A man has been arrested after four people were injured in a horror knife attack near an Asda in Croydon, south London.
The attack happened on the same road as an Asda superstore in Beddington around 10am on Thursday morning.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "At 10:15hrs on Thursday, 23 January, officers responded to reports of a stabbing at a commercial address on Marlowe Way, Beddington.
"Officers are on scene with the London Ambulance Service to treat four injured people.
Four people injured after horror knife attack near Asda in south London
The incident took place at a commercial address on Marlowe Way, Beddington
Google Street View"A 54-year-old man was taken to hospital where his injuries were deemed non-life-threatening.
"The suspect has been arrested."
Responders have been photographed outside a building with Sainsbury’s and Argos branding on them. A cordon is in place.
A row of at least four fire engines has also been pictured at the scene.
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A London Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We were called at 10.21am this morning (Thursday 23 January) to reports of a stabbing incident in Marlowe Way, Croydon.
"We sent a number of resources to the scene, including ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast response car, an incident response officer, members of our Tactical Response Unit and London’s Air Ambulance.
"Our crews treated five patients at the scene, before taking one to a London major trauma centre and four to other hospitals."
The scale of London's knife crime crisis has reached alarming new heights, with 15,016 knife or sharp instrument offences recorded in 2023/24.
The Met Police said that a suspect has been arrested
GettyThis represents a significant surge from the previous year's figure of 12,786 incidents.
More worryingly, these latest statistics reveal knife crime in the capital has climbed to its highest level since 2019/20, when 15,928 offences were logged.
