aug 26, 2024 - 8 Stabbed at Notting Hill

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Eight people were stabbed during the Notting Hill Carnival with a total of 334 people being arrested during the event, the Metropolitan Police has said.

There were three stabbings on Sunday, with one of the victims being a young mother who was with a child. She remains in a critical condition.

On Monday, five people were stabbed, with two of those attacked being critically injured.

The Met said a total of 50 officers had been injured during the event, while most of the arrests were for possessing an offensive weapon or drug offences.

More than one million people were expected at the carnival on Monday, a majority of whom police said had come "to celebrate", with a "minority of people using it as an opportunity to commit crime, including violence".

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