Man, 21, fights for life and others injured after west London knife attack

A 21-year-old man is fighting for his life after a knife attack in west London. 

Police were called to the Yeading Lane estate in Northolt just before 7.30pm on Monday. 

Four men were injured with two still in hospital. The victim, 21, is on the critical list. A police officer also sustained minor injuries while making arrests. 

Residents saw a police helicopter overhead on the estate. 

One said: ‘There was a helicopter above our homes it looked like an urgent search was going on. We locked our doors, who knows who could have been on the loose.’

A police statement said: ‘Police were called to Yeading Lane, Northolt at 19:24hrs on Monday, 24 August following reports of a stabbing. 

‘Officers attended alongside the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance.

‘While enquiries are in their early stages, it’s believed a number of people were injured during an altercation.

‘Two men – aged 21 and 26 – have been taken to hospital with stab injuries. The 21-year-old man remains in a life-threatening condition, while the injuries sustained by the 26-year-old man have since been assessed as neither life-threatening nor life-changing.’

Officers arrested one 51-year-old man and a 16-year-old teenage boy on suspicion of assault causing grievous bodily harm. They have since been taken to custody for questioning.

During one of the arrests, an officer sustained a minor injury and has been taken to hospital as a precaution.

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: ‘We were called at 7.24pm today (August 24) to reports of a stabbing on Yeading Lane Estate, Northolt.

‘We sent resources including ambulance crews, incident response officers, crews from our Tactical response unit and an advanced paramedic in a fast response car. We also dispatched a trauma team in a car and by helicopter from London’s Air Ambulance.

‘We treated four patients at the scene and took two patients to a major trauma centre and two patients with minor injuries were discharged at scene ‘

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 or to remain anonymous 0800555111.