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Six brave officers are seen surrounding the suspect shortly after he had been tasered in central London on Wednesday evening.

The Somali-Norwegian man – Zakaria Bulhan – was arrested shortly after the savage attack which left an American lady dead.

She has been named as Darlene Horton

The 64-year-old had been in the UK with her husband – Richard Wagner – a professor at Florida State University.

They were due to leave the UK today.

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A British man remains in a serious condition but is thought to be stable after being stabbed in his stomach.

The other victims have all been discharged from hospital.

They included an American male, who suffered a stab wound to his chest and a female Israeli who had her hand stabbed.

Two Australian nationals, one man and one woman suffered stab wounds to their chest and back respectively.

According to the Metropolitan Police, the suspect had "shown no evidence of radicalisation".

Police last night were called to reports of a man with a knife injuring people in Russell Square, central London, at 10.30pm.

An American in her 60s was treated at the scene but was pronounced dead a short time later.

Two other women and three men were also injured in the attack which was likely to have triggered by mental health issues.

Eyewitnesses reported seeing a woman with blood pouring from her back.

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Norwegian Police have revealed the suspect arrived from Norway to the UK aged five in 2002.

After spending the night in hospital, the suspect has been taken to a south London police station.

The suspect has been interviewed, and his London home has been searched, Mr Rowley said.

His family has also been interviewed by cops who are still trying to find out the motive behind the attack.

Officers do believe the rampage was "spontaneous" and not "motivated by terrorism".

The incident happened just metres away from where Germaine Lindsay, 19, detonated a suicide bomb on a Piccadilly line Tube as part of the 7/7 bombings 11 years ago.

Only yesterday the Met announced it was to put more armed officers on public patrol as part of anti-terrorism plans.

On Sunday, Met Police chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe warned that a terror attack in the UK was a case of "when, not if".

Counter-terror police are also probing the attempted abduction of a serviceman at knifepoint from a road near RAF Marham in Norfolk on July 20.

The rampage in London comes after a string of sickening knife attacks across western Europe in recent weeks.

Father Jacques Hamel had his throat cut by two ISIS jihadis in northern France.

And last month a teen refugee launched a bloody attack on a train in Southern Germany where he “slashed and cut” his victims.

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Police have refused to rule out a second suspect – after witnesses report seeing a man racing off on a motorbike.

Hotel staff on Russell Square said the attacker was “just going for anyone he could see” before he was Tasered and pinned down by police.

“The police came to the hotel and a guest was telling them what he saw,” one witness told the Standard.

“He said there was a madman running around with a knife just lunging at people randomly and stabbing them.

“He was just going for anyone he could see.”

Russell Square has now been reopened after police forensics finished their investigations at the scene.

Last night’s incident came hours after the Met unveiled its brand new elite anti-terror unit.

Additional police units have flooded into the area around Bloomsbury – which is home to the British Museum – after the attack.

A police forensics tent has been erected on Southampton Row, outside the park in the centre of the square.

Officers are also scouring Bedford Place – suggesting the suspect may have dropped something there.

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Mr Rowley said: "As a precautionary measure tomorrow, Londoners will wake up and in the morning they will notice an increased police presence on the streets, including armed officers.

"This is there to provide reassurance and safety.

"We ask the public to remain calm and vigilant and alert."

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Jeremy Cheng filmed police from the Night and Day bar opposite Russell Square.

The 22-year-old student told the Daily Star Online: "There was a body lying on the pavement on the eastern edge of the square, and all the roads to the south and west of the square have been cordoned off.

"A woman with whom I spoke said that police told her that a gang of some sort was involved – and that they fled south or south west.

"But that is just speculation."

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A 35-year-old man, who wished to remain anonymous told the Daily Star Online: “I saw two men of Middle Eastern descent acting suspiciously outside the Imperial Hotel, on Southampton Row.

“One man made off on a motorbike down the wrong side of the road with the other man heading in a different direction.”

Helen Edwards arrived at Russell Square after the incident and saw a large police presence.

She told the Daily Star Online: "I first arrived around 11.30pm to see armed police guarding the cordon with lots of police and paramedic response cars and later I saw an ambulance and maybe a coroner's car."

A witness named Paul told BBC Radio London: “We came around the corner and there were armed police everywhere, a massive police presence, and a corpse lying in the street covered in a blanket.

“Apparently it was a gang stabbed a woman and she’s dead.

“We went into the bar across the street and the officers came to interview us.

"We didn’t actually see anything but some people in the bar saw something.”

Manuel Simo, 32, a supervisor at the Royal National Hotel in Bedford Way, said: “Apparently he was just stabbing people randomly – it’s horrible.

“People ran away in the direction of the British Museum.

“People are scared to go out in the street. They don’t want to go to the shop to buy water or food. It’s very sad.”

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Cabbie Paul Hutchinson told Sky News he saw a body lying on the pavement opposite the Imperial Hotel.

He said: "The pavement was all taped off by police.

"There was lots of armed police, lots of cars and a body on the floor.

"You could see the boots of the body sticking out where the body was.

"The body was covered up by a sheet and just the boots were sticking out.

"It was a big taped off area and lots of armed police.

"There were lots of police cars and ambulances."

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Assistant Commissioner Rowley said: "Police were called just after 10.30pm last night to reports of a man armed with a knife assaulting people at at Russell Square, Camden.

"Armed officers arrived at the scene within five minutes. They discharged the Taser while confronting and arresting the suspect.

"Six people have been injured – including the one woman who sadly died at the scene and the others have received various injuries.

"The deceased woman is in her 60s but it would be inappropriate at this time for me to give any more personal details about her.

"A 19-year-old man was arrested shortly after 10.39pm and is currently in police custody at hospital.

"Early indications suggest mental health is a significant factor in this case and that is one major line of inquiry.

"But of course at this stage we should keep an open mind regarding motive and consequently terrorism as a motivation remains but one line of inquiry for us to explore.

"At present the Met’s homicide command are investigating the incident but at present are supported by our counterterrorism unit."

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Adial France, 40, was working in a local bar at the time of the attack.

He said: "It's a nice area. It's the first time I've seen anything like this.

"I saw about seven police cars and a couple of ambulances rush to the scene.

"You know there is something wrong when you see police turning up with guns.

"It's a busy tourist area so I'm sure someone would have seen something.

"My car is stuck on Bedford Place so I'm waiting to see what is happening."

A floral memorial to murdered MP Jo Cox is just metres away from where the deadly attack took place, with a sign reading "Lest London forgets Jo Cox MP for Yorkshire".

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted: "Shocking attack in London last night. Thoughts are with family and friends of the victims."