T
hree people have been taken to hospital after they were stabbed in a horror incident on Bishopsgate, near Liverpool Street Station on Thursday morning.
The attack is being treated as a “suspected robbery”, City of London Police said.
Evening Standard
Witnesses said two suspects on electric bikes were challenged by brave passersby after they tried to snatch a mobile phone.
A nearby shopkeeper said one of the suspects pulled a knife out and “started stabbing” the pedestrians to get away.
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There have been no arrests.
A City of London Police spokesperson said: “We received reports of three stabbings & a person pushed to the floor on Bishopsgate at 9.46am & officers arrived at the scene at 9.51am.
“Three victims were taken by LAS to a nearby hospital to be treated. This is an ongoing situation, but is not being treated as terror-related.”
Police have cordoned off the busy road.
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A shopkeeper working nearby told The Standard: “My uncle told me a guy grabbed a phone off a pedestrian and tried to run away.
“Some innocent people tried to stop him after all the shouting. He just took a knife and started stabbing. My uncle saw everything. He is ok.
“The four people were totally innocent just trying to help and then this happened.”
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A witness to the aftermath added there was a “fair” amount of blood left on the street as paramedics worked on a victim.
She said: “I saw it from a bus. There was a fair amount of blood visible but the casualties were hidden behind a white screen.
“There were lots of paramedics over someone on the floor.”
A London Ambulance Spokesman said: “We were called at 9:52am today (6 October) to reports of a stabbing in Bishopsgate, central London.
“We sent a number of resources including three ambulance crews, two advanced paramedics, two incident response officers, a clinical team manager and members of our Tactical Response Unit.
“Our crews treated four patients. We have now taken three of these patients to hospital and one was assessed and discharged at the scene.”
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