Ua ʻōlelo nā mākaʻi Pelekāne, ʻo ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana i hana ʻia ma Manchester i ka pō o ka makahiki hou ke noiʻi ʻia nei ma ke ʻano he hoʻouka kaua weliweli. ʻEkolu mau kānaka - me kahi mākaʻi - ua hou ʻia e kahi kanaka e paʻa ana i ka pahi ma ke kahua kaʻaahi ʻo Manchester Victoria.
Ua hoʻouka ʻia kahi kāne a me ka wahine ma kahi o 50 mau makahiki ma kahi o 20:50 GMT, wahi a Greater Manchester Police.
Ua hou ʻia ka poʻohiwi o kekahi makai lawe moku Pelekane. Ua wehewehe ʻia nā ʻeha o ka poʻe i hōʻeha ʻia he "koʻikoʻi" akā ʻaʻole hoʻoweliweli i ke ola.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka mea i hoʻopiʻi ʻia e nā mākaʻi o Manchester no ka hoʻāʻo e pepehi kanaka.
"Ke mālama nei mākou i kēia ma ke ʻano he hoʻokolokolo hoʻoweliweli," i ʻōlelo ʻo Chief Constable o Greater Manchester Police (GMP) Ian Hopkins i ka poʻe nūhou i ka Pōʻalua.
Ke hoʻomau nei nā mākaʻi i kā lākou hoʻāʻo e ʻike i ke kanaka i hopu ʻia ma hope o ka hoʻouka ʻana a ke ʻimi nei i kēia manawa i kahi helu wahi ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Cheetham Hill kahi i manaʻo ʻia e noho nei ka mea i manaʻo ʻia i kēia manawa.
I kēia manawa, ʻo ka poʻe noiʻi e "hoʻomau i ka noʻonoʻo ākea" e pili ana i ke kumu o ka hoʻouka ʻana, e like me ka ʻōlelo a Russ Jackson, ke kōkua nui o ka mākaʻi me ka GMP.
Ua hoʻomaka ka mea pepehi kanaka i ka hou ʻana i ka poʻe hele ma ke kahua o ke kahua kaʻaahi Victoria ma kahi o ka hola 9 i ka Pōʻakahi. Ua ʻōlelo nā mea hōʻike ua hoʻōho ʻo ia iā "Allah" i ka wā o ka hoʻouka ʻana. ʻO Sam Clack, ka mea hana me ka BBC aia ma ke kahua i ka wā o ka hanana, ua wehewehe ʻo ia i ka mea kaua a ka mea pepehi kanaka me he pahi kīhini me ka pahi he 12 iniha (30cm).
Ua hōʻike ʻia kekahi wikiō i paʻi ʻia ma waho o ke kahua e hōʻike ana i kekahi mau luna e hoʻopaʻa lima ana a e alakaʻi ana i kahi kanaka i lohe ʻia e oli ana "E ola ka caliphate" a me "Allahu Akbar" ('He Nui ke Akua' ma ka ʻōlelo Arab).
Ua hou ʻia kekahi wahine ma ka maka a me ka ʻōpū a ua ʻeha kekahi kāne ma ka ʻōpū ma mua o ka hoʻokō ʻana o nā mākaʻi lawe i ka mea hoʻouka. ʻO ka poʻe i hōʻeha ʻia, ʻelua mau makahiki he 50, ua mālama ʻia i ka haukapila a mālama ʻia no nā ʻeha nui.
Ua ʻeha kekahi makai ma ka poʻohiwi i ka wā e hakakā ana i ka mea i hoʻopiʻi ʻia. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo ia mai ka haukapila i ka lā hoʻokahi. Noho ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma Manchester.
Ua kapa ʻo Kuhina Nui Theresa May i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka "hoʻouka kaua hoʻoweliweli" a mahalo i nā lawelawe pilikia no kā lākou pane.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- A woman was stabbed in the face and abdomen and a man was injured in abdomen as well before the transport police managed to subdue the attacker.
- Sam Clack, a producer with the BBC who was at the station during the incident, described the assailant's weapon as a kitchen knife with a 12-inch (30cm) blade.
- Police are continuing their efforts to identify the man apprehended after the attack and are currently searching an address in the city's Cheetham Hill area where the suspect is believed to have been living recently.
