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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

Girl, 11, stabbed in Leicester Square attack is Australian, government confirms

Police officers at the scene of the stabbing in Leicester Square, London.
Police officers at the scene of the stabbing in Leicester Square, London. Photograph: James Manning/PA

The 11-year-old girl who was stabbed eight times in Leicester Square this week is an Australian national, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Tradeconfirmed late Wednesday night.

The girl was visiting London with her mother at the time of the attack. She was hospitalised and required plastic surgery for wounds to her face, shoulder, wrist and neck, a court was told on Tuesday.

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