Man charged with attempted murder after 11-year-old girl was stabbed in Leicester Square

A man has been charged with stabbing an 11-year-old girl in Leicester Square.

Ioan Pintaru, 32, of no fixed address, was charged with attempted murder and possession of a sharp object.

He was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday morning.

Police were called to Leicester Square at 11.34am on Monday, August 12, following reports of a stabbing.

An 11-year-old girl was found with stab wounds. She was taken to hospital where her injuries, although serious, were assessed as non-life-threatening.

It was initially believed that the girl’s mother, a 34-year-old woman, was also injured, but it was later confirmed that blood from her daughter’s wounds had been mistaken for her own.

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