Dramatic moment 'Nottingham attacker' is Tasered by police and arrested in van
New CCTV footage has been released showing the moment the suspected Nottingham attacker was pinned down and arrested by the police.
The man was caught by officers after three people were stabbed to death in the city in the early hours of Tuesday.
Footage obtained by ITV News shows a white van slowly driving down a road at around 5.30am on Tuesday when a police officer with a Taser runs towards the vehicle and opens the door.
The officer can be seen aiming his Taser into the van and shortly after another cop arrives, dragging the suspect out of the vehicle.
A police officer running towards the white van with a Taser (ITV)The two police officers then drag the man outside the van, handcuff him and walk away with him.
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The victims of the attack included medical student Grace O'Malley-Kumar and history student Barnaby Webber.
Their relatives today joined thousands of people for a moving vigil in their memories at the University of Nottingham's main campus.
The suspected attacker being arrested (ITV News)Barnaby's father David told those gathered that "his heart will be with you guys forever" while Grace's father Sanjoy told the students to look after each other.
Grace's father told crowds "you need to love everyone" while speaking in Nottingham.
Barnaby Webber's father David embraces Grace O'Malley Kumar's mother ahead of a vigil at the University of Nottingham (PA)Speaking with David Webber's hand on his shoulder, Sanjoy Kumar said: "Everyone here I really, really want to thank you for your support, for taking the time to be here.
"All of you guys, everywhere that I see, a sea of people, such a lovely sign of the university and the bond you have.
"Grace was also like Barney, she loved coming up to Nottingham. In fact, we couldn't get her down.
"I said to her last week, 'come down', she said 'well, after she's had a few more sessions'. I used to call them her crisis meetings.
Grace O'Malley Kumar and Barnaby Webber's fathers speak during the vigil (PA)"The love that we have out here, I just wish we had it everywhere. So, look after each other is the big thing.
"Look after your friends and look after people around you. It is so important."
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Tributes to the 19-year-olds, both talented athletes, have poured in since they were stabbed to death as they walked home from a night out in Nottingham just after 4am on Tuesday, as well as the third victim of the violence, primary school caretaker Ian Coates, who was also remembered at the event.
Relatives and friends gathered to pay tributes to the victims (PA)In a moving speech, student union community officer Daisy Forster told the families "we will always be here when you need us", saying that there are 38,000 students to support them.
Grant Walton, from the university chaplaincy, described the deaths as "one of those moments which we hoped we'd never encounter" while the university's vice-chancellor, Professor Shearer West, said the lives of the two 19-year-olds had been "curtailed" by a "seemingly random" act of violence.
The vigil followed a series of tributes paid to the three victims of Tuesday's attacks that also left another three people hurt, one critically, when they were run over by a van.
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