In Walsall, the West Midlands Police arrested a 24-year-old man on the suspicion of possessing a firearm inside St Paul’s Church. Reports note that armed officers and police helicopter searched the area after inquiries in the area led police to a flat in Sandwell Street, Walsall. The 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
This incident emerges after a series of stabbings in Birmingham’s city centre last week where one man was killed with seven others injured resulting in the arrest of a 27-year-old suspect. A number of social media posts in the last few days propagated false information about the arrested suspect by identifying and labelling him as a Libyan asylum seeker. But, the 27-year-old suspect is a UK native and is being confused with another Libyan national who was held accountable for previous stabbings in Birmingham.
