Man, 25, is rushed to hospital after being stabbed on board a bus on London’s Oxford Street
A young man is fighting for his life in hospital after being stabbed on a bus in Oxford Street in central London last night.
The 25-year-old was left critically injured after being attacked at around 10.20pm, Metropolitan Police said.
Photos taken this morning showed a 94 double-decker bus cordoned off by police tape while forensic investigators worked the scene.
A spokesperson for the Met said: ‘Police were called at about 22:20hrs on Tuesday, 28 February to reports of a man stabbed on board a bus on Oxford Street.
‘Officers attended and found a 25-year-old man critically injured.
Forensics officers work inside a police cordon on Oxford Street after a man was stabbed last night
The 25-year-old was left critically injured after being attacked at around 10.20pm, Metropolitan Police said (Pictured: Scene on Wednesday morning)
Forensic investigators work the scene of a stabbing in Oxford Street in central London
‘He was taken to hospital by the London Ambulance Service where he remains with life-threatening injuries.
‘A crime scene is in place and parts of Oxford Street remain closed to traffic.
‘Additional officers are in the area. There have been no arrests and enquiries continue.’
Anyone with information is urged to contact the Met via 101 and quote the reference CAD 7103/28Feb.
The latest knife attack came just one day after three teenagers were rushed to hospital following a triple stabbing in the east of the capital.
Police and the London Ambulance Service were called to Popeyes takeaway in Romford where the brawl had erupted at about 5.30pm on Monday, according to The Sun.
The report claimed a group of boys in hooded coats were seen before a fight broke out with punches, people being thrown to the floor and others using chairs to hit with.
Three teenagers aged 15, 16 and 17 were found with stab wounds, not thought to be life threatening.
Figures released in December showed the Met Police responded to 13,405 incidents involving knives in just 12 months.
Between October 2021 and June 2022, 49,991 non-fatal crimes using knives were recorded across England and Wales, according to crime survey data released by the Office for National Statistics.
This is equivalent to 136 incidents every single day.
In that period, knife offences recorded by the Metropolitan Police increased from 10,605 to 11,232, to a rate of 125 incidents per 100,000 population.
