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Sony Music stabbing: Two injured at firm's Kensington HQ | Sony Music stabbing: Two injured at firm's Kensington HQ |
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Two people were stabbed during a fight between kitchen workers at Sony Music's headquarters in central London. | |
Firearms officers and paramedics were called to the building in Derry Street, Kensington at about 11:00 GMT. An arrest was later made. | |
One member of Sony staff said the catering workers had been "running around chasing each other." | |
The Met said there was no evidence of any firearms involved and it was not being treated as terror related. | The Met said there was no evidence of any firearms involved and it was not being treated as terror related. |
In a statement, Sony said two members of the catering team had been "involved in a violent altercation" and it was being investigated by police. | |
The member of staff, who did not want to be named, said they had heard "screaming and running and people slamming doors". | |
They added the two kitchen workers were "slashing each other up". | |
People were evacuated from the building and roads nearby were closed "as a precaution". | |
Alex Iszatt, who works in a building opposite, said she saw "loads of people" coming out of the Sony headquarters. | |
"Then running down the road came a whole host of armed police officers, followed by paramedics," she said. | |
London Ambulance Service said paramedics had taken one person to a major trauma centre and another was taken to hospital. | London Ambulance Service said paramedics had taken one person to a major trauma centre and another was taken to hospital. |
Neither of those stabbed suffered life-threatening injuries, Scotland Yard said. | Neither of those stabbed suffered life-threatening injuries, Scotland Yard said. |