Man hospitalised after stabbing himself at Heathrow airport

Passenger believed to have picked up sharp object after passing through airport security

Heathrow Terminal 5
(Image credit: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty)

A man has been taken to hospital after sustaining non-life threatening injuries as a result of stabbing himself at Heathrow airport.

The passenger had passed through the airport's security checks before picking up an object and repeatedly stabbing himself in the head and torso.

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