Police prepare to raid Nottingham property following 'major incident'
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Two of the three victims of the deadly Nottingham knife and van attack have been identified as gifted hockey and cricket players.
A knife-wielding assailant stabbed to death two 19-year-old university students and an adult male in his fifties.
He then stole a van and ran down three pedestrians in a shocking rampage early on Tuesday morning, police said.
One of the student victims has been named widely as Barnaby Webber, a 19-year-old student at the University of Nottingham and a talented cricketer, originally from Taunton.
The second teenage victim has been identified as Grace Kumar, a star hockey player who had appeared for England’s Under-18s.
The 50-year-old van owner was found dead with knife wounds on Magdala Road.
A 31-year-old man, has been arrested on suspicion of murder after being subdued with a taser by police.
Nottinghamshire Police said the perpetrator is believed to have acted alone and detectives were working with counter-terrorism officers to try to establish a motive.
Second student victim identified as Grace Kumar - reports
The second student who died in the horrific knife and van attack in Nottingham has been identified as Grace Kumar, who was a hockey player, according to Nottinghamshire Live.
The first 19-year-old student has been confirmed as Barnaby Webber, who was walking home at 4am in the morning when they were killed.
Grace played hockey for the university’s first team and also played for England Under 18s.
The two were first-year students and lived in the same halls of residence, according to a friend and were stabbed just minutes away from their halls in Lenton.
“He was a friend of mine. He was just walking home from a club like we all do. They just got unlucky,” a friend of the victim told the Mirror.
“They were just five minutes from home and both got stabbed by some random guy.”
Another man, in his 50s, was killed in the attack.
Vigil at Nottingham University to be held today, council leader says
The leader of Nottingham City Council, David Mellen, told BBC Breakfast on Wednesday there will be another vigil held for the three people who were killed in the street attacks on Tuesday.
He said: “There will be further opportunities for people to come together.
“I know the universities are doing something this evening and we will be doing something in the square in Nottingham on Thursday for people to come together because people feel a desperate sense of sadness and want to be together in this difficult occasion.”
He added: “I’m sure there will be huge shock: it’s the end of term, they were due to have a graduation ball last night that was cancelled.
“As I said, they will have a vigil at the university later on today.
“For parents, from a distance, I can imagine this is a big time of anxiety, all I would say as leaders and councillors we will work together with the police to keep this city as safe as we possibly can.”
Nottingham victim Grace Kumar was ‘popular member’ of England Hockey team
Nottingham attack victim Grace Kumar was a popular member of England hockey teams, the sport’s governing body has said.
England Hockey tweeted: “We are all deeply saddened by the news of the tragic death of Grace Kumar in Nottingham on Tuesday.
“Grace was a popular member of the England U16 and U18 squads and our thoughts are with Grace’s family, friends, teammates and the whole hockey community at this time.”
Police say perpetrator ‘acted alone’ in stabbing three and running down three
A knife-wielding assailant acted alone in fatally stabbing three people, including two university students, stealing a van and running down three pedestrians, Nottinghamshire Police said.
A 31-year-old suspect has been arrested on suspicion of murder. He is believed to be an African migrant, with a history of mental health problems, according to BBC News.
“This is a horrific and tragic incident which has claimed the lives of three people,” chief constable Kate Meynell said.
A man who was among the people struck in the hit-and-run was hospitalised in critical condition. Two of the hit-and-run victims had minor injuries, Ms Meynell said.
“We believe these three incidents are all linked, and we have a man in custody,” the police chief said.
“We are keeping an open mind as we investigate the circumstances surrounding these incidents and are working alongside Counter Terrorism Policing to establish the facts, as we would normally do in these types of circumstances.”
Night out ends in horror for student victims of knife and van attack in Nottingham
A night out to celebrate the end of exams ended in horror on Tuesday when two students were among three victims of a knife and van attack on the streets of Nottingham.
The two 19-year-olds and a man in his fifties were stabbed to death before the attacker allegedly stole the older victim’s van and attempted to run over three more people, police said.
Police said a 31-year-old man was tasered and arrested on suspicion of murder following the pre-dawn rampage, and that he remains in custody.
