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| More than 310 people were arrested and eight police officers injured amid a surge in knife crime at this year’s Notting Hill carnival in west London. | More than 310 people were arrested and eight police officers injured amid a surge in knife crime at this year’s Notting Hill carnival in west London. |
| Scotland Yard is to review policing of the event after the highest number of arrests since 2008, when Europe’s biggest street festival ended in a riot. | Scotland Yard is to review policing of the event after the highest number of arrests since 2008, when Europe’s biggest street festival ended in a riot. |
| Police had arrested 314 people by 8.30pm on Monday, including 44 for possession of knives and other bladed weapons. | Police had arrested 314 people by 8.30pm on Monday, including 44 for possession of knives and other bladed weapons. |
| One male police officer was stabbed and taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Another officer was injured trying to stop a group of men committing criminal damage. | One male police officer was stabbed and taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Another officer was injured trying to stop a group of men committing criminal damage. |
| A 19-year-old man was in a serious but stable condition in hospital after being stabbed at about 1pm on Monday, the second day of the festival. Three men, all aged 18, were arrested over the attack and will be questioned later. | A 19-year-old man was in a serious but stable condition in hospital after being stabbed at about 1pm on Monday, the second day of the festival. Three men, all aged 18, were arrested over the attack and will be questioned later. |
| More than 3,500 nitrous oxide canisters with a street value of £17,000 were seized alongside £30,000-worth of counterfeit alcohol. | More than 3,500 nitrous oxide canisters with a street value of £17,000 were seized alongside £30,000-worth of counterfeit alcohol. |
| The 314 arrests represents a 17% rise on last year’s total of 261, which brought a warning from the Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, that often stabbings were “centimetres” from being murders. | |
| The 44 arrests on Monday for possession of a bladed weapon dwarfs the total of 23 arrested for possessing an offensive weapon over the two days of the carnival last year. | The 44 arrests on Monday for possession of a bladed weapon dwarfs the total of 23 arrested for possessing an offensive weapon over the two days of the carnival last year. |
| The carnival was patrolled by 7,000 officers, enforcing a new “dispersal zone”, introduced for the first time this year to allow police to remove revellers thought to be engaging in antisocial behaviour. | The carnival was patrolled by 7,000 officers, enforcing a new “dispersal zone”, introduced for the first time this year to allow police to remove revellers thought to be engaging in antisocial behaviour. |
| But the sharp increase in arrests and knife crime has prompted the review of policing at the event. | But the sharp increase in arrests and knife crime has prompted the review of policing at the event. |