An 11-Year-Old Girl And Her Mother, 34, Are Stabbed In Leicester Square

This is the moment a ‘knifeman’ was arrested after a schoolgirl and her mother were attacked in Leicester Square.

The 11-year-old girl was being attacked by a knifeman when the shop security guard rushed to save her.

Following the incident in the popular tourist destination on Monday, the Metropolitan Police reported that a man, 32, who was believed to be the only suspect, had been taken into custody.

The guard, who gave his name as Abdullah, 29, and works at TWG Tea shop in the square, said: ‘I heard a scream, at that moment I saw there was one person, roughly [in their] mid-30s or early 30s, and he was like stabbing a kid.

‘I jumped on him, held the hand in which he was [carrying] a knife, and just put him down on the floor and just held him and took the knife away from him.

‘Then a couple of more people joined as well, and we just held him until the police came, it took maybe three to four minutes for the police to arrive and then they just took him into custody.’

Following the incident, police announced that two victims—an 11-year-old girl and her 34-year-old mother—had been rushed to a major trauma centre.

The girl was seriously injured and will require hospital treatment but her condition is not life-threatening, while her mother suffered more minor injuries, police said.

It also said there was no indication the incident had anything to do with terrorism.

It’s unlikely that the victims knew the man.

Before the police arrived, Abdullah and his colleagues administered first aid to the child. He added that he was unsure if the girl was with family at the time.

‘I just saw a kid getting stabbed and I just tried to save her. It’s my duty to just save them,’ he said.

The square and the surrounding area attract an estimated 2.5 million visitors every week and are home to shops, theatres, cinemas and restaurants.

The double doors of the TWG Tea store, which is located in front of the M&M store and next to the Lego store, were surrounded by a police cordon that was used to contain the crime scene.

In a statement, police said: ‘Officers are at the scene of a stabbing in Leicester Square.

‘A man has been arrested and is in custody.

‘We don’t believe there are any outstanding suspects.

‘Two victims, an 11-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman, have been taken to hospital and we await an update on their condition.’

This was a very brave security guard. He was very courageous and went above and beyond to help these people, and the situation could have been far worse if not for his quick reaction. I hope these two victims make a remarkable recovery. We should all stay safe and vigilant, especially with this scourge of knife crime, and to think, Labour wants early release for criminals.

You can’t even walk the streets in safety in our country anymore, so cheers for that to our government past and present.

Knife crime in London has become a policing failure. People are being stabbed and shot on the streets of London, and our government should be listening instead of putting their heads in the sand. Westminster has lost the plot and is soft in the head when it comes to knife and gun crime, and our country has gone barking mad.

Lawlessness is unfortunately common in our streets these days, but I don’t think Keir Starmer is on the case, even though he ought to be. On that one, I’m not exactly bursting with confidence.