Four people have been injured - one seriously - after a number of stabbings at Manchester's Arndale Centre.

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A witness described seeing "a man running around with a knife lunging at multiple people" shortly after 11:15.

The shopping centre was evacuated as police detained a suspect.

A 19-year-old woman and another woman were both taken to hospital with stab injuries and their condition was described as stable.

A man in his 50s was also treated for stab wounds, while a woman in her 40s was treated by paramedics at the scene but was not stabbed.

A fifth person presented at hospital with a superficial wound but did not require treatment

A man, 41, is being held on suspicion of terror offences.