Cheltenham stabbing: Man held under Terrorism Act

A antheral has been arrested connected suspicion of coercion offences aft a pistillate was stabbed extracurricular a leisure centre.

The pistillate was attacked extracurricular the centre successful Cheltenham connected Thursday nighttime and was taken to infirmary wherever she is present said to beryllium successful a unchangeable condition.

The 29-year-old antheral was primitively arrested connected suspicion of attempted execution aft the attack.

However, Gloucestershire Police said helium was re-arrested connected Friday nighttime nether the Terrorism Act.

The unit said the antheral was being held connected suspicion of the commission, mentation oregon instigation of coercion arsenic good arsenic connected suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism.

It said that "due to immoderate circumstantial details of this incident" Counter Terrorism Policing South East was starring the investigation, moving alongside Counter Terrorism Policing South West and officers from the Gloucestershire force.

Officers urged anyone with accusation astir the onslaught - extracurricular the Leisure astatine Cheltenham centre successful Tommy Taylors Lane astatine astir 21:15 GMT - to interaction them.

Assistant Chief Constable Richard Ocone, of Gloucestershire Police, said: "I would similar to reassure those surviving locally oregon visiting the region that we judge this was an isolated incidental and we are not alert of immoderate wider menace to members of the public.

"We are moving intimately with our partners successful Counter Terrorism Policing."

Officers person until 16 March to question the antheral aft obtaining a warrant of further detention earlier.