A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman was stabbed in Battersea.
Paramedics have taken a woman in her 40s to hospital with ‘non-life threatening injuries’, police stated.
Police were called to Westbridge Road at about 1.40pm today (Friday, May 12) after being called by the London Ambulance Service.
Unconfirmed reports suggested there were about ten police cars, three ambulances and 'armed police' outside a block of flats in Westbridge Road that were taped off.
From today: Teenager stabbed in chest in daylight attack near Battersea
A man believed to be in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in custody at a west London police station.
Battersea, westbridge Road, anyone know what's going on, ambulances, police cars and possibly armed response unit 😐
— Angela (@angelalovesuk) 12 May 2017
A source told the Wandsworth Guardian about seven police cars swarmed the area after a man ‘holed himself up in a house’ on Westbridge Road.
Are you in the area? Get in touch at craig.richard@london.newsquest.co.uk
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