Police arrest a 27-year-old man over Birmingham stabbings

By Finlay Greig
Published 7th Sep 2020, 09:54 BST
Updated 7th Sep 2020, 09:55 BST
Police forensics officers gather evidence on Hurst Walk, (Getty Images)Police forensics officers gather evidence on Hurst Walk, (Getty Images)
Police forensics officers gather evidence on Hurst Walk, (Getty Images)

A 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and seven counts of attempted murder after a series of stabbings in Birmingham in the early hours of Sunday morning.

West Midlands police say that the man was taken into custody at 4am on Monday morning from an address in the south-west of the city. 

The suspect is currently being questioned in custody.

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The man was arrested after eight people were stabbed, one fatally, in the early hours of Sunday morning over a time-span of some 90 minutes. 

A 23-year-old man was killed in the attacks and a man and a woman, aged 19 and 32, remain critically ill in hospital after suffering serious stab wounds.

What happened in Birmingham? 

Police were first alerted to the rampage at 12.30am on Sunday morning. They were called to Constitution Hill where a man had sustained a superficial injury.