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Three people have been stabbed in Bishopsgate this morning as members of the public tried to intervene in a phone snatch robbery.
The incident took place just before 10am in central London near Liverpool Street station where a group of two or three people attacked a pedestrian.
Members of the public quickly went to intervene in an attempt to stop the assailants.
City of London Police said the attack was not being treated as terror-related but is being treated as a suspected robbery, with the incident involving a phone being snatched.
PA
London Ambulance Service (LAS) were quick to attend the scene and said crews treated four people, three of whom were taken to hospital and one of whom was discharged.
Witnesses have described a fight that broke out in front of 22 Bishopsgate skyscraper.
Sayeed Dukanwala, the owner of BK News, a newsagent next to the scene, witnessed the incident as it unfolded on Thursday morning.
He told the PA news agency: “I was here in my shop working when I saw some guys running past my shop and shouting ‘Oi oi oi.’
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“After a few minutes I saw a fight break out over there (at the scene) and people running away.
“Then some people came in and told me there was a stabbing. They said there was a man and a lady on the floor and there was blood.”
He added: “I felt scared and unsafe when I heard what happened.”
A 50-meter-long area has been cordoned off, outside 22 Bishopsgate which is said to be currently guarded by a number of officers from City of London Police.
Inside the scene, blood can be seen on the pavement as medical kits have been spread out on the ground in small piles.
We are aware of an incident this morning on #Bishopsgate. Our officers are at the scene and @Ldn_Ambulance are in attendance. A cordon is currently in place.
— City of London Police…
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Source : times
