Four people hospitalised after stabbing incident in central London, according to initial reports.

Attack in central London reportedly linked to attacker's mental disorder, per The Sun; scissors recovered at scene

An attack in central London was, according to The Sun, preliminarily carried out due to the perpetrator's mental disorder. Scissors were reportedly found at the scene.

Woman, 47, arrested after multiple stabbings in London's Covent Garden on Wednesday. Sky News reports Metropolitan Police confirmed the arrest at the scene.

LONDON, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) — A 47-year-old woman has been arrested after multiple people were stabbed in Covent Garden, London, Sky News reported on Wednesday, quoting the Metropolitan Police.

Leipzig Airport ground worker intercepted a drone carrying a homemade explosive device on the airfield, per Bild. Federal police arrived 11 minutes later; Dresden prosecutors and Saxony criminal office are investigating.

An airport ground services worker at Leipzig Airport personally intercepted a drone equipped with a homemade explosive device on Tuesday, according to Bild. The employee brought the low-flying drone to the ground and held it there until federal police arrived 11 minutes later; the DresdenProsecutor's Office and Saxony State Criminal Investigation Office are investigating.

China sentences former defense technology agency deputy Zhang Jianhua to 10 years in prison for bribery, fining him 3.8 million yuan, a Dazhou court ruled Wednesday. Prosecutors said he took over 43 million yuan in bribes from 2008-2025.

Zhang Jianhua, former deputy head of China's State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for bribery and fined 3.8 million yuan by the Dazhou Intermediate People's Court in Sichuan Province, with illicit gains to be recovered.