One of the victims was named Barnaby Webber, 19, a talented cricket player. He was killed alongside another 19-year-old in a 4am stabbing outside Mario’s takeaway on Ilkeston Road. Both studied at the University of Nottingham.
Read Holly Evans’s report from Nottingham.
Witnesses describe screams as two victims stabbed in deadly Nottingham attacks
Witnesses who saw the stabbing spoke of hearing “awful, blood-curdling screams” of two people, who were stabbed amid a string of attacks in Nottingham that left three dead and another three victims in hospital.
A witness told the BBC he saw a young man and young woman being stabbed in Ilkeston Road, close to the junction with Bright Street.
The man, who did not give his name, said he heard “awful, blood-curdling screams” and looked out of his window to see a “black guy dressed all in black with a hood and rucksack grappling with some people”.
He said he called the police and paramedics arrived. They tried to revive the pair for around 40 minutes, he said.
He told the broadcaster: “She was screaming ‘Help!’ I just wish I’d shouted something out of the window to unnerve the assailant.
“I saw him stab the lad first and then the woman. It was repeated stabbing – four or five times. The lad collapsed in the middle of the road.
“The girl stumbled towards a house and didn’t move. The next minute she had disappeared down the side of a house, and that’s where they found her.
“I’d say it all happened within five or six minutes. The attacker then just walked off up Ilkeston Road towards town, as calm as anything.”
Student Demi Ojolow, who lives in the road, said: “I just saw the police shouting at him to get out of the car and get on the floor.
“And they dragged him out of the car and he just fell on the floor. He was still pretty wrestling at the point.
“They dragged him away and that was about it.”
Andy Murray left shaken by ‘heartbreaking’ Nottingham incident
Andy Murray said he did not know whether play would go ahead at the Rothesay Nottingham Open after the “heartbreaking” incident in the city centre overnight.
Murray, who ate out in Nottingham city centre not far from where the attacks happened, said the incident was “way more important than tennis”.
He said: “It was obviously shocking when I woke up this morning and when I was going down to breakfast a few messages on our team chat came up,” he said.
“We are staying in the city centre and had been out for dinner last night and walking around those areas. You never expect something like that to happen, it was really shocking.
“I didn’t know if it was going to affect anything here or not because the streets were closed this morning. Really shocking and obviously heartbreaking for the victims and the people involved so hopefully everyone is safe now.
“It is a bit unsettling, it seems like everything is under control now but it was shocking news to wake up to.”
Universities UK ‘shocked and appalled’ by Nottingham deaths
Universities UK, which represents 140 institutions across the country, says it is “shocked and appalled” by the deaths of three people in Nottingham after a knife and van attack.
The body said support teams will be available for students at all universities, after the University of Nottingham confirmed two of its students died in the attack.
“The thoughts of the university community are with those impacted,” Universities UK said in a statement.
“We understand this is an upsetting time for all students, and remind them that every university will have student support teams standing by to speak to anyone who feels affected by the news.”
University of Nottingham cancels graduation ball after student deaths in stabbing attack
A graduation ball was scheduled at the University of Nottingham for Tuesday evening before two of the three victims were found to be university students.
It was cancelled and a vigil was organised at St Peter’s Church in the city centre to mourn the deaths of two 19-year-olds.
Several students joined the vigil, lighting candles and laying flowers beneath the altar.
“All of us at Nottingham are deeply shocked and saddened by the deaths of two of our students,” vice chancellor Shearer West said in a statement.
“I know our entire university community will join me in offering our deepest condolences to their family and close friends, as well as the other victims of the incident. Our thoughts are very much with them all at this incredibly difficult time.
“The university is supporting the students’ family and friends, as well as staff and students. Our security team is working closely with Nottinghamshire Police and the authorities to support the ongoing investigation into the incident.”
ICYMI: Watch dramatic moment man arrested after Nottingham attacks that killed three people
This is the moment a man was arrested after attacks in Nottingham that left three people dead and three more in hospital.
Eyewitness footage shows police officers pinning a man to the ground next to a white van with a number of smashes in the windshield.
It comes after two people were found dead in Ilkeston Road in Nottingham city centre just after 4am on Tuesday, with a third discovered in Magdala Road.
Martha McHardy reports:
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