The Nottingham knife and van suspect held after three people were killed in Nottingham yesterday is refusing to co-operate with police.
The 31-year-old West African is not a British citizen but has lived in the UK since his teens with legal settled status.
He does not have a criminal record and is not thought to have been on the radar of the security services but is suspected to have a history of mental health problems, sources say.
His failure to co-operate with the police could slow their probe down, The Telegraph reports.
The city of Nottingham has been shaken by a series of attacks which left two teenage students and another man dead.
Barnaby Webber, 19, Grace O’Malley-Kumar, 19, and a man in his 50s were fatally stabbed. Three people were hit by a van police believe was stolen from the older stabbing victim.
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A suspect was Tasered by police before being arrested on suspicion of murder.
Counter-terrorism police are involved in the investigation, but no link to extremism has been confirmed.
Police said they were still in the early stages of the inquiry into the attacks, which occurred during the early hours of Tuesday, and had yet to determine an exact motive.
Several roads in Nottingham were closed throughout the day as police combed for evidence, and armed officers were seen on the city’s streets.
Nottingham City Council leader David Mellen said the city was in “shock and mourning”, while the city’s three MPs said the area had been “devastated” by the bloodshed.
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