Apolisi aku Britain ati kuphana komwe kudachitika ku Manchester usiku wa Chaka Chatsopano akufufuzidwa ngati zigawenga. Anthu atatu - kuphatikiza wapolisi - abasidwa ndi bambo wina atanyamula mpeni pasiteshoni ya sitima ya Manchester Victoria.
Mwamuna ndi mkazi wazaka zawo za 50 adawukiridwa cha m'ma 20:50 GMT, atero a Greater Manchester Police.
Wapolisi wina wa ku Britain Transport Police anabayidwa paphewa. Kuvulala kwa ozunzidwawo kunanenedwa kukhala "koopsa" koma sikuika moyo pachiswe.
Wokayikirayo adamangidwa ndi apolisi aku Manchester pomuganizira kuti akufuna kupha.
"Tikuwona izi ngati kufufuza kwachigawenga," Chief Constable wa Greater Manchester Police (GMP) Ian Hopkins adauza atolankhani Lachiwiri.
Apolisi akupitiliza kuyesetsa kuti adziwe munthu yemwe adamugwira pambuyo pa chiwembuchi ndipo pakali pano akusakasaka adilesi yomwe ili kudera la Cheetham Hill mumzindawu pomwe woganiziridwayo akukhulupirira kuti amakhala posachedwapa.
Pakadali pano, ofufuzawo "akukhalabe ndi malingaliro omasuka" pa zomwe zidayambitsa kuwukirako, malinga ndi a Russ Jackson, wothandizira wamkulu wa GMP.
Wachiwembuyo adayamba kubaya okwera papulatifomu ya siteshoni ya sitima ya Victoria cha m'ma 9 koloko Lolemba. A Mboni adati adakuwa kuti "Allah" panthawi yachiwembucho. Sam Clack, yemwe amagwira ntchito ku BBC yemwe anali pa wailesiyi panthawiyi, adati chida cha wachiwembucho chinali ngati mpeni wakukhitchini wokhala ndi mpeni wa mainchesi 12 (30cm).
Kanema yemwe akuti adajambulidwa kunja kwa siteshoniyi akuwonetsanso maofesala angapo akugwirana manja ndikuperekeza bambo wina yemwe amamveka akuimba "utali wa caliphate" ndi "Allahu Akbar" ('Mulungu ndi Wamkulu' m'Chiarabu).
Mayi wina adabayidwa kunkhope ndi pamimba ndipo bambo wina adavulazidwanso pamimba apolice wa transport asanayambe kugonjetsera chiwembucho. Anthuwa, omwe ali ndi zaka za m'ma 50, adagonekedwa m'chipatala ndipo akulandira chithandizo chovulala kwambiri.
Wapolisi wina anavulazidwanso paphewa pamene akulimbana ndi munthu amene akuganiziridwayo. Anatuluka m’chipatala tsiku lomwelo. Woganiziridwayo adakali m'ndende ku Manchester.
Prime Minister Theresa May adatcha kuphaku kuti ndi "chigawenga chomwe akuchiganizira" ndipo adathokoza mabungwe azadzidzidzi chifukwa cha yankho lawo.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- A woman was stabbed in the face and abdomen and a man was injured in abdomen as well before the transport police managed to subdue the attacker.
- Sam Clack, a producer with the BBC who was at the station during the incident, described the assailant's weapon as a kitchen knife with a 12-inch (30cm) blade.
- Police are continuing their efforts to identify the man apprehended after the attack and are currently searching an address in the city's Cheetham Hill area where the suspect is believed to have been living recently.
