London bloodbath: Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder as man stabbed
POLICE have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder after another man was found stabbed at an address in Plumstead, East London as the horrific violence across the capital continues.
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Officers were called just before 7pm this evening to an address in Brookdene Road.
There they found a man with stab injuries.
The victim is believed to be in his 50s.
According to a Metropolitan Police statement, the suspect was captured at the scene.
The statement read: “A man, believed to be in his 20s was arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder and taken into custody at a south London police station.”
The injured man was taken to a south London hospital by the London Ambulance Service.
There has not yet been an update on his condition.
Hundreds of people have been stabbed in London since the start of this year, amid a shocking rise in violent crime.
According to Met Police statistics, there were a total of 1,296 knife attacks in London between January 1 and the end of April.
As of this week, at least 46 of those stabbings in the city have been fatal.
In March, the murder rate in the capital was higher than New York for the first time in modern history.
Earlier this week, Home Secretary Sajid Javid promised a crackdown on violent crime by placing greater restrictions on knife sales.
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The MP for Bromsgrove said on Sunday: “I want to ensure we do all we an to tackle rising knife crime.”
So-called ‘Zombie Knives’ will be outlawed completely, while the knife ban in schools will be extended to colleges and universities.
Mr Javid said: “Used wrongly, all knives are dangerous.
“I’ll restrict all online knife sales so they must be delivered to a non-residential address.”