Three people were killed in Nottingham in the United Kingdom after “a major incident” which occurred on Tuesday June 13, 2023. The public transport network is at a standstill, several roads are closed. A man has been arrested.
What happened in Nottingham in the UK this Tuesday morning? The center of this city located 200 km north of London was completely cordoned off after the death of three people. A 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder. The police evoke “a major incident”.
sky news specifies that the police were alerted at 4 a.m. to the death of two people in the street. They intervened a little later for a van that had tried to run over three people. These three people were injured and taken to hospital. The body of a dead man was found on another street in town.
“We believe these three incidents are all linked and we have a man in custody,” Nottingham Police official Kate Meynell said in comments reported by the police. BBC. She talks about “tragic” and “horrible” incidents.
Photos and videos circulating on social networks show a large police presence and security cordons blocking several streets in the city center.
This is the scene on Milton street in #Nottingham.
It’s one of 6 other road closures in the ongoing city centre.
Officers say the roads are taped of as part of a “serious police incident”.
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The bus and tram network has been shut down and several roads are closed.
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