Eight stabbed, hundreds arrested at London's Notting Hill Carnival
The Peninsula
London: Eight people were stabbed and police arrested hundreds during last weekend s Notting Hill Carnival, one of the world s largest street festival...
London: Eight people were stabbed and police arrested hundreds during last weekend's Notting Hill Carnival, one of the world's largest street festivals held annually in west London.
Updating on their policing operation late Monday, the capital's Metropolitan Police said five people were stabbed on the final day of the world-renowned three-day celebration of British Afro-Caribbean identity.
That followed three knifings on Sunday, with three of the victims of the violence over the long weekend left in a life-threatening condition, the force said.
Officers made at least 230 arrests on Monday, including 49 for possession of an offensive weapon, on top of scores of arrests the previous day.
Three firearms were seized and 35 officers were also injured during the event, which attracts around a million people annually over the August bank holiday weekend.
