London knife horror: Man and woman SLASHED after 'intervening in robbery'

LONDON'S knife crime horror continued today after a man and woman were slashed after "intervening in a robbery" in Rotherhithe.

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London knife crime: A man and woman have been stabbed in Rotherhithe

The latest London stabbing took place in Rotherhithe, in the south-east of the city, earlier this morning. 

A man and woman were slashed after "intervening in a robbery" in St Elmos Road, police revealed.

The pair are not thought to have suffered life-threatening injuries after being discovered in the nearby Stave Hill Ecological Park. 

One Twitter user said: “I walked by and the path leading to the hill from the park is cordoned off. A scooter and bike lay by.”

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London stabbing: A man and woman were 'slashed' in St Elmos Road, Rotherhithe today

A Met Police spokesman told the Southwark News: “Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended and found a man and a woman suffering from slash injuries.

“At this early stage in the investigation it is believed the victims received their injuries while they were intervening in a robbery.”

Anyone with information should call police on 101 quoting reference number 2786/01JUN, tweet @MetCC or talk to Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

It comes amid a shocking rise in violent incidents in London.

On Wednesday night a father-of-three was stabbed to death in Kensington for “refusing to give some youths money”.

And this week shocking video emerged of a cyclist threatening a motorist with what appears to be a machete.

More to follow...