Pictured: Hospital caterer, 56, who was stabbed on 区 inside Brighton's 王室の Sussex as man, 30, is 逮捕（する）d for 殺人未遂

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An NHS hospital caterer who was stabbed on a hospital 区 in Brighton has been pictured.

Joseph George, 56, was knifed on the 11th 床に打ち倒す gynaecology 区 of the 王室の Sussex 郡 Hospital in Brighton at around 8.40am.

Police 逮捕（する）d a 30-year-old man on 疑惑 of 殺人未遂 on Wilson Avenue - around the corner from the hospital.

証言，証人／目撃するs said father-of-two Mr George - a member of the hospital's catering team - was the first person grabbed by the knifeman.

The man told Mr George to open a 閣僚 含む／封じ込めるing 薬／医学s using his staff pass, onlookers said.

But Mr George's pass is not authorised to open the 閣僚 and when it did not work he was stabbed three times before the 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う fled.

Mr George's distraught wife, neonatal nurse Beena, worked a night 転換 at the same hospital before the horrific attack and awoke to hear the news.

An NHS hospital caterer who was stabbed on a hospital 区 in Brighton has been 指名するd as?Joseph George, 56 (pictured with his wife Beena)

Mr George's distraught wife, neonatal nurse Beena (pictured together) worked a night 転換 at the same hospital before the horrific attack and awoke to hear the news

証言，証人／目撃するs said father-of-two Mr George (left, with his wife Beena), a member of the hospital's catering team, was the first person grabbed by the crazed knifeman

Mrs?George told the?Sun:?'We don't know anything, we don't even know how he is yet.

'He 作品 in the catering department. I have been on a night 転換 all night and was woken up to this news.'?

Sussex police said the 傷害s 苦しむd by Mr George are not life-脅すing and he is 存在 扱う／治療するd in the 王室の Sussex.

Up to 30 武装した police were seen at about 9am as they 追跡（する）d the 申し立てられた／疑わしい knifeman nearby.

A 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う was 逮捕（する）d an hour later as the 場所／位置 and 隣人ing 商売／仕事s were put into lockdown.

The hospital is now operating 普通は.?

The 攻撃者 報道によれば knifed Mr George on the 11th 床に打ち倒す of the 王室の Sussex 郡 Hospital in Brighton at around 8.40am

証言，証人／目撃するs said 武装した police 急襲するd on the scene at around 9am as they 追跡（する）d the 申し立てられた／疑わしい knifeman

NHS 労働者s wearing masks stand outside the hospital after the horrific 出来事/事件 on Sunday morning?

Officers stand guard outside the hospital as it and 隣人ing buildings were locked 負かす／撃墜する during the manhunt?

Bernard Bannister, 72, said he heard a commotion as police nicked the 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う in his 前線 garden on Wilson Avenue.

He said?he did not get a look at the 申し立てられた／疑わしい knifeman but was amazed by the 大規模な police 返答.

He told MailOnline: 'I noticed the lights outside.?When I looked out, as far as the 注目する，もくろむ could see, ther e was police 乗り物s with blue flashing lights.

'I could see nothing other than police 乗り物s.?My grand daughter, who is visiting us, said she counted at least 30 police officers.

'They were all 武装した with the guns either in their 手渡すs or slung around them. Every officer was carrying a 武器.?I did not see the person they apprehended.

'I stayed inside.?His 捕らえる、獲得する and other stuff are all still there.?Some more 武装した police 手配中の，お尋ね者 to have a look 一連の会議、交渉／完成する our 支援する garden before they went.'

It is believed the 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う dropped a khaki rucksack used to carry a large knife. A green jacket was also still at the scene as 法廷の teams arrived to begin their 調査（する）.

Sussex Police 築く a テント over a 捕らえる、獲得する and other items where they 逮捕（する）d a 30-year-old man today

A 捕らえる、獲得する at the scene in Wilson Avenue, Brighton, where a man was 逮捕（する）d on 疑惑 of 殺人未遂, and is 現在／一般に in 保護／拘留 for interview and その上の 調査s

Police said the 傷害s 苦しむd by the staff member - 老年の in his 50s - are not 'life-脅すing'

A PCSO and staff at the 王室の Sussex 郡 Hospital in Brighton stand together after the 出来事/事件 today

Sussex Police said in a 声明: 'At 8.42am on Sunday (19 July) police were called to the 王室の Sussex 郡 Hospital in Brighton after a 報告（する）／憶測 that a member of staff had 支えるd a を刺す 負傷させる.

'The hospital 場所／位置 was quickly 安全な・保証するd while officers have been working with 安全 staff to 確認する that nobody else has been 負傷させるd, and that staff and 患者s are 安全な.

'に引き続いて 即座の police searches and enquiries a 30-year-old man was 逮捕（する）d in nearby Wilson Avenue at 9.40am on 疑惑 of 殺人未遂, and is 現在／一般に in 保護／拘留 for interview and その上の enquiries.

'This 明らかに 孤立するd and unexplained 出来事/事件 is not 存在 扱う／治療するd as テロ行為 at this time and there is 現在／一般に nothing to 示唆する that any other person has been 伴う／関わるd or that anyone else is at 危険.'

Brighton and Sussex University Hospital s said: 'An 出来事/事件 took place at the 王室の Sussex 郡 Hospital this morning in which one member of staff was 負傷させるd.

'The staff member is in a 安全な and stable 明言する／公表する, and is 存在 cared for in the hospital.

'The police and hospital 安全 staff have 安全な・保証するd the 場所／位置 and 現在／一般に the public are not 存在 許すd into the hospital whilst a search of the 前提s is carried out.

'The police have 逮捕（する）d one person in relation to the 出来事/事件. その上の updates will follow.'

Police & 罪，犯罪 Commissioner for Sussex Katy Bourne tweeted: 'Dreadful event and thoughts with the 負傷させるd NHS staff member's family and those police officers & health 同僚s at the scene...'

Social マスコミ 使用者 Pedro Santos 地位，任命するd: 'Just had a couple fully 武装した police officers come into the room to check if anyone was here, must be doing a search for safety.'

Dan Dawson said online: 'Disgusting to think they've been working so hard fighting the ウイルス only to be attacked. Thoughts with the and their family.'

Lewes 地区 Lib Dem 議員 Sean Maclead said: 'My wife 作品 at the Sussex 郡 hospital. They have been 絶対の hero's all the staff through this 危機.

'For someone to go into the hospital and を刺す a member of staff is 脅すing. Thoughts and 祈りs are with the 犠牲者.'

MP for Hove Peter Kyle put: 'Shocking news from our Hospital. We don't yet know why a member of staff was stabbed but I'm thankful to?@BtonHovePolice?for a swift 逮捕（する） for 殺人未遂.

'All 影響する／感情d by this are in my thoughts, 特に the 犠牲者 who I wish a swift 回復.'

MP for Brighton Kemptown Lloyd Russell-Moyle 追加するd: 'My thoughts are with the 労働者 and family. Last year 労働 passed through a backbench 法案 a 法律 to 確実にする that people who 強襲，強姦 NHS 労働者s got 二塁打 time.

'This will be no 救済 to the person who was stabbed, but I hope it will 確実にする 司法（官） can be 配達するd when the person is Brighton to 調書をとる／予約する.'

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