Teen held over Notting Hill carnival stabbing
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after a man was stabbed at the Notting Hill carnival, Scotland Yard says.
The boy was arrested in west London this morning on suspicion of assault, police said. He is being held in custody.
The victim, a 20-year-old man, was stabbed towards the end of the Notting Hill carnival on Monday. He was taken to hospital where his condition was described as serious but stable after he was found with stab wounds to the stomach.
Today’s arrest is the fifth over the stabbing incident. The others arrested are being held at various London police stations.
Europe’s largest street festival otherwise passed off relatively peacefully over the weekend, with only a small number of incidents amid a huge police presence aimed at preventing a recurrence of the riots in London and elsewhere earlier this month.
A record number of 6,500 police patrolled the streets on Monday. Scotland Yard said the latest figure for the total number of arrests during the carnival weekend was 245, up slightly on a total of 243 last year.