Two Of The Victims Of A Knife And Van Rampage In Nottingham Today Were Students just Five Minutes From Home And The Third A Man in His 60s

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Two of the victims of a knife and van rampage in Nottingham today were students 'just five minutes from home' and the third a man 'in his 60s'. 
The three victims are believed to have been randomly attacked and stabbed to death by a knifeman dressed in black and wearing a rucksack.
No other details have been released about their identities.  
Counter terror police have raided two properties in , with officers saying they are keeping an 'open mind' over the attacker's motive.

A 31-year-old man has been arrested and is in custody. 
One raid took place this afternoon around Ilkeston Road in a student area of the city, where a witness saw a young man and a young woman being stabbed at around 4am. 
A student said the pair were 'five minutes' from home when they were ambushed.

Another said of the male victim: 'He was a friend of mine. He was just walking home from a club like we all do and got unlucky five minutes away from home.'
After the first attack, plumbing system - Marketerscent33.Livejournal.com - a third body was found on Magdala Street at around 5.30am which is believed to belong to an unnamed man in his 60s.
Police were also called to another incident on Milton Street at around 5.30am on Tuesday, where a van ran into three people who are now being treated in hospital.
They are believed to have been waiting for the bus when they were struck with one person in a critical condition.  
Nottinghamshire Police said they are now working alongside counter-terror colleagues to 'establish the facts' and determine the motive for the attack.

They do not believe anyone else was involved. 
Counter terror police have raided two properties in Nottingham with cops saying they are keeping an 'open mind' over the motive for the attack
Nottingham remains locked down following a terrifying sequence of events this morning
A specialist Counter Terrorist Specialist Firearms Officer on patrol on Ilkeston Road in Nottingham today
Today, the University of Nottingham confirmed two of the dead were students and that a graduation ball scheduled for tonight would be cancelled.
'It is with great sadness that we confirm the sudden and unexpected death of two of our students following a major incident in Nottingham city centre overnight,' a spokesman said. 
'We are shocked and devastated by the news and our thoughts are with those affected, their families and friends.
'We know this is likely to cause distress for staff and students in our community.

Support is available through our support and wellbeing services for any of our community who may need it.'
The local council will hold a vigil for the dead tonight.  
Chief Constable Kate Meynell, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: 'This is a tragic series of events which has led to the lives of three innocent people being taken and left another member of the public in a critical condition in hospital.
'My thoughts are with all the families affected by this shocking incident, and we will be working extremely hard to understand exactly what has happened.
'We are at the early stages of the investigation and need to determine the motives behind these attacks and will keep the public updated as soon as we are able to say more.
'We are keeping an open mind as we investigate the circumstances surrounding these incidents and are working alongside Counter Terrorism Policing to establish the facts - as we would normally do in these types of circumstances.
'We do have a man in custody who has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Currently, we do not believe there is anyone else involved in this incident.
'It is safe to go into the city centre but there are a number of streets that will remain closed including Ilkeston Road, Magdala Street, Milton Street and Maple Street.
This is so officers can gather evidence in order to understand what has happened.'
Witness Lynn Haggitt described seeing a man in a white van at around 5.30am on Milton Street near the Theatre Royal. She said the man looked in his mirror and saw a police car behind him, before 'quickening up' and slamming into two people.  
A house on Ilkeston Road is raided by police this afternoon 
Police guarding the property after the raid 
Officers are seen pinning a man down on a pavement in Nottingham today.

Three people have been killed in the city, police said
Armed police on patrol in Nottingham city centre this afternoon 
At 5.40am on Bentinck Road, witness Kane Brady told GB News he was woken by 'what sounded like gunshots' and saw a person tasered, dragged out of a van and arrested. 
A 31-year-old man was arrested on Bentinck Road suspicion of murder and officers are linking the three deaths. 
A man was also found dead on Magdala Road.

Delivery driver Miklos Toldi, 37, and his wife Petra found the body as they headed to work in their car at around 5.30am. 'The blood looked as if it was fresh,' he said - adding that the victim had been stabbed and was 'aged around 65'. 
Mohammed Qasim and Nisar Ahmed, who work at Xclusive Hair Studio next door to one of the properties on Ilkeston Road that was raided today, said police also broke into the property last year. 
Mr Qasim added: 'A for sale sign has been up for about two-three months.

We haven't seen anyone since.' 
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