MyLondon understands the injury was self-inflicted
A woman was rushed to hospital after a stabbing at Kensington and Chelsea Council’s customer services desk. MyLondon understands that the woman’s injuries were self-inflicted.
Full details over the exact lead-up to the incident, which took place on June 17, are not known. However, social media posts allege that the woman had became “frustrated” following “difficult interactions” with Kensington and Chelsea Council staff.
It is understood that the incident was mental health related. She was rushed to hospital at around 11.30am, following the incident on Hornton Street.
A London Air Ambulance was also dispatched to the scene. Video posted to X shows what appears to be blood on the floor in front of the desk and a several black screens put up to the side of this.
At around 12.50pm, the council announced that its Customer Service Centre had been closed following a “customer incident”. The council announced that this had reopened at 1.10pm the following afternoon (June 18).
A Kensington and Chelsea Council spokesperson said: “A serious incident took place at our customer services centre on June 17. Emergency services attended and dealt with the incident, and support has been made available to staff and other members of the public affected.”
London Ambulance Service Spokesperson said: “We were called at 11:30am Tuesday, June 17 to reports of a stabbing on Hornton Street.
“We sent ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast response car and an incident response officer. We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance. We treated a patient at the scene and took her a London major trauma centre as a priority by road”.
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