The suspect is at large with police hunting them as a matter of ‘urgency’
A man was stabbed inside a Boots in North West London. Police raced to the pharmacy on Kilburn High Road, in Kilburn, at about 10.30am on Friday (October 30) to reports of a stabbing.
There they found the victim, a man aged 58, who had been knifed. He was attacked after he, and security guards tried to stop a shoplifter.
The suspect is at large. MyLondon understands the Boots store stayed open and traded as usual.
A Met Police spokesperson said: “At around 10.30am officers were called to reports of a stabbing at a pharmacy in Kilburn High Road, Kilburn. Officers responded alongside the London Ambulance Service and found a 58-year-old man with stab wounds.
“He was taken to hospital for treatment where his injuries were deemed non-life changing.
“The 58-year-old member of the public is understood to have intervened alongside the store’s security staff to prevent a shoplifter from leaving the pharmacy.
“There have been no arrests at this time, but urgent enquiries are ongoing to locate the suspect.”
A London Ambulance Service Spokesperson said: “We were called at 10.29am on Friday, October 30 to reports of a stabbing on Kilburn High Road.
“We sent an ambulance crew and a paramedic in a fast response car. We treated a patient at the scene before taking him to a local hospital”.
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