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Netherlands

Seven injured in stabbing at Dutch asylum-seekers centre

A suspect has been arrested after seven people were injured in a stabbing incident at an asylum-seekers centre in the Netherlands.

Albania

Five people injured in knife attack at a mosque in Tirana

Police have not disclosed any motive for the attack and are investigating.

Sweden

Sweden: Terrorist motive probed after seven injured in axe attack

Police in Sweden are still investigating a possible "terrorist" motive behind a stabbing incident in Vetlanda on Wednesday.

United Kingdom

Scottish police probe 'linked' deaths of two women and a man

Two women died after being found injured, one from stab wounds, while a man was also killed in a fatal road accident nearby. Police are linking the incidents.

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United Kingdom

Reading stabbings: Libyan sentenced to life for deadly UK park attack

Khairi Saadallah was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of parole for stabbing three male friends to death in an English park in June.

Netherlands

Dutch court upholds terror conviction for 2018 Amsterdam stabbings

A Dutch appeals court has upheld the terror conviction of an asylum-seeker who stabbed and seriously injured two American tourists at Amsterdam's main railway station in August 2018.

Canada

Sword-wielding man arrested after two die in Quebec stabbings

Police said five victims have been transported to a hospital, however, there was no immediate word on their conditions.

France

Police investigate after two women stabbed under Eiffel Tower

French police are investigating after two women were stabbed on Sunday near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, in an altercation involving racist insults.

Belgium

Belgian, 89, found guilty of murdering her best friend, 93

Clara Maes insisted she wasn’t behind the 2015 stabbing murder of her friend, who had named her as heir to the majority of her fortune.

United Kingdom

Birmingham stabbings: Man arrested after brutal knife attacks

One man was killed after being stabbed in the city centre of Birmingham. Seven others were injured.

Belgium

Bruges mayor "out of danger" after neck stabbing

Dirk De fauw is "fine", police said, after he was brought to hospital on Saturday. A man has been arrested on attempted murder charges.

Slovakia

Slovakia: Knifeman shot dead by police after fatal attack on school

The 22-year-old attacked his former school in northern Slovakia, killing the deputy director and injuring five, before he was shot dead by police.

United Kingdom

Police say London mosque stabbing 'not terror-related'

The suspect was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

France

Deadly Paris stabbing becomes terrorism probe

He had received care in a mental health facility until last May. But prosecutors are not ruling out it was a terrorist act.

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Suspect shot dead by police after attack near London Bridge

Police are treating it as a terrorist attack

Germany

Son of ex-German president stabbed to death giving lecture in Berlin

The son of Germany's former president Richard von Weizsäcker was stabbed to death while he was delivering a lecture at a clinic in Berlin.

Jordan

Tourists injured in stabbing attack in Jerash, Jordan

The directorate of general security in Jordan said a number of tourists, a tour guide and a security officer were stabbed in the attack in Jerash.

United Kingdom

Man arrested on suspicion of terrorism after stabbings in Manchester

Three people were taken to hospital with stab wounds following an attack at a shopping centre in Manchester, northern England.

France

Lyon stabbing suspect charged for 'murder' and 'attempted murder'

Lyon stabbing suspect charged for 'murder' and 'attempted murder'

United Kingdom

Man stabbed in knife attack at Home Office in London

Man stabbed in knife attack at Home Office in London