One man shot and teenagers stabbed in night of violence in London
Police in West London have arrested two suspects after a 26-year-old man was shot, a teenager was stabbed and another man was injured in an incident in Queens Park on Sunday evening.
Officers were notified after gunshots were heard near Beethoven Street at around 7.44pm and duly arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder.
A second suspect has since been arrested, the Metropolitan Police said.
The man who was shot was airlifted to hospital by the London Ambulance Service while paramedics also attended to a 19-year-old stab victim and a third man, 29, who was also injured.
Both were also taken to hospital but neither was thought to be in a serious condition.
Investigators subsequently cordoned off Beethoven and Bruckner Street while officers in protective clothing examined the area.
Police were called at 7.44pm on Sunday, 13 June to reports of gunshots heard in the vicinity of Beethoven Street, W10.
Officers, including firearms officers, attended, along with the London Ambulance Service (LAS) and London’s Air Ambulance.
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The Met also authorised a Section 60 Order empowering them to carry out stop and search activities across North Westminster from late last night to 8am on Monday morning.
Detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime (Trident) unit are continuing their investigation and are asking anyone with any information on the violence to come forward by calling 101 or contacting them on Twitter @MetCC, quoting Cad 7211/13JUN.
A Section 60 has been authorised from 2008 hours until 0800 hours by Inspector Whitty. The areas affected are all of North Westminster.
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In another incident on Sunday evening, a teenager was stabbed in Shadwell, East London, while Saturday night saw a 13-year-old boy in Putney stabbed, as well as the shooting of six people in Brixton.
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