A 33-year-old man has been locked up after viciously stabbing an 11-year-old girl in the heart of London’s Leicester Square.
Heroic Bystanders Stop Attack Within Minutes
Ioan-Alexandru Pintaru, of no fixed address, went on a brutal rampage on August 12, stabbing the young Australian tourist outside the Lego Store. The attack happened just after 11.30am as she and her mum were finishing their shopping.
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