Canadian police said early on Sunday that an attack on an officer outside a football game with a car and knife and a high-speed chase of a U-Haul van that left four people injured are being investigated as acts of terrorism. Edmonton police chief Rod Knecht said officers took a suspect into custody and they think he acted alone. Knecht said an Islamic State flag was found in the car that hit the officer. They later described the suspect as a 30-year-old Edmonton man.

The attack began outside a Canadian Football League game at Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday night. Police said a white Chevrolet Malibu rammed a traffic control barricade and sent an officer flying into the air 15ft. Knecht said the driver then got out and attacked the officer with a knife before fleeing on foot. The officer was taken to a hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries while a manhunt was launched. “It’s not critical,” Knecht said of the injuries.

A few hours later, a U-Haul van was stopped at an impaired driving check stop north of downtown on Wayne Gretzky Drive. Knecht said the name of the driver was close to the name of the registered owner of the car that hit the officer. He said the U-Haul sped off toward downtown with police in pursuit.(Theguardian)…[+]