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A man was stabbed in front of horrified shoppers and a police car crashed into a bus minutes later during "chaotic" scenes in west London.
Police said a man in his 20s was knifed near the Hammersmith Broadway shopping centre at around 5.45pm on Saturday.
A police car was also left damaged after crashing into a Route 220 double-decker bus by the scene of the incident.
Forensic teams were seen near the entrance to the shopping centre after the victim was taken to hospital with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.
One witness wrote on Twitter: "It's crazy in Hammersmith. Station closed due to a stabbing and a police car has crashed into a bus."
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Police car and bus crash on Talgrath Road by Hammersmith Station. Police now cordoning off scene <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=http://t.co/2iLaSC4OVy" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-773511-http://t.co/2iLaSC4OVy" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/2iLaSC4OVy</a>— liza hearon (@hello_liza) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hello_liza/status/622451876911558656" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-773511-https://twitter.com/hello_liza/status/622451876911558656" data-vars-event-id="c23">July 18, 2015</a>
Financial journalist Liane Lau tweeted: "'Horrific' stabbing in the mall attached to Hammersmith tube station. Best to avoid."
The actor and former Tory MP Gyles Brandreth posted: "Stabbing at Hammersmith tube station & subsequently a police car collided with a bus nearby.... It's real chaos."
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">'Horrific' stabbing in the mall attached to Hammersmith tube station. Best to avoid. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=http://t.co/JToJfPDzNe" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-773511-http://t.co/JToJfPDzNe" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/JToJfPDzNe</a>— Liane Lau (@Lianewclau) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Lianewclau/status/622460752981573632" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-773511-https://twitter.com/Lianewclau/status/622460752981573632" data-vars-event-id="c23">July 18, 2015</a>
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "Police were called at around 17:45hrs on Saturday, 18 July, to a man stabbed near to the Hammersmith Broadway shopping centre.
"The man - believed to be aged in his 20s - was taken to hospital suffering stab injuries.
"His injuries are not life-threatening. There has been no arrest at this early stage."