Police treating Manchester NYE stabbings as terrorism

Police in Manchester are treating the stabbings of three people at a train station on New Year's Eve as a terrorist investigation.

A witness said a man shouted "Allah" during the attack, linking his actions to "bombings in other countries."

One witness, BBC producer Sam Clack, said: "I just thought he'd been in a fight, but as he got closer to me - perhaps six to eight feet away - I looked down and saw his hand, and he had a kitchen knife in his hand, it was a black handle and a long blade and I thought 'this is not good'."

The victims include a man and woman in their 50s, and a male police officer in his 30s. The officer was released from the hospital Tuesday morning.

Police said the couple are in serious but not life-threatening condition. One man was arrested on suspicion of carrying out the attack and police said they were searching his home in Manchester.

The city is still raw from a previous attack in 2017 at an Ariana Grande concert - which killed 22 people.

Greater Manchester Police chief constable Ian Hopkins said: "I know that the events of last night will have affected many people and caused concern, particularly as the incident happened so close to the scene of the terrorist attack on the 22nd of May 2017.

"I believe this makes it an even more dreadful attack for our city."

Police said they would step up security in the city.