Three people were stabbed to death in an attempted mobile phone theft in the City of London on Thursday. Police are looking for two suspects in connection with the incident in Bishopsgate near Liverpool Street Station. The three victims were taken to a hospital for treatment in the morning after the crime, it said. Her injuries should not be life-threatening. The police had ruled out a terrorist background early on.

Britain's PA news agency quoted eyewitnesses as watching several teenage cyclists attack a well-dressed, middle-aged man. Several passers-by are said to have come to the man's aid. A masked youth is said to have stabbed several people in the scuffle.

Four victims had previously been mentioned on social media. However, the police made it clear that a fourth person was only pushed to the ground. Old London, which includes much of the financial district, has its own administration and police force, the City of London Police.

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