Overview

• Police responded to reports of a stabbing on Frith Road at 9:07 am and found a woman critically injured on the pavement.
• The Metropolitan Police report that a man is in custody and Frith Road remains cordoned off as investigators continue their work.
• London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance crews treated the injured victim outside local businesses including a Subway outlet and Holiday Inn hotel.
• Investigators erected a forensic tent in an alley next to a nearby nail bar to process evidence at the scene.
• Authorities have warned of rising knife crime in London following a spate of recent stabbing attacks across the city.