Ioan Pintaru, 32, has been charged with the attempted murder of an 11-year-girl who was stabbed in London’s Leicester Square, the Metropolitan Police said.
Pintaru, of no fixed address, will appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court from custody on Tuesday charged with attempted murder and possession of a blade.
The 11-year-old’s injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
The stabbing took place at the TWG tea shop in the heart of Leiceser Square, in what is thought to be a random attack.
A police spokesman said: ‘It was initially believed that the girl’s mother, a 34-year-old woman, was also hurt, however it was later confirmed that blood from her daughter’s injuries had been mistaken for injuries of her own.’
The victim’s life was saved by a heroic security guard named Abdul, who tackled the attacker to the ground and wrestled the knife fom his clutches.
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