Arrest as girl, 11, and woman, 34, stabbed in London’s Leicester Square

Police officers at the scene in Leicester Square, London, as a man has been arrested after an 11-year-old girl and 34-year-old woman were stabbed. Picture: James Manning/PA Wire

A man has been arrested after an 11-year-old girl and 34-year-old woman were stabbed in London’s famous Leicester Square.

The Metropolitan Police said the two victims had been taken to a major trauma centre after the attack in the tourist hotspot on Monday.