Australians hurt in London stabbing
Two Australians are among five people injured in a London knife attack that killed an American woman.
Aug 05, 2016, updated May 14, 2025
Police search the scene of the London attack. Photo: EPA
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said the man and a woman have been released from hospital after the incident in Russell Square, where a 19-year-old Norwegian man of Somali origin began attacking people with a knife.
The victim who died was identified as Darlene Horton, a woman in her 60s who was the wife of a US psychology professor.
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Police have been investigating whether the incident was terrorism-related, but said evidence pointed to mental health issues sparking a “spontaneous” knife attack on strangers selected at random.
-PA
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