United Kingdom, man in a van runs over pedestrians and stabs them.

The accident was caused by a 31-year-old man who was then arrested. The reasons for the gesture are not yet known

Sono almeno tre le persone uccise da un uomo che prima avrebbe travolto i pedoni con un furgone e poi li avrebbe accoltellati. È successo stamattina all’alba a Nottingham, nel Regno Unito. Ci sarebbero anche altri feriti.

The 31-year-old man, an immigrant of African origin, with a long history of mental problems, was stopped, silenced and arrested. The dynamics and motivations of the gesture are not yet known. He had recently converted to Islam and that is why the counter-terrorism units searched a house in the early afternoon in the city.

The attack began this morning at dawn, around four o'clock. The man, whose personal details are not known, allegedly ran over several people in various parts of the city center, subsequently closed to traffic by the police. The arrest took place after the explosion of a few gunshots, according to witnesses.

But according to some witnesses of the first part of the attack, who spoke to the BBC, the man, dressed all in black, got out of the van and stabbed at least two people, "a man and a woman, several times. The woman managed to escape, not the man, who was in a bloodbath".

Another witness, in another connected attack elsewhere in the city center which took place later, around 5.30 in the morning, was instead reported to have seen "the man in the van speeding up as soon as he saw the police around, to run over some people".

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