Man charged over machete attack

WOLVERHAMPTON - Police have charged a 32 year old man with seven counts of attempted murder following a machete knife attack …

WOLVERHAMPTON - Police have charged a 32 year old man with seven counts of attempted murder following a machete knife attack in a nursery school playground.

Detectives arrested a suspect, whom they had earlier named as Mr Horrett Irving Campbell, in a 10 storey tower block where he lived on Tuesday night. The attack left three children, their nursery teacher and three other adults, suffering from knife wounds.

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