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13/02/2007
Man still held over Caledon stabbings
The man arrested in connection with a number of stabbing incidents in County Tyrone yesterday morning is still being held by police.
The incident happened at around 11am yesterday morning, when a man, aged in his 20s, entered a convenience store in the Main Street area of the village of Caledon and stabbed four men.
The man is then reported to have ran into the street, still brandishing what has been described as a 10-inch kitchen knife and tried to enter a number of other shops, before being disarmed and arrested by police.
The assailant, who has not yet been named, is said to be from the Caledon area.
One of the men who was injured in the attack remains critically ill in hospital, one is seriously ill, while two are said to be in a stable condition.
Police have not yet established a motive for the attack, however it is believed that the victims were selected at random and were not known to the attacker.
(EF/KMcA)
The incident happened at around 11am yesterday morning, when a man, aged in his 20s, entered a convenience store in the Main Street area of the village of Caledon and stabbed four men.
The man is then reported to have ran into the street, still brandishing what has been described as a 10-inch kitchen knife and tried to enter a number of other shops, before being disarmed and arrested by police.
The assailant, who has not yet been named, is said to be from the Caledon area.
One of the men who was injured in the attack remains critically ill in hospital, one is seriously ill, while two are said to be in a stable condition.
Police have not yet established a motive for the attack, however it is believed that the victims were selected at random and were not known to the attacker.
(EF/KMcA)
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