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- Metropolitan Police said that a man was arrested following the stabbing in Croydon
- Authorities didn鈥檛 provide a motive for the stabbing
LONDON: Five people have been treated following a stabbing Thursday morning in south London, according to London鈥檚 Ambulance Service.
London鈥檚 Metropolitan Police said that a man was arrested following the stabbing in Croydon, which British media reports said happened near an Asda supermarket. Authorities didn鈥檛 provide a motive for the stabbing.
The ambulance service said that one person was taken to a major trauma center in London and four other people were hospitalized.
鈥淲e sent a number of resources to the scene, including ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast response car, an incident response officer, members of our Tactical Response Unit and London鈥檚 Air Ambulance,鈥� the service said.
The violence came on the same day that a teenager faced sentencing for fatally stabbing three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed summer dance class in the northwestern English town of Southport.