Dramatic video shows officers rushing to 'targeted' quadruple Southwark stabbing

Daily Mirror

6 days ago

Two men - aged 58 and 27 - were killed in a lunchtime office knife rampage during what an MP has described as a 'targeted' attack that left four people injured in central London
Dramatic footage shows police rushing to the scene of a quadruple stabbing that killed two people in what has been described as a "targeted" attack.
Officers were called at 1pm on Monday after the knife-rampage at a business premises in central London. Video taken from opposite the building shows officers carrying first aid equipment dashing to treat the victims while two paramedics follow with a stretcher. A 58-year-old man died at the scene in Long Lane, close to London Bridge, and three others were rushed to hospital.
They included a 27-year-old man who later died from his stab wounds. The Met Police said on Tuesday that at 31-year-old man from Hackney, east London, had been arrested on suspicion of murder. He remains in hospital.
Another man in his thirties is also still being treated and his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing.
Dramatic video footage from the scene captures the scale of the massive police response, showing multiple cars rolling up to the London neighbourhood before multiple officers rush inside the building where the stabbings took place.
The series of brief clips shows both police and ambulance vehicles lined down the leafy street while locals gather outside a police cordon. A number of officers can be seen standing guard outside.
Speaking at the scene, Labour MP Neil Coyle, who represents the Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency where the incident occurred, said: 'This was a targeted attack and there is no risk to the wider community. It's thought the individual worked for the business and were known to each other. I'll be sending letters to 1,000 constituents to reassure them.
'But we know this is a safe area and this was a targeted attack.' Mr Coyle said he did not know the motive for the attack. Asked if he had spoken to relatives of the victims, he said: 'No. The family have a lot to deal with'.
He added that police and paramedics 'tried desperately' to save the lives of the victims. A neighbour who lives opposite where the attack took place watched the drama unfold from his window and said one victim was given CRP for "a long time" at the scene.
The building is the headquarters to Prospira Global, a business consultancy firm specialising in mental health support, property investors Trademark Group and local residents. A resident who was working from home inside his flat yesterday said he heard someone scream 'Help me!'.
Mario Sergio, 32, said: "We just looked out the window when we saw the police, we watched as they closed the road and were running into the building. Then they brought the guy out on the bed and I had to look away. They were working on him for a long time, hours it felt like."
Another resident, who did not wish to be named, returned from work to find his building blocked off by police tape and a heavy police presence on the road.
Det Chief Supt Emma Bond, who leads policing for the area, said: 'Our investigation is in the early stages and we are working hard to understand the full circumstances of this shocking incident. At this point, we do not believe it to be terrorism-related and there is no further risk to the public."
Police forensics teams could be seen entering the building at the scene where the attack took place. A local described seeing blood on the floor and walls outside an office in the premises.