{"id":1020331,"date":"2026-06-11T19:11:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1020331\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T19:11:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:11:25","slug":"birmingham-stabbing-centenary-square-cordoned-off-after-attack-near-library-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1020331\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham stabbing: Centenary Square cordoned off after attack near library | UK | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police have cordoned off part of Birmingham City Centre after a horror stabbing which has left the victim with life-threatening injuries. The victim, a man in his 20s, has been rushed to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Police say a second man has sustained wounds to his hand. The incident took place in Centenary Square, a public square on the north side of Broad Street in Birmingham. The key square is used as a staging area for many of Birmingham&#8217;s main events including the Christmas Market, Arts Festivals and Remembrance Day Services.<\/p>\n<p>A large cordon is in place outside the Library of Birmingham in Centenary Square, near the Repertory Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>A lorry appears to be at the centre of the scene. Anyone with information is being urged to contact the force.<\/p>\n<p>A West Midlands Police spokesperson said: &#8220;We are currently at the scene of a stabbing in Centenary Square, Birmingham.&#8221;A man in his 20s has been taken to the hospital with potentially life-threatening stab wounds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A second man has sustained wounds to his hand.&#8221;A cordon is in place while we carry out enquiries.&#8221;Anyone with any information is asked to call 101 quoting log 2914 of 11 June.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: We were called at 2.25pm to reports of a stabbing on Great Charles Street Queensway, Birmingham. One ambulance, a paramedic officer and a MERIT trauma doctor and critical care paramedic attended the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a3Upon arrival we found a man who was assessed and had sustained injuries not believed to be life threatening. He received advanced trauma care at the scene before being conveyed to hospital for further assessment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have cordoned off part of Birmingham City Centre after a horror stabbing which has left the victim&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1020332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,282222,748,81564,188,393,4884,282223,529,16,15,7858,7830],"class_list":["post-1020331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-birmingham","tag-birmingham","tag-birmingham-stabbing","tag-britain","tag-centenary-square","tag-crime","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-library-of-birmingham","tag-police","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-west-midlands","tag-west-midlands-police"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116733063198416526","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1020331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1020331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1020331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1020331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}