BREAKING: Man charged with murder after victim killed during 'random' knife attack
A man has been charged with one count of murder and seven counts of attempted murder after a series of stabbings in Birmingham city centre.
Two other victims remain in a critical condition, although one, a woman, 22, is now stable. Another man, 30, remains in a serious condition in hospital, while four others were discharged.Mr Billington, a library intern at Sheffield Hallam University, had been visiting a friend in Birmingham when he was stabbed in the neck on Irving Street around 1.52am.
One of Mr Billington’s friends, Michael Callaghan, 23, was seriously injured in the attack. The pair had been in a band together, in which Mr Billington was the drummer. Detective Chief Inspector Jim Munro, leading the investigation, said: ‘Since these tragic events unfolded in the early hours of Sunday morning we’ve had a team of officers working non-stop on the investigation.
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