really good point to make, a reassuring line, that people who live in and visit the city of nottingham will be relieved to hear. there is a lot of shock here today. that will be something they welcome. the update is all true interesting on the people who have gone to hospital. one critical but too with minor injuries. there will be some relief with regard to that. counterterrorism police were also mentioned. a lot of people will sit up mentioned. a lot of people will sit up when they hear that but, as it is porton down by the chief constable, it is something that they would normally do in these circumstances anyway. to normally do in these circumstances an a . ., w normally do in these circumstances an a . ., .,~ , normally do in these circumstances an a. ., , ., ., anyway. to take us through what you have seen in anyway. to take us through what you have seen in the anyway. to take us through what you have seen in the past anyway. to take us through what you have seen i
because it s really shaken me up. police later said that a third person had also been hit. all three are said to be in hospital. one is in a critical condition. the woman was sitting up on the kerb. she looked ok. the man was lying down, but then he got up. he sat on the side, waiting for an ambulance. but ijust can t believe he was able to get up after the head wound. there was also a body discovered in magdala street, just to the north of the city centre. police say they are keeping an open mind is towards motors and working with counterterrorism officers. sentiments echoed by the leader of the opposition. i m sure i speak for everybody in this room in saying that we d like to just send our thoughts to all those affected, and to the emergency services who are responding to this as we speak. this is where, at 5.30 in the morning, police arrested a 31 year old man on suspicion of murder. he is now being held in custody. forensic teams: the city centre as nottingham begins the
feeling, very strange atmosphere. people are trying to get on with their daly lives as best they can around the disruption, but of course they have got their thoughts on their minds on the people who have been injured and killed in this incident. there are gaps in the timeline, gaps in terms of the facts. people are asking questions about what has been in the last hour, we got an update from the nottinghamshire police about the incident which happened earlier today. about the incident which happened earliertoday. if about the incident which happened earlier today. if you are just joining us, welcome to our continuing coverage of that incident in nottingham. three people dead, three people injured, and police have arrested a 31 year old man on suspicion of murder. he remains in police custody, and we got a statement from the police, they say they are keeping an open mind over they are keeping an open mind over the motive of the attack. we know they were called to three separat
three people. we know two of the three people. we know two of the three people who died were university students from nottingham university and we know that one of the people injured in the attack and the people injured in the attack and the incident with the van is critically in hospital and two others suffered less serious injuries. we don t have details about the other person who died at the moment. hopefully the press conference will reveal some more details. for police they say a 31 year old man is in custody, arrest and under suspicion of murder and no one else is involved and you can see from nottingham that some of the cordons have been listed although police have kept a pretty tight grip on things in the city centre as they do their investigations, gather evidence and so on. i think the key for police and what it is puzzling everyone is to find out what was behind this attack. what were the motives, what was the reason for it. it appears on the face of it, a sort of