3 w. ago Leicester square knife attack hero now 'like brother' to girl victim

Hero security guard Abdullah Tanoli wrestled the knife from the hand of a man who was stabbing an 11-year-old girl in the face in Leicester Square - he has now revealed how her family thanked him

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3 w. ago Hero who disarmed Leicester Square knifeman as he repeatedly stabbed girl, 11, now sees her as 'like my younger sister'

Abdullah Tanoli, 30, was working as a security guard at a shop on the busy central Londonplaza when, at around 11.30am, he heard screams coming from outside.

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3 w. ago Leicester Square attacker who stabbed girl, 11, sent to mental health hospital

Ioan Pintaru repeatedly stabbed a young Australian girl in a frenzied attack as she visited Leicester Square in London with her mum on holiday as bystanders rushed to help

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3 w. ago Romanian man who stabbed girl, 11, eight times in random Leicester Square attack is detained indefinitely after court hears security guard saved her life

Romanian Ioan Pintaru, 33, grabbed the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and stabbed her eight times in face, neck and chest with a large kitchen knife as she left the Lego store last year.

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3 w. ago Leicester Square stabbing saw mum watch daughter, 11, 'being killed in front of her'

The man who stabbed an 11-year-old girl from Australia in Leicester Square, in a random attack that the mother describes the attack as a “wide-eyed and manic, has been sentenced

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3 w. ago Leicester Square knifeman detained indefinitely for repeatedly stabbing girl, 11

The Australian child was on holiday with her mother when she was targeted by Ioan Pintaru in London’s West End on the morning of August 12 last year.

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3 w. ago Girl, 11, 'thought she would die' in Leicester Square knife attack, court hears as knifeman is locked up

Ioan Pintaru stabbed the girl ‘furiously’ with a knife in Leicester Square

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3 w. ago Girl repeatedly stabbed in Leicester Square ‘thought she was going to die’

The Australian child was on holiday with her mother when she was targeted by Ioan Pintaru in London’s West End on the morning of August 12 last year.

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3 w. ago Girl, 11, 'thought she would die' in Leicester Square knife attack, court hears as knifeman is sentenced

Ioan Pintaru stabbed the girl ‘furiously’ with a knife in Leicester Square

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