but this is a half hour, ten minute walk from hurst street.ute walk to the other locations. so this man was walking through the city centre last night, apparently able to carry out a number of stabbings across a period of an hour and a half. and still get away from each incident and not be captured by the police. it is something that is still an active investigation, and the key thing at the moment for west midlands police is to track that man down. of course. but no indication publicly about the identity of this suspect? and they said they got a lot of images from last night, a lot of cctv, and there is some eyewitness footage as well. it suggests they got a sense of who they are looking for, and if they need the help of the public and the media, i'm sure they will release a picture. but at the moment that is not happened. that would suggest they have got a sense of who they are looking for. as i said, they are looking at that at the moment. there are a lot of police officers in birmingham at the moment, notjust where the stabbings took place

people will know that hurst street is part of the gay community and night—time economy, but there isas in any way shape or form motivated by hate. and people will know that arcadian centre is not where the gay community go to enjoy a night like normal, so i will say again, there is no suggestion this was a hate crime. at this stage, there is no suggestion gangs were involved. some of the people who are victims of this attack are not connected with gangs. at this stage, we can't find a particular motive, but it does appear to be random in terms of the selection of the people who would attack. any idea if that is connected? any idea if that is connected7m any idea if that is connected? it is way too early to say whether that life is connected with our enquiry. what i think it does suggest is a comprehensive nature of our enquiry, but already we have got people going down change. we have that level of detail shots taking place, which will hopefully reassure the people that we are doing everything we can do to better trace the offender and any weapons that might have been used. there is

some of that going on, particularly around hurst street last night as the pubs and clubs were closingme concern initially, i'm sure, from the police that there was something more to this than a lone attacker, but by this than a lone attacker, but by this morning they were clear in their minds that this was one person responsible for all of these incidents over the city centre, walking through the city centre for an hourand a walking through the city centre for an hour and a half, walking through the city centre for an hourand a half, and walking through the city centre for an hour and a half, and as we have just heard that eyewitness say, quite casually walking up to people and stabbing them, leaving one person dead and other people in hospital. a further 2,988 cases of coronavirus have been reported in the uk in the past 2a hours, according to the latest government data. it's the highest number of new cases since 22nd may, and a rise of 1,175 on yesterday's figure. scotland has recorded 208 new cases — its highest daily increase for more than 17 weeks. two further deaths within 28 da

officers are treating the four incidents in constitution hill, livery street, irving street and hurst streetnked,

the hurst street area, around the arcadian centre in birmingham can be really busy, there are lots of, there are lots of clubs and bars of under, and we had from people there were some sort of low level typical saturday night violence going on. initially, there we re violence going on. initially, there were thoughts that maybe this was more widespread, that the police they are adamant this one —— but the police were adamant this one making his way slowly and meticulously through the city centre randomly attacking people and stabbing them. a really frightening night for anyone who was out last night, and obviously sympathies have been expressed by the ambulance service, by the police and crime commissioner and west midlands please for the victims and their relatives. in terms of the casualties, one fatality, we know. several people injured, but two of them critically ill, and fighting for their lives in hospital. yes. nathan hudson from west midlands ambulance service said they had a seven stabbings, three of whom were critical, and one of them, a man, has died. the other to whom were

the man then fled to hurst street. we have launched a murder enquiry.n the early stages of that enquiry, but what i can say is we are treating all four of those incidents as a linked series. specialist forensic teams have continued to gather evidence. officers are appealing for anyone who filmed what unfolded last night to upload footage to a specially dedicated web page. they believe this was a random attack, with nothing obvious to link the victims. their message — that the city is still a safe place to visit, but people have been left shocked by what they saw. i was on the street around 2:15am, 2:20am, and we heard somebody shout down the street, "stop him, he's just stabbed somebody." and initially it was a guy with a black hoodie on, with the hood pulled up over his head, who was walking relatively casually in the first instance. and as soon as somebody shouted, "stop him, he's stabbed somebody," that's when he ran off into the area of sherlock street. police officers are examining cctv footage as they try to identify an attacker who walked through

the particular area around hurst street is really busy. restau ra nts a nd bars busy. there are a lot of clubs, restaurants and bars down there. there was some violence going on, as well. they say it was not related to that, this was a single suspect. until they managed to get the suspect into custody, they will know if there was any motive for this. they have ruled out what could have been suspects. it was in the gay quarter near chinatown, so that could have been a racist element. they say it was not a hate crime motive. nor are terrorism —related incident. i guess we are at the early stages of what is a major investigation. they have promised more details later on. when they have one they will be giving out a description of the suspect they are looking for. phil, thank you very much. earlier on bbc news, we heard from cara, a bar worker in the area — she described what she saw. working in a club for over two yea rs, working in a club for over two years, and the club scene, i have a lwa ys years, and the club scene, i have always seen qu

other incidents were reported in livery street, then coming down to irving street and then to hurst street, a number of stabbings took place. as a result of that, i am sorry to say that one person has died of the injuries that they received. two other people remain in hospital critically injured, and are still being worked upon as a result of the injuries that they sustained during that attack. five other people received relatively minor injuries, some of whom have been discharged from hospital, and all of whom were treated for relatively minor injuries. given the fact we are still in the early stages of the enquiry, i hope you appreciate i can't go on to the details of those people who have been injured, and clearly in terms of the fatality. what i can do is reassure you all that they are going to be supported and their families will be supported by specially trained officers. as a result of this, we have launched a murder enquiry. clearly, we're still in the early stages, but what i can say is that we are treating all of those incidents as a linked series. we are searching for one suspec

