Russell Square stabbings: man held on suspicion of murder ,Woman killed, 5 injured in knife attack

 A 19-year-old man is being held on suspicion of murder after a woman was killed and five other people were injured in multiple stabbings in central London.
A man was arrested at the scene after police stunned him with a Taser, following the attack, which began at 10.30pm on Wednesday in Russell Square, near the Imperial Hotel and the British Museum.


The suspect is at a south London police station after receiving treatment in hospital.
The Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, said: “Mental health remains a substantial focus for our investigation.”

Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism officer, the Metropolitan police assistant commissioner Mark Rowley, also said early reports suggested that mental health was a factor. Scotland Yard removed references to terrorism in the later updates, saying it was keeping an “open mind” as to the motive.
Hotel guests described hearing screaming from the square below, while witnesses to the aftermath saw a body lying on the floor as armed police scrambled to the scene. Other accounts suggested that the attacker had a motorcycle helmet.