Police partially close Oxford Street after man is stabbed in broad daylight
- Emergency services responded to the scene on Market Place this afternoon
- Police have confirmed a man was stabbed, but there have been no arrests
- He was treated at the scene and taken to a major trauma centre
Police have partially closed Oxford Street after a person is ‘stabbed in broad daylight’.
Emergency services responded to the scene just after 5:30pm to reports of an assault on Market Place at the junction with Oxford Street.
Police have confirmed a man was stabbed, after a person was seen to be lying on the ground, but his condition is not yet known.
Police have confirmed a man was stabbed, after a person was seen to be lying on the ground, but no arrests have been made
Emergency services responded to the scene just after 5:30pm to reports of an assault on Market Place at the junction with Oxford Street
No arrests have been made following the incident near the famous shopping street.
The street has been closed to traffic at the junction of Great Portland Street.
A Met spokeswoman said: ‘Officers attended and found a male suffering from a stab injury.
‘He was taken by the London Ambulance Service to a central London hospital; we await an update on his condition.
No arrests have been made following the incident and the street has been closed to traffic at the junction of Great Portland Street.
A male suffering from a stab injury was taken by the London Ambulance Service to a central London hospital
There have been no arrests.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: ‘We dispatched two ambulance crews, an incident response officer and a medic in a car to the scene. We also dispatched a London’s Air Ambulance trauma team.
‘We treated a person at the scene and took them to a major trauma centre.’
‘Anyone with information is asked to call police via 101 quoting reference Cad 6404/08Aug.’
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