VAN RAMPAGE
A BLACK-clad knifeman yesterday stabbed two 19-year-old students to death before attacking a van driver and stealing his vehicle to ram into three more people in a horror rampage.
Cricket-ace Barnaby Webber was found dead alongside his pal Grace Kumar, both 19, on Ilkeston Road in the city just after 4am on Tuesday morning.
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The van's driver, a man in his 50s, was found dead on Magdala Road after he was pulled from the vehicle and stabbed.
The attacker then leapt into the driver's seat and careened into three pedestrians along Milton Street, leaving one in a critical condition in hospital.
Two others had minor injuries.
Chief Constable Kate Meynell, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: "A man in his 50s was also found dead from knife injuries by a member of the public.
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"We believe the suspect stole this man's van, drove it to Milton street and at members of the public. We are working to investigate the motive behind the attack."
The Sun previously revealed the white Vauxhall Vivaro Van was listed on eBay at the start of May and sold just weeks ago.
It is understood those involved in selling the van are speaking with police.
Witness Lynn Haggitt told Channel 4 News she saw a van hitting two people in Nottingham in the early hours of this morning.
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She said: "At half past five I saw a van pull up at the side of me. It was white, all white. There was a police car behind it coming up slowly, no flashing lights."
Ms Haggitt also told BBC News she saw a man being thrown "up in the air" after being hit by van.
"The woman went on the kerb, the man went up in the air," she added.
What we know:
- "Major incident" declared in Nottingham and six roads closed
- Police confirm two people found dead on Ilkeston Road just after 4am
- Another man also found dead on nearby Magdala Road in city centre
- Three others injured - one critically - after van tried to mow them down on Milton Street
- Witness tells of hearing gunshots before cops swarmed van on Maple Street, seeing a man arrested on suspicion of murder
- A second witness recalled the horrific moment she discovered the first victim of the attack
- Terror cops with assault rifles raid home on Ilkeston Road
- Cops reveal they're not looking for anyone else in connection to tragedy
- It was revealed the Nottingham suspect is a foreign national with "mental health issues"
- Police say they believe the suspect stole the van before mowing people down
- Grace Kumar and Barnaby Webster were named as victims of the attack
- Timeline reveals how horror unfolded
- Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pays tribute to victims
Another witness claims they heard gunshots following the tragedy.
They told GB News: "We woke up this morning at about 5:30am to what sounded like gunshots - we ran to the window and there was armed police coming out of an undercover car.
"The suspect was Tasered and dragged out by them and then arrested."
Photos of the scene show what appeared to be bullet holes in a van's windscreen.
It comes as the area around a white Vauxhall Vivaro van in Bentinck Road was cordoned-off yesterday.
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The van has been left short distance from the pavement with its passenger door open and what looks like a black bag on the road near the door.
Police were guarding the cordon by a convenience store on the corner of Bentinck Road and Maple Street.
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