Man, 35, arrested after ‘stabbing’ on Yiewsley high street

He has also been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a woman earlier that day

A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a woman and injuring a teenager with a knife in Hillingdon. Emergency services were called initially called to reports of an incident on Yiewsley High Street at around 6.45pm yesterday (November 8).

Paramedics and a trauma team from London’s Air Ambulance treated a 19-year-old man for a knife wound before taking him to hospital. His injuries are not life-threatening or life-changing and he’s since been discharged, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement this afternoon.

Video footage seen by MyLondon shows a cordon blocking off several shops on the high street and a first aid bag outside Drayton vape shop. Later that evening, officers arrested the suspect in West Drayton on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.

He was taken to hospital as a precaution after reporting he had suffered a head injury, and remains there under police guard. While in hospital, the detained man was further arrested on suspicion of racially abusing a police officer.

Furthermore, he has been arrested on suspicion of common assault following an incident that is alleged to have happened earlier on Sunday evening. A woman is said to have been assaulted on Fairfield Road, adjacent to Yiewsley High Street, at around 6.30pm.

The Met said the investigation is ongoing and urges anyone with relevant information or footage to come forward.

The London Ambulance Service added: “We were called at 6.49pm on Sunday 8 November to reports of a stabbing on High Street, Yiewsley.

“We sent resources to the scene including ambulance crews, a paramedic from our tactical response unit, a clinical team manager and an incident response officer. We also dispatched a trauma team in a car from London’s Air Ambulance.

“We treated a patient at the scene and took them to hospital as a priority.”