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| Four women stabbed in Sainsbury's car park in south-west London | Four women stabbed in Sainsbury's car park in south-west London |
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| A woman is critically ill after a man stabbed her and other shoppers in the car park of a supermarket in south-west London on Friday in an apparently indiscriminate attack. | |
| Four women suffered knife wounds, one of whom was airlifted to hospital and remains in a critical condition. The other three were taken to hospital by ambulance. | |
| A Metropolitan police spokesman said a man in his 60s was arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder. | A Metropolitan police spokesman said a man in his 60s was arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder. |
| The incident was not thought to be terror-related, the Met said. | The incident was not thought to be terror-related, the Met said. |
| Benn Brady, who works in a salon beside the police station where one of the women was treated, said that he heard a commotion and saw a group of people helping an elderly lady. | Benn Brady, who works in a salon beside the police station where one of the women was treated, said that he heard a commotion and saw a group of people helping an elderly lady. |
| “I thought she had fallen, because there is a home for the elderly near here, but then I was told there had been a stabbing,” he said. “I then realised she had been stabbed a good few times and they said there’s someone else over in the car park waving a knife around. As I went over there I heard screaming. | “I thought she had fallen, because there is a home for the elderly near here, but then I was told there had been a stabbing,” he said. “I then realised she had been stabbed a good few times and they said there’s someone else over in the car park waving a knife around. As I went over there I heard screaming. |
| “By the time I got there there were two ladies clutching their back and their sides, saying, ‘He stabbed me, he stabbed me.’ They seemed to be a mother and a daughter.” | “By the time I got there there were two ladies clutching their back and their sides, saying, ‘He stabbed me, he stabbed me.’ They seemed to be a mother and a daughter.” |
| A staff member from the nearby Hampton pub said: “He only went for the women. The man ran through and started attacking them. It didn’t seem like they knew him. He appeared to be out of it, on drugs or crazy. | |
| “The woman who was badly stabbed in the back made it up to the police station and raised the alarm. She is well-known locally and goes shopping there all the time.” | “The woman who was badly stabbed in the back made it up to the police station and raised the alarm. She is well-known locally and goes shopping there all the time.” |
| Police said the suspect was subdued by the threat of a Taser, although the device was not discharged. | Police said the suspect was subdued by the threat of a Taser, although the device was not discharged. |
| Bloodstains could be seen outside a local police station, where one of the victims was said to have dragged herself to raise the alarm. A medical kit, which appeared to have been used, and a police hat lay on the ground, and the area had been taped off. | Bloodstains could be seen outside a local police station, where one of the victims was said to have dragged herself to raise the alarm. A medical kit, which appeared to have been used, and a police hat lay on the ground, and the area had been taped off. |
| Matthew Bentley, who lives around the corner from the car park, said: “I was in my house in the garden and the air ambulance came and landed and I thought it could be one of the kids in the school around the corner. One of mine goes there. | Matthew Bentley, who lives around the corner from the car park, said: “I was in my house in the garden and the air ambulance came and landed and I thought it could be one of the kids in the school around the corner. One of mine goes there. |
| “It was all taped off, with the police and the ambulance crews. I walked into the car park as they were taping it off and I see one of the neighbours that we knew and someone that we know, their relatives or their mum, had been stabbed.” | “It was all taped off, with the police and the ambulance crews. I walked into the car park as they were taping it off and I see one of the neighbours that we knew and someone that we know, their relatives or their mum, had been stabbed.” |
| A witness described the scene as horrific and said she had seen the victims lying on the floor bleeding. She told ITV London: “I could see bodies lying on the ground. There was an elderly lady just lying down beside the police station. I tried to help. She had the police there and paramedics. I could see this poor lady with blood coming out of all different parts of her body.” | A witness described the scene as horrific and said she had seen the victims lying on the floor bleeding. She told ITV London: “I could see bodies lying on the ground. There was an elderly lady just lying down beside the police station. I tried to help. She had the police there and paramedics. I could see this poor lady with blood coming out of all different parts of her body.” |
| She said one of the victims was her neighbour, and added: “She was stabbed three times in the chest, back and arm.” | She said one of the victims was her neighbour, and added: “She was stabbed three times in the chest, back and arm.” |
| Officers went to the scene on The Avenue in Hampton, on the edge of Richmond-upon-Thames, after receiving a call that a man was carrying a knife, the Metropolitan police said. | |
| A spokesman said: “Officers attended and discovered three women suffering from knife wounds. The London ambulance service also attended and is providing treatment to the women. Their conditions are not thought to be life-threatening or changing at this time. | A spokesman said: “Officers attended and discovered three women suffering from knife wounds. The London ambulance service also attended and is providing treatment to the women. Their conditions are not thought to be life-threatening or changing at this time. |
| “A fourth woman who had also suffered knife wounds was subsequently located at a nearby property. She has been taken to hospital where her condition at this stage is thought to be life-threatening.” | “A fourth woman who had also suffered knife wounds was subsequently located at a nearby property. She has been taken to hospital where her condition at this stage is thought to be life-threatening.” |
| A spokesman for the London ambulance service said it had sent paramedics and an air ambulance to the scene after receiving a call at 10.38am. | A spokesman for the London ambulance service said it had sent paramedics and an air ambulance to the scene after receiving a call at 10.38am. |
| “We treated four women at the scene for various stab wounds, including to the chest, legs and back,” the spokesman said. “We took three women as a priority by road ambulance to a major trauma centre in south London. The air ambulance took the other woman as a priority to another major trauma centre in central London.” | “We treated four women at the scene for various stab wounds, including to the chest, legs and back,” the spokesman said. “We took three women as a priority by road ambulance to a major trauma centre in south London. The air ambulance took the other woman as a priority to another major trauma centre in central London.” |