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Boy slashes woman over cigarette Woman hurt in row over cigarette
(about 8 hours later)
A woman had her arm slashed by a 10-year-old boy after she refused to give him a cigarette. A woman was injured during a row with two young boys when she refused to give them a cigarette.
The woman, in her 50s, was confronted by the boy and his friend outside Selhurst railway station in south London on Wednesday. The woman, in her 50s, was confronted by the youngsters, thought to be about 10-years-old, outside Selhurst railway station in south London on Wednesday.
He tried to grab a lit cigarette from her mouth and attacked her when she shouted back at the pair. One boy tried to grab a lit cigarette from her mouth and attacked her when she shouted back at the pair.
Passers-by rushed to her aid as she bled heavily from the wound which was inflicted with a craft knife or razor. Police said the woman was taken to hospital with a cut to her arm and discharged the same day.
CCTV studied Officers are studying CCTV from the station and have taken statements from witnesses about the incident.
Officers are studying CCTV from the station and have taken statements from witnesses over the incident. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the boys have been described as black and about 10 years old.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the boys had been described as black and about ten years old.
"We are investigating an assault on a woman that occurred at around 2.20pm on Wednesday July 23 outside Selhurst railway station," the spokesman added.
"The victim, a woman aged in her 50s, received a cut to her arm after two boys attempted to steal a cigarette from her mouth."