Australian-born 11-year-old child was stabbed on Monday in a popular tourist area in London.
Prosecutor David Burns stated that Ioan Pintaru placed the girl in a headlock and stabbed her eight times, gravely injuring her.
The youngster was admitted to the hospital and needed plastic surgery to heal wounds on her neck, wrist, face, and shoulder.
Because the mother of the girl was covered in her daughter’s blood, it was initially assumed that the Australian mother had also been stabbed.
The mother and daughter were in contact, according to confirmation from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
“The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing consular assistance to two Australians injured in London,” a spokesperson stated.
“Owing to our privacy obligations we cannot provide further comment.”
An attempt at murder has been brought against Pintaru.
Although they haven’t provided an explanation for the crime, police stated that they don’t think the suspect knew the mother or daughter and that there was no indication the stabbing was terror-related.
The incident took place outside a tea shop on Monady in Leicester Square, a popular tourist destination, at approximately 11.30 a.m.
The guy was tackled by a tea shop employee and several onlookers, who restrained him to the ground until police arrived. They found a steak knife.
“Fortunately members of the public intervened, which prevented any further injury being made to the child,” Burns stated.
Despite looking injured at first due to her daughter’s blood, the girl’s mother wasn’t hurt, according to the authorities.
Pintaru, 32, a citizen of Romania who is also accused of using a knife, was detained.
He was given an appearance date of September 10 at the Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court.
The stabbing happened during a recent spike in knife crime in Britain, a country already on edge following days of violence in which demonstrators clashed with police in numerous cities and towns while yelling anti-immigrant and Islamophobic chants.
Far-right extremists stoked unrest by disseminating false information on social media regarding a mass stabbing that claimed the lives of three girls at a dance party with a Taylor Swift theme.
DFAT was there to support an Australian girl who was attacked by a stranger in Leicester Square, London.
Australian-born 11-year-old child was stabbed on Monday in a popular tourist area in London.
Prosecutor David Burns stated that Ioan Pintaru placed the girl in a headlock and stabbed her eight times, gravely injuring her.
The youngster was admitted to the hospital and needed plastic surgery to heal wounds on her neck, wrist, face, and shoulder.
Because the mother of the girl was covered in her daughter’s blood, it was initially assumed that the Australian mother had also been stabbed.
The mother and daughter were in contact, according to confirmation from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
“The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing consular assistance to two Australians injured in London,” a spokesperson stated.
“Owing to our privacy obligations we cannot provide further comment.”
An attempt at murder has been brought against Pintaru.
Although they haven’t provided an explanation for the crime, police stated that they don’t think the suspect knew the mother or daughter and that there was no indication the stabbing was terror-related.
The incident took place outside a tea shop on Monady in Leicester Square, a popular tourist destination, at approximately 11.30 a.m.
The guy was tackled by a tea shop employee and several onlookers, who restrained him to the ground until police arrived.
They found a steak knife.
“Fortunately members of the public intervened, which prevented any further injury being made to the child,” Burns stated.
Despite looking injured at first due to her daughter’s blood, the girl’s mother wasn’t hurt, according to the authorities.
Pintaru, 32, a citizen of Romania who is also accused of using a knife, was detained.
He was given an appearance date of September 10 at the Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court.
The stabbing happened during a recent spike in knife crime in Britain, a country already on edge following days of violence in which demonstrators clashed with police in numerous cities and towns while yelling anti-immigrant and Islamophobic chants.
Far-right extremists stoked unrest by disseminating false information on social media regarding a mass stabbing that claimed the lives of three girls at a dance party with a Taylor Swift theme.
