Canada: Five injured after suspected terror attack in Edmonton
WION Web Team
New Delhi, Delhi, IndiaUpdated: Oct 01, 2017, 02:07 PM IST
The suspect has been arrested.?(Image source: Wikimedia Commons) Photograph:(Others)
A Canadian policeman has been stabbed and four pedestrians injured, incidents which police are now investigating as "acts of terrorism".
The attacks took place in the city of Edmonton outside a football stadium Saturday evening.
Male suspect arrested in connection with vicious knife attack on EPS officer and subsequent vehicle-pedestrian… https://t.co/3HUcztQHcK
— Edmonton Police (@edmontonpolice) October 1, 2017
The attacker first stabbed the policemen, then tried to flee in a van.
A high-speed chase ensued.
The chase ended with the attacker ploughing into the pedestrians.
The suspect has been arrested.
