Blood splatters were being cleaned from the pavement
Six stabbed in London bloodbath: Men aged between 17 and 26 are wounded in separate incidents with one fighting for his life after night of carnage across the capital
Six have been stabbed in London this evening in another night of carnage across the capital – with four teenagers wounded in separate knife incidents and one 18-year-old now fighting for his life.
At around 3.15pm an 18-year-old was stabbed multiple times in Kidbrooke, near Blackheath – with eyewitnesses claiming it happened in front of children.
Then at 4.30pm a 26-year-old man was stabbed multiple times in Beaversford Park off Martindale Road in Hounslow.
Before officers attended a second call at around 5pm to reports of a man suffering from a slash injury on Rosemary Avenue at the junction with Bath Road – also in Hounslow. ADVERTISING
In another incident in Tottenham, a boy, believed to be aged 17, received a slash wound to his face at around 6.05pm on High Road.
And then later police confirmed a 17-year-old had been stabbed in Barking at around 7pm and an 18-year-old man had been attacked in Tooting at around 9pm.
It comes on the same day as the country’s top police chief, Cressida Dick, has said youth knife violence is at the worst level she has ever seen it.
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An 18-year-old was stabbed multiple times in Kidbrooke (pictured at the scene this evening), near Blackheath, this afternoon – with eyewitnesses claiming it happened in front of children
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A 17-year-old male has been taken to hospital after being stabbed at around 7pm in Barking this evening
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Then at 9pm, police and ambulance staff were sent to assist a man who had been stabbed in Tooting this evening
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The Metropolitan Police said a boy, believed to be aged 17, received a slash wound to his face at about 6.05pm on High Road, Tottenham
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A map shows how a night of violence spread across London, with stabbings in Tottenham, Hounslow, Tooting, Kidbrooke and Barking
Police were called to a road in Kidbrooke, near Blackheath, south east London at 3.24pm following reports that a male was being threatened with a knife.
Paramedics and officers attended the scene in Thyme Close and found a man, aged around 18, suffering from multiple stab wounds.
Stunned residents have told how they saw blood ‘gushing’ from a wound to his side after he was chased by a car.
Two men are reported to have jumped out armed with knives and attacked the man, thought to be aged just 18.
Children on their way home from school are understood to have seen the sickening attack. One witness, who said she was too scared to be named, described how the drama unfolded.
She said: ‘I was coming home from work when I saw a black car come speeding past me. It was going really fast. The car smashed into two others and made a loud noise.
‘Two men got out of the car armed with huge knives.
‘They were very large and fearsome. The blades were massive. I was absolutely terrified and just called the police straight away. I was so scared.’
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Police were called to Thyme Close (pictured) in Kidbrooke, near Blackheath, south east London at 3.24pm following reports that a male was being threatened with a knife
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Six police cars were parked up outside a block of flats which was cordoned off by officers on the new build estate off Nelson Mandela Road (pictured) which is the site of an old RAF depot
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An 18-year-old man has been stabbed in Tooting at around 9pm and has been taken to hospital
Describing the moments after the attack, she said: ‘The car then reversed and fled. I went to see what had happened and saw this man standing up. He had an injury to his head.
‘He then just collapsed to the floor. He was totally covered in blood. It was everywhere. It was obvious he had been stabbed in his side.
‘It only happened a few seconds before. I tried talking to him just to get his name and get him talking.’