LONDON: A woman was arrested after four men were stabbed on Wednesday in Covent Garden, a busy central London area popular with tourists, in a suspected “mental health related incident”, police said.
The 47-year-old woman was detained on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon and assault following the stabbings shortly before 12:30 pm local time (1130 GMT), according to London´s Metropolitan Police. She remained in custody on Wednesday afternoon, it said, noting officers had seized a pair of scissors at the scene.
The four victims -- aged 34, 39, 42, and 52 -- were taken to hospital where two remained with injuries not “believed to be life-threatening or life changing,” the force added.
