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Four Metropolitan Police officers injured in London | Four Metropolitan Police officers injured in London |
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Four officers have been injured after being called to a disturbance in Kingsbury in north-west London. | |
Three of the officers were stabbed and the fourth suffered a hand injury after they tried to speak to a man in Kingsbury Road on Saturday morning. | |
Eyewitnesses told how officers chased the suspect through shops before he grabbed a knife from a butcher's and attacked the officers. | |
A man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, police said. | |
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 | Smashed window |
An eyewitness said there were between five and 10 officers at the scene. | 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. | 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 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 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 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." | "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. | A hairdressers, Mr Modha's sweet shop and a chemist were cordoned off. |
The officers are believed to have been attacked at the Kingsbury Halal Butchers, which is located on a busy shopping street opposite Kingsbury Tube station. | |
Ketan Vyas, the manager of a cash-and-carry store, VB and Sons, said a man aged in his 30s or 40s had burst into the shop chased by police. | |
Mr Vyas said: "He picked up some cans of beans and threw them at the police and then carried on running out of the store and down the road. | |
"There were a lot of police after him. He was only in here for a few seconds." | |
'Conscious and breathing' | 'Conscious and breathing' |
Describing the aftermath of the incident a worker at a Carphone Warehouse shop opposite Kingsbury Halal Butchers said: "I saw about eight police officers on top of a man. | |
"Ambulances arrived to take away the injured policemen and the man was also taken away." | |
A spokeswoman for London Ambulance Service said they took five patients to hospital after being called to the scene at 08:50 GMT. | 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. | 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." | "We treated five patients, they were all conscious and breathing, and they were taken to hospital." |
Four of the injured people were officers, but the identity of the fifth person who was taken to hospital is yet unknown. | |
The incident took place near Kingsbury 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. | Kingsbury Circle has been closed in all directions following the incident and five bus routes have been diverted. |
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