said police were not releasing any details at this time.

Mr Graham said: “The events during the early hours of this morning are tragic, shocking and understandably frightening.

“It does appear to be a random attack because we haven’t found any links between the victims, either in their nature or in where they were socialising.

“Please be assured that we are doing absolutely everything we can to find whoever was responsible and try to understand what exactly happened.”

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