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| Four Metropolitan Police officers injured in London | Four Metropolitan Police officers injured in London |
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| Four police officers have been injured after being called to a disturbance in north-west London. | Four police officers have been injured after being called to a disturbance in north-west London. |
| Three of the officers suffered stab wounds in Kingsbury Road in Kingsbury, it is believed. The fourth officer suffered a hand injury. | Three of the officers suffered stab wounds in Kingsbury Road in Kingsbury, it is believed. The fourth officer suffered a hand injury. |
| Officers were called to the disturbance at 08:40 GMT. They were attacked by a man when they attempted to speak to him, the Metropolitan Police said. | Officers were called to the disturbance at 08:40 GMT. They were attacked by a man when they attempted to speak to him, the Metropolitan Police said. |
| A man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. | |
| The officers were taken to hospital but their condition is not known at the moment, police said. | The officers were taken to hospital but their condition is not known at the moment, police said. |
| Smashed window | |
| An eyewitness said there were between five and 10 officers at the scene. | |
| Another witness, shopkeeper Girish Modha said: "A man was shouting at police in a small alleyway next to a hairdresser's shop which neighbours mine. | |
| "He grabbed a piece of fluorescent tubing and brandished it at police. | |
| "He then ran down Kingsbury Road, going into a cash-and-carry shop. At one point I think he threw a brick and smashed a police car window. | |
| "He then ran round the roundabout and carried on towards the Tube station. | |
| "He went into a butcher's, got a knife and that's when the stabbing took place." | |
| A hairdressers, Mr Modha's sweet shop and a chemist were cordoned off. | |
| 'Conscious and breathing' | |
| A spokeswoman for London Ambulance Service said they took five patients to hospital after being called to the scene at 08:50 GMT. | |
| She said: "We sent two single responders in cars, four ambulance crews and a duty officer. | |
| "We treated five patients, they were all conscious and breathing, and they were taken to hospital." | |
| The incident took place near Kingbury Circle, where Kingsbury Road and Kenton Road meets. | |
| Kingsbury Circle has been closed in all directions following the incident and five bus routes have been diverted. |