Four people have been rushed to a major trauma centre after stabbings near Covent Garden in London‘s West End. A woman has been arrested following the incident this afternoon. Police and paramedics were called to the scene in Endell Street at around 12.30pm.
A police cordon was put in place and an air ambulance helicopter was seen landing in nearby Trafalgar Square. A London Ambulance Service Spokesperson said: ‘We were called at 12:29pm today (5 August) to reports of a stabbing on Endell Street, WC2H. ‘We sent an ambulance crew, a paramedic in a fast response car and an incident response officer. We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance.
‘We treated four patients at the scene and took them all to a major trauma centre as a priority by road.’
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