Two police officers were stabbed while on patrol in Leicester Square on September 16, 2022.<br /><br />Two female officers responded to a reported robbery in Shaftsbury Avenue, and found the suspect. <br /><br />After a pursuit one female officer received a stab wound was to her right upper arm, cut through the muscle down to the bone.<br /><br />A male officer received five stab wounds to his head, arm and chest. The most serious was a wound to his chest which punctured a lung. It was only through the work of paramedics that the chest injury did not have more serious consequences.<br /><br />A third officer received a slight wound to his finger, which although it caused significant bleeding, was not as serious.<br /><br />On Wednesday, October 11, Mohammed Rahman, 25, of Westbourne Park Road, W2, was found guilty at Kingston Crown Court of the attempted murder of one police officer, and GBH with intent against a second officer. He was also convicted of assault (ABH) and two counts of threatening a person in a public place with a bladed article – these charges relate to three other police constables – and possession of a bladed article.<br /><br />Video by Met Police
