Five stabbed at UK shopping mall

By Bimbo Ogunnaike with agency report

At least five have people have been stabbed at the Arndale shopping centre in Manchester, United Kingdom on Friday, just as security operatives stormed the centre for investigation after reports of stabbings.

The UK ambulance service was  seen treating four people after the incident at the centre.

“We are on the scene, we are treating four patients,’’ a spokeswoman at the North West Ambulance Service said.

Manchester Police said on Twitter that they were responding to an incident at the shopping mall.

“A man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of serious assault. He has been taken into custody for questioning”, the police said.