UK police raid house, quiz suspect after stabbings in Manchester

LONDON

Police in the English city of Manchester quizzed a suspect and searched a house for clues about the “terror-related” stabbings of three people at a train station on New Year’s Eve.

The attack Monday night by a knife-wielding man yelling Islamic slogans brought terrorism back to Manchester after a 19-month hiatus. It took place at a key transport hub right next to the Manchester Arena, where 22 people were killed in an attack on an Ariana Grande concert in May 2017.

Monday’s stabbing attack left a man and a woman hospitalized with “very serious” but not life-threatening injuries and a man in custody, police said. Both the victims have abdominal injuries, and the woman also has injuries to her face.

A British Transport Police sergeant who was also stabbed in the shoulder was released after an overnight hospital stay.

Police say they are treating the attack as a terrorist incident, and the investigation is being headed by counterterrorism police with help from the security services.