Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has said the family is in contact with them.
The young girl was attacked earlier this week in the tourist hotspot The victim of the stabbing in Leicester Square earlier this week has been identified as an 11-year-old Australian girl who was on holiday with her family. The young girl, from New South Wales, was left with injuries to her face, shoulder, wrist and neck, and is understood to have undergone plastic surgery. Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has said the family is in contact with them.
The court heard he is a Romanian citizen of no fixed address and the charges were read to him through an interpreter during the 10-minute hearing. Pintaru was remanded in custody and will next appear at the Old Bailey on September 10. The stabbing took place at the TWG tea shop in the heart of Leicester Square, in what police believe is a random attack and was not believed to be terror-related. Leicester Square and the surrounding area attracts an estimated 2.
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