Post by jonksy on Jun 21, 2023 14:25:55 GMT
'Two people are stabbed' during rampage at London hospital as armed police swoop on 'knifeman' and patients 'hide in safe rooms'
Armed police today arrested a suspected knifeman believed to have gone on a stabbing spree in a London hospital.
A major incident was declared as officers swooped on Central Middlesex Hospital this afternoon, following reports of a knifing and claims on social media that patients were hiding in safe rooms.
Emergency services rushed to Acton Lane in West London at around 2pm, with video on Twitter showing police cars and ambulances at the scene.
Footage showed an armed officer running towards the hospital entrance, while crowds of people, surrounded by blue-light police cars, stood outside.
One person wrote on social media: 'I am at Middlesex Central hospital in the dialysis unit and we're sheltering in safe rooms.
'Armed policemen are on the scene, being described as a ''major incident''.'
London Ambulance Service said so far it has 'treated two people at the scene' with paramedics still helping at the incident. London Air Ambulance was also in attendance.
A major incident was declared as officers swooped on Central Middlesex Hospital this afternoon, following reports of a knifing and claims on social media that patients were hiding in safe rooms.
Emergency services rushed to Acton Lane in West London at around 2pm, with video on Twitter showing police cars and ambulances at the scene.
Footage showed an armed officer running towards the hospital entrance, while crowds of people, surrounded by blue-light police cars, stood outside.
One person wrote on social media: 'I am at Middlesex Central hospital in the dialysis unit and we're sheltering in safe rooms.
'Armed policemen are on the scene, being described as a ''major incident''.'
London Ambulance Service said so far it has 'treated two people at the scene' with paramedics still helping at the incident. London Air Ambulance was also in attendance.