Murder arrest after string of knife attacks in Birmingham

Police forensic officers in Hurst Walk in Birmingham after a number of people were stabbed in the city centre. Police are searching for one suspect following the stabbings in which one man was killed and seven other people injured.

A 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and seven counts of attempted murder following a string of knife attacks in Birmingham.

West Midlands Police said the suspect remains in custody after he was arrested at around 4am on Monday at an address in Selly Oak.