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| Police are searching three separate locations in their investigation into a series of stabbings in a County Tyrone village. | Police are searching three separate locations in their investigation into a series of stabbings in a County Tyrone village. |
| Four people were taken to hospital after being attacked by a man in Caledon shortly before 1100 GMT. | Four people were taken to hospital after being attacked by a man in Caledon shortly before 1100 GMT. |
| One of the victims is local, the other three are tradesmen who were working in the village. | One of the victims is local, the other three are tradesmen who were working in the village. |
| Two men were seriously injured. Police said a man has been arrested and a 10-inch kitchen knife was recovered. | |
| Eyewitnesses said a man understood to be in his 20s attacked a person inside the village Mace store before going outside and stabbing three more people. | Eyewitnesses said a man understood to be in his 20s attacked a person inside the village Mace store before going outside and stabbing three more people. |
| Motorists have been asked to avoid the village which has been cordoned off. | Motorists have been asked to avoid the village which has been cordoned off. |
| One woman from Caledon said she had been in the village collecting a child from a playgroup. | One woman from Caledon said she had been in the village collecting a child from a playgroup. |
| "The whole street was just completely blocked off. They wouldn't let any children walk up the street to come and meet their parents out of the school," she told the BBC. | "The whole street was just completely blocked off. They wouldn't let any children walk up the street to come and meet their parents out of the school," she told the BBC. |
| "The children are only three-years-old. | "The children are only three-years-old. |
| "We all had to go along back roads to lift the children and they were escorted out the play group. | "We all had to go along back roads to lift the children and they were escorted out the play group. |
| "It is very worrying when you have a child in a play group and there is somebody going about stabbing people." | "It is very worrying when you have a child in a play group and there is somebody going about stabbing people." |