Man, 19, is stabbed and sprayed with ‘noxious substance’ in acid attack outside McDonald’s as police arrest teenager, 18
- Victim was rushed to hospital where he remains in a serious but stable condition
- Attack happened after 11pm in Gravesend, Kent, outside McDonald’s restaurant
- Teenager, 18, arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm
A 19-year-old man has been stabbed and sprayed with a ‘noxious substance’ in an acid attack outside a McDonald’s.
The victim was rushed to hospital after being attacked on New Road in Gravesend, Kent, after 11pm last night. He remains in a serious but stable condition.
An 18-year-old teenager has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm and is in custody.
The McDonald’s restaurant on New Road, Gravesend, where the attack took place after 11pm last night. The victim is in hospital and in a serious but stable condition
Officers rushed to the scene after receiving an urgent 999 call.
The suspect, from Dartford, was arrested in Saddington Street nearby a short time after the attack.
Kent Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward, to help their investigation.
It comes amid a surge in violent crime in the capital as a 29-year-old man became the seventh stabbing murder victim this week, bringing killings to their highest level since 2008.
The victim was found with knife wounds in Newham, east London, at around 2am following reports of a fight in the area, and pronounced dead 45 minutes later.
The attacker, 18, was arrested on Saddington Street by police a short time later
Yesterday, police were desperately hunting for three killers after they forced their way into a house in Hounslow, west London, just before 11.30 am on Thursday and stabbed 35-year-old Ebrima Cham to death.
A man in his 20s was also stabbed to death on Bromley Road, Walthamstow, on the same evening while a second suffered non-life threatening injuries.
A man in his 30s also died after being attacked near Scratchwood Park, Barnet.
He was found in a car and pronounced dead at the scene.
Three men also died within hours of each other in separate attacks on Thursday, and a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death.
Anyone with information is asked to call Kent Police on 01474 366149 quoting reference 46/242068/19.