it is true that there have been a series of incidents in that hurst street area of the city.ok to be related, but the motivation for them is not yet understood. and it is an ongoing police operation. but at the moment the area is calm and they advised the public is to go about their business as normal. but of course be vigilant. it was interesting that the eyewitness said it was very busy, actually, in birmingham city centre last night. hurst street remains cordoned off this morning and it is close to a lot of bars and restaurants and is close to the gay village in birmingham city centre. we are told it was very busy because the roads have been closed off to allow tables to beat it outside to allow people to beat it outside to allow people to eat and drink because of the coronavirus restrictions, so there we re coronavirus restrictions, so there were a lot of people around. people have been speaking of their shock as to what happened. worth noting, some police activity at a second area, snow hill area, a ten minutes walk from her street. so, we have seen police activity there

nobody chased him because, by the time the police were there, the guy was already at the bottom of hurst streetton,

the final attack was in hurst street just after 2am. connection with all of the attacks, a few miles away in selly oak. investigations are continuing across the city. this is irving street today. as you can see, there is still a lot of police activity here today. the cordon stretches along the road and that blue tent marks the spot where the 23—year—old man died. his friend was also treated for stab wounds here in the street. it was a night of carnage in birmingham. there were the two guys‘ friends. i don't say they were from birmingham because i don't think so. they were crying and just inconsolable, really. one was saying, "i tried to save him and i haven't done my best. i tried to save him". the question being asked is how did an apparent lone attacker manage to attack so many people in a busy city centre and evade capture? the streets were very crowded at the time, and the way he operated allowed him to move from place to place. that is a concern. however, that will come out further in the investigations and we'll be able to get some

nobody chased him because, by the time the police were there, the guy was already at the bottom of hurst street

the man then fled to hurst street. we have launched a murderenquiry. we are treating all four of those incidents as a linked series. specialist forensic teams have continued to gather evidence. officers are appealing for anyone who filmed what unfolded last night to upload footage to a specially dedicated webpage. they believe this was a random attack, with nothing obvious to link the victims. their message that the city is still a safe place to visit, but people have been left shocked by what they saw. i was on the street around 2:15am—2:20am, and we heard somebody shout down the street, "stop him, he'sjust stabbed somebody." and initially it was a guy with a black hoodie on, with the hood pulled up over his head, who was walking relatively casually in the first instance. and as soon as somebody shouted, "stop him, he's stabbed somebody, " that's when he ran off into the area of sherlock street. tonight, streets remained closed in the city centre as police try to track down a killer who struck as he wandered among people who were enjoying a night out.

officers are treating four incidents in constitution hill, livery street, irving street and hurst street, with the suspect thought to have moved from north to south. police say there is "absolutely no suggestion" that the stabbings were "terror—related" and that the attacks appeared to be ‘random'. our correspondent sian lloyd sent this report from birmingham. a night of violence on the streets of birmingham. a man died and seven other people were injured. two are critically ill in hospital. 1a ambulances were called to four different locations in the heart of the city centre. we have launched a murder enquiry. clearly we are still in the early stages of the enquiry, but what i can say is we are treating all four of those incidents as a linked series. four separate locations within a mile radius. the attacks took place as people left pubs and restaurants. this morning, forensic officers were combing the pavements, gathering evidence that could help identify this attacker. police have confirmed they are looking for one suspect, a man, in connection with all of these stabbings. at the mome

nobody chased him because, by the time the police were there, the guy was already at the bottom of hurst street

in a critical condition in hospital at the moment as well as shane rowley, a woman stabbed in hurst streett said to be stable. a 30—year—old man remains in hospital as well and this morning zephaniah mcleod who was arrested in selly oak yesterday morning was charged with one count of murder and seven counts of attempted murder. he appeared in court through video link and spoke only to confirm his age and name. we heard again from west midlands police who are still appealing for witnesses to those attacks that took place at four separate locations over a period of about an hour and a half on sunday morning. they're keen especially to hear from anyone who may have taken any footage of what was going on at the time. three other people have been arrested suspicion of assisting an offender and they have all been released on police bail. and zephaniah mcleod is due to appear before birmingham crown court tomorrow. phil mackie, thank you. the public inquiry into the bombing at the manchester arena has been hearing evidence about why the fire and rescue service did not arrive at the scene until tw

but it is true there have been a series of incidents in the hurst street area of the city, they lookrityjust yet. you can see the eyewitness there, karen, she raised issues about social distancing, birmingham is on a watch list, she doesn't think those measures are always being maintained. there has been a lot of talk about this in the course of the la st talk about this in the course of the last few weeks. very, very clear advice to everyone running premises in the entertainment sector of the economy, to say it is critical that, given the outbreak of the virus in birmingham, the escalation that those social distancing rules apply, the advice of the public is very simple. if you go to a venue where you are not confident with their own precautions, then walk away. reported to the authorities. it will be followed up, there have already beena be followed up, there have already been a few enforcement actions against venues in birmingham that have not been following the advice properly. there were clearly lots of people at the scene last night, what's your reaction to the level of violenc

there were another attack on hurst street. have come up this way, and that was the last victim of the night any one person who has died. of the seven other victims, two are ina of the seven other victims, two are in a critical condition and are still in hospital. we are for some updates later on. but also an update oi'i updates later on. but also an update on how they are doing in house hospital. a confusing situation for police last night as well. it seems that because so much of the city was involved, there were other scuffles and brawls going on in different areas which perhaps confused eyewitnesses as well of what they we re eyewitnesses as well of what they were seeing? unfortunately, in the we st were seeing? unfortunately, in the west midlands, there have been a lot of people coming back out again and that has led to some low level disorder. there were some of that going on, particularly around hurst street last night, going on. they would have been some concern initially i am sure initially from the police that there w

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