Woman arrested after four men stabbed in Covent Garden – latest

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Arjan Gjorga, who works at fish restaurant the Rock and Sole Plaice, witnessed the attack. He said that the woman was known to the workers on Endell Street, a popular road in Covent Garden for eating and drinking.

“I see her all the time, she’s a homeless person. She walks around up and down asking for help, she visits the church at the top of the street,” he said.

He didn’t have to close his restaurant but he said: “We all saw a commotion. People were running away”.

The victims appeared to be chosen at random, Gjorga said. “It was totally random, just random people. She suddenly started stabbing them,” he said.

He praised the police response. “The police reacted immediately. They arrested her right away.”

According to the Metropolitan Police, knife crime offences have dropped 3% for year-to-date 2026 compared to year-to-date 2025 across the Met service area.

This includes an 11% reduction in knife-enabled robberies and a 1.5% reduction in knife-enabled crime where a knife was used to injure.

The London Ambulance Service said an ambulance crew, a paramedic in a fast response car and an incident response officer had rushed to the scene and treated the four men before transporting them to a major trauma centre by road.

However, the ambulance service also dispatched London’s air ambulance. Video posted on social media shows a red helicopter making a dramatic landing in the middle of a crowded Trafalgur Square.

Four men stabbed in Covent Garden, woman arrested for assault

Four men were stabbed in central London on Wednesday, with police arresting a woman in connection to the attack.

Police responded to reports of a stabbing at Endell Street in Covent Garden at 12:27pm, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.

There, they found four men – aged 34, 39, 42 and 52 – with stab wounds. They were transported to a major trauma centre, according to the London Ambulance Service.

A 47-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon and assault, police said. Investigators believe the stabbing was mental health-related incident. A pair of scissors were recovered at the scene.

The current condition of the victims has not been released. Police remain at the scene.