Hunt for hooded knifeman after FOUR people are stabbed from behind in ‘random’ 12-hour rampage in north London with woman in her 40s and a 23-year-old man fighting for their lives
A manhunt is underway for a hooded knifeman after four people were stabbed from behind in a ‘random’ 12-hour rampage in north London.
The first stabbing in Edmonton, left a woman in her 40s fighting for her life after she was knifed in the back on Aberdeen Road, just after 7pm yesterday evening.
Just hours later, a man was stabbed in Park Avenue and was rushed to hospital with non-life threatening wounds at around 12.15am.
A 23-year-old man was then stabbed at Silver Street, Edmonton, before being found at around 3.55am at Seven Sisters tube station and remains in a stable condition.
Following this, an unidentified man was knifed in the back in another ‘bloodbath attack’ this morning just a quarter of a mile from where the woman was stabbed.
Police described the suspect as a black man, approximately 6ft 3ins tall, of skinny build and wearing dark clothing, possibly a hooded top.
Police on the scene near Fore Street, Edmonton, London where a person was stabbed just a short distance from where a middle aged woman was stabbed in the back
Police are investigating four stabbings in Edmonton, London as the captial continues to struggle under a knife crime epidemic
Police on the scene in Aberdeen Road, Edmonton where a middle aged woman was stabbed in the back
Police are treating the four stabbings as potentially linked but say the victims appear to have been selected at random due to them being ‘alone and vulnerable’.
Detectives are appealing for information and urging the public to stay vigilant following the series of stabbings in the Edmonton area.
DCI Stuart Smillie from North Area Command said: ‘The four victims are all from different backgrounds and appear to have been selected at random due to them being alone and vulnerable. There is nothing to suggest this incident is terror related.
The woman in her 40s was stabbed once by her attacker who remains on the run. Pictured: Aberdeen Road
Detectives are appealing for information and urging the public to stay vigilant following the series of stabbings in the Edmonton area. Pictured: Police on the scene near Fore Street, Edmonton
‘We are working on the hypothesis that the single male suspect is acting alone and mental health issues may be a factor. All of the people he has targeted have been walking alone and he has approached from behind without warning.
‘Members of the public who have information about this suspect or have spotted someone acting suspiciously who matches his description are advised to call police on 999 and not to approach the man.
‘His description has been circulated to all officers in North Area who are carrying out patrols, CCTV footage enquiries and policing busy areas around where the incidents took place, particularly where he was last seen where police arrived four minutes after the call to police was made.
Police are treating the four stabbings as potentially linked but say the victims appear to have been selected at random due to them being ‘alone and vulnerable’. Pictured: Police on the scene near Fore Street, Edmonton
A woman in her 40s is in a ‘critical condition’ in hospital after she was stabbed in the back by a six-foot man on a north London street
‘A picture of this suspect will be circulated as soon as one is retrieved. My advice to the public in the area where these incidents took place stay vigilant, be aware of your surroundings and call 999 if you see anyone matching the suspects description behaving suspiciously.’
One man has been arrested on suspicion of GBH at 10:53am in Fore Street.
Enquiries continue to establish if he is the individual behind these incidents.
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