Man Charged After Girl, 11, Stabbed in Leicester Square

Published on August 13, 2024

A man has been charged with attempted murder after an 11-year-old girl was stabbed in the centre of London’s tourist district. Ioan Pintaru, 32, of no fixed address, has also been charged with possession of a bladed article and was remanded in custody to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday morning. Police were called to reports of a stabbing in Leicester Square at 11: 34 a.m. on Monday morning. It was initially reported that the girl’s 34-year-old mother had also been harmed, but blood from her daughter’s wounds were mistaken for injuries of her own, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement....

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