UK police hunt motive in Nottingham attack as friends mourn student athlete victims
Police in England are working to piece together details of a knife and van attack that killed two 19-year-old students and another man in the city of Nottingham LONDON -- Police worked Wednesday to piece together details and the motive of a knife and van attack that killed two 19-year-old student s and another man in the English city of Nottingham, as friends and family remembered the two younger victims as talented athletes with a passion for life. Nottingham University students Barnaby Webber and Grace Kumar were stabbed to death in a street near student housing before dawn on Tuesday. Police say a 31-year-old suspect also killed a man in his 50s more than a mile (1.6 kilometers) away, stole his van and ran down a group of pedestrians. Three people were hurt, one critically, in the hit-and-run. The slain owner of the van was Ian Coates, a school caretaker. His employer said he was a “beloved and respected” staff member at a Nottingham primary school. The rampage unfolded over abo...