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		</div><p>A stabbing in Surrey, England, in which a man rampaged with a baseball bat and knife while hurling racist abuse is being treated as a terror attack.</p>
<p>Counter terrorism officers and Surrey Police are investigating after the incident in Stanwell on Saturday night.</p>
<p>A 50-year-old man from the village was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and racially aggravated public order offences, Counter Terrorism Policing South East said.</p>
<p>Neighbours said they were “shocked” and “scared” by the incident.</p>
<p>Officers were called at around 10.30pm to reports of a man acting aggressively and shouting racist comments while carrying the weapons in Viola Avenue where vehicles had been damaged.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">UPDATE: Following an incident last night in Stanwell which resulted in a man being stabbed, Counter Terrorism Police South East have launched an investigation. One man is in custody and we are working to support our colleagues where we can. More info: <a href="https://t.co/9nqjwsnPzp">https://t.co/9nqjwsnPzp</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Surrey Police (@SurreyPolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/SurreyPolice/status/1107322063700877313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>They then received another call reporting a man had been stabbed.</p>
<p>Armed police attended and arrested a suspect who remains in custody.</p>
<p>A 19-year-old man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries and continues to receive treatment.</p>
<p>Abhishek Agrawal, 40, and his wife Tanu, 36, who run catering company Indian Homemade based in the street, said they were shocked and scared by news of the attack.</p>
<p>Mr Agrawal said: <em>“Last night I saw a helicopter so we knew something was happening. We could hear it flying above the area for a long time.</em></p>
<p><em>“We didn’t know what happened until today.</em></p>
<p><em>“We have lived here for nearly a decade and have never heard of anything like this happening.</em></p>
<p><em>“It’s very scary to hear this has happened, I work in central London and often come back late on the last bus.”</em></p>
<p>Mrs Agrawal said: <em>“It’s very scary and sad.</em></p>
<p><em>“It’s a very quiet area.</em></p>
<p><em>“We have never heard of anything like this.”</em></p>
<p>It is believed the suspect in both incidents is the same man and officers are not looking for anyone else in connection with the attack, police said.</p>
<p>Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, head of counter terrorism policing, said: <em>“While this investigation is still in its infancy, it has hallmarks of a terror event, inspired by the far right, and therefore it has been declared a terrorism incident.</em></p>
<p><em>“This allows us to use all of the specialist capabilities available to establish the full circumstances of this attack.</em></p>
<p><em>“Police are committed to tackling all forms of toxic extremist ideology, which has the potential to threaten public safety and security.”</em></p>
<p>Officers will be out on patrol in the area and visiting places of worship and businesses, he said, and urged any witnesses or anyone who sees anything suspicious to report it to police.</p>
<p>Detective Superintendent Karen Mizzi, of Surrey Police, said it was a “shocking and worrying incident”.</p>
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