The Met Police have charged two teenagers after a police officer was stabbed as she confronted two suspected armed robbers.
On Sunday, 4 October at approximately 15:42hrs two Met Police officers (one male, and one female) were in Chapter Street, SW1, when they witnessed two males who were armed with knives attempting to rob a grocery store.
A spokesperson for the Met confirmed that the shopkeeper had managed to push the males out of the store, and the officers then attempted to detain them.
As the two Met officers confronted the armed males, the female officer received a stab wound to the abdomen. Despite her injuries, she continued to chase the suspects along Vauxhall Bridge Road.
The suspects were detained a short time later with the assistance of firearms officers.
The officer was taken to hospital by the London Ambulance Service. Her injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
One 15-year-old boy from Barking was charged with:
- inflicting grievous bodily harm against a police officer
- assault by beating of an emergency worker (concerning the male officer) attempted robbery
- threatening a person with a blade / sharply pointed article in a public place
- assault by beating and criminal damage.
Another 15-year-old boy from Hampshire was charged with:
- assault by beating of an emergency worker (concerning the male officer),
- attempted robbery,
- threatening a person with a blade / sharply pointed article in a public place,
- assault by beating and criminal damage.
The police officer who was stabbed has now been discharged from hospital.
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