Overview
- Emergency services were called to Endell Street in Covent Garden around midday on Wednesday, August 5, after four men were found with stab wounds.
- Ambulance crews and the London Air Ambulance treated the injured at the scene and transported them to hospital for further care.
- Officers arrested a 47‑year‑old woman at or near the scene and secured a pair of scissors as evidence.
- Two of the male victims, aged 34, 39, 42 and 52, have been discharged and two remain in hospital with non‑life‑threatening injuries.
- The Metropolitan Police say the inquiry is at an early stage, they are not treating the incident as linked to wider public safety threats, and further forensic and witness work is under way.