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One person killed, six injured in London knife attack

Police officers stand near a forensics tent after a knife attack in Russell Square in London, Britain August 4, 2016 PHOTO: REUTERS

LONDON: One woman was killed and five others injured by a man with suspected mental health issues who went on the rampage with a knife in central London, an attack police said could be linked to terrorism.

Armed police were called at 10:33 p.m. (2133 GMT) after a man armed with a knife started to attack people in London's Russell Square, a park near the site of a 2005 suicide bombing.

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