2 police officers stabbed in central London

LONDON – Two police officers were stabbed in central London on Friday (Sept 16) and are currently being treated in hospital, the Metropolitan Police Service said, adding that a man had been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and assaulting an emergency worker.

The incident was not terror related and neither of the two officers were in a life-threatening condition, London Mayor Sadiq Khan told the BBC. 

"On Friday, 16 September at around 0600hrs (1pm Singapore time) police encountered a male with a knife in the area of Leicester Square.

Two officers received stab wounds and are currently being treated in hospital," the police statement said.

The arrested man was also taken to a hospital for treatment where he remains at this time, police said.

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