Nottingham attacks suspect is former Nottingham University student

Police do not believe fact is connected with attack in which two of the victims were students at the university

The suspect in the triple Nottingham knife killings is a former student at the University of Nottingham, police have confirmed, as they alleged two attempts were made to run over people with a van.

Multiple sources have told the Guardian the suspect was born in Guinea-Bissau, a small west African country, and settled in Nottingham as a child, where he went to school.