A woman has been arrested after four people were stabbed in Covent Garden in central London, according to the Metropolitan Police. An air ambulance has landed on Trafalgar Square as part of the response to the incident.
Police cordon and response
A police cordon remains in place on Endell Street, where the stabbing is reported to have taken place. Large numbers of police officers and medical personnel remain in the area.
The London Ambulance Service treated four people at the scene and brought them all to hospital.
Ambulance service statement
A London Ambulance Service Spokesperson said: “We were called at 12:29pm today (5 August) to reports of a stabbing on Endell Street, WC2H. We sent an ambulance crew, paramedic in a fast response car and an incident response officer. We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance. We treated four patients at the scene and took them all to a major trauma centre as a priority by road”.
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