Several stabbed in Birmingham ‘major incident’: UK police

LONDON: British police declared a “major incident” early on Sunday after multiple people were stabbed in the center of England’s second city Birmingham.

“We can confirm that at approximately 12:30am today (Sunday 6 September) we were called to reports of a stabbing in Birmingham city center,” West Midlands Police said in a statement.

“A number of other stabbings” were reported in the area shortly after and “this has been declared a major incident,” the statement added.