A man has been charged with attempted murder after an 11-year-old girl was stabbed in Leicester Square. 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.
The girl — just 11 years old — was randomly grabbed by the alleged madman, Ioan Pintaru, as she walked with her 34-year-old mother through London ’s tourist hotspot, Leicester Square, in broad daylight at around 11:30 a.m.
After snatching the girl, Pintaru, 32, allegedly throttled her in a headlock and began plunging a steak knife into her body — stabbing her eight times before a nearby store’s security guard tackled him to the ground and wrenched the bloodied blade from his hands.The girl was rushed to the hospital with wounds to her neck, wrists, shoulders, and face, which required plastic surgery, according to the BBC.
Investigators have not yet determined a motivation for the random attack. It is not believed to have been terror-related.The stabbing is also not believed to be linked to a spate of violence that has plagued London in recent weeks following the fatal stabbing of three young girls who were killed in a Taylor Swift-themed dance class near Liverpool in July.
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