Murder suspect arrested over Birmingham knife attacks
A murder suspect has been arrested by police investigating the Birmingham knife attacks that left one man dead and seven injured.
The 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and seven counts of attempted murder after being detained in a Birmingham suburb this morning.
The suspect was found at an address in Nately Grove, Selly Oak, at around 4am and is now being questioned by officers, West Midlands Police said.
The force declared a major incident after eight victims were stabbed during a rampage spanning some 90 minutes in the city centre in the early hours of Sunday.
The knifeman struck at several locations across the city in what detectives believe were random attacks.
Large parts of the city centre were closed off throughout Sunday as a result as forensic officers scoured the streets and looked down drains for knives.
