Harrow (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Rayners Lane station in Harrow was cordoned off by police in the early hours of Sunday, 15 June, following a stabbing incident currently under investigation.
Around 1:00 am, emergency personnel were summoned to the station. Images and video from the situation were posted by a number of users of the Harrow Online Facebook Group.
The film showed local police, the London Ambulance Service, and British Transport Police near the station entrance.
A spokesperson for London Ambulance Service said,
“We were called at 1.16am this morning (15 June) to reports of a stabbing at Rayners Lane Underground Station, in Alexandra Avenue.
We sent an ambulance crew, a paramedic in a fast response car and an incident response officer to the scene.
We treated one patient at the scene for a wound and took him to hospital.”
Although it hasn’t been verified yet, it is thought that the incident happened inside the station.
British Transport Police has been informed by Harrow Online, and more information will be provided as soon as it becomes available.
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