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		</div><p>Police have been called to a security alert at Manchester’s Arndale Shopping Centre – just a week after two people were stabbed by a man in a random attack.</p>
<p>Footage circulated on social media showed a number of squad cars and an ambulance at the scene.</p>
<p>Greater Manchester Police said it had received reports of a man with a knife.</p>
<p>The force said: <em>“Officers attended and a man has been arrested. He has been taken into custody for questioning.</em></p>
<p><em>“There are no reported injuries. There is not believed to be any wider threat to the community.”</em></p>
<p>It added there would be a continued police presence in the area to reassure the public, and asked anyone with any information to get in touch.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Police are currently responding to an incident at Manchester Arndale Centre.</p>
<p>There is not believed to be a wider threat to the community.</p>
<p>Follow our social media channels for further updates.</p>
<p>&mdash; Greater Manchester Police (@gmpolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/gmpolice/status/1185294327767011335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) confirmed it had attended the scene.</p>
<p>The centre usually closes at 8pm on a Friday.</p>
<p>A NWAS spokeswoman said: <em>“We were in attendance but there are no patients, there are no casualties so there is no more information at this time.”</em></p>
<p>Last Friday, a 40-year-old man sparked a terror alert when he launched an attack on passers-by on the ground floor of the centre.</p>
<p>A 59-year-old man received stab wounds to his hand and palm and a 19-year-old woman sustained wounds to her arm and armpit which required surgery.</p>
<p>Another 19-year-old woman suffered a cut to her elbow, a 33-year-old woman received a cut to her stomach and a 43-year-old woman was assessed by medics but appeared uninjured.</p>
<p>Counter-terrorism officers are leading the investigation, although they have confirmed that so far no political, religious or ideological motivation has been uncovered.</p>
<p>Mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham said the day after the incident it appeared to be “more mental health-related than political or religious motivated”.</p>
<p>The shopping centre is just a few hundred yards from Manchester Arena, where 22 people were killed in May 2017 when Salman Abedi detonated a suicide bomb following an Ariana Grande concert.</p>
<p>In the city last New Year’s Eve, three people including a police officer were seriously injured when a 25-year-old man launched a knife attack on passers-by.</p>
<p>He was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and will face trial in November.</p>
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