Romford stabbing: Man knifed in neck after fight outside Primark on packed shopping street

Scene: Police at Exchange Street in Romford
George Mark/Time 107.5 FM
Jamie Bullen28 November 2016
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A man has been rushed to hospital after he was stabbed in the neck outside a Primark branch in a packed shopping street in east London.

Emergency services including police, ambulances and a London Air Ambulance raced to Exchange Street in Romford at around 2.15pm after reports of a violent fight between two men.

Horrified Christmas shoppers told how one man was stabbed in the neck in front of them as officers taped off a section of the street outside Primark.

A Met spokesman said a man in his 30s was being treated for a stab wound to the neck and has been taken to an east London hospital.

An update on the man’s condition was not immediately available.

Scotland Yard said no arrests had been made and enquiries continue.

George Mark, a radio apprentice at Time 107.5 FM, told the Standard around 10 police officers were stationed in the street when he arrived on Monday afternoon.

He said: "There were crowds of shoppers who had obviously seen the police cordoning the scene off as they walked past.

"It didn't seem as though anybody was scared although everybody there were trying to squeeze information out of the police at the scene.

Jill Hartwell posted on Facebook: "In Romford doing Christmas shopping and police everywhere someone has got stabbed just been airlifted by helicopter."

Another man tweeted: "So a man just got stabbed in the neck in front of me in Romford. What a town to live in."

Police in Havering are investigating and have appealed for witnesses to come forward.

Anyone with information can call Havering CID via 101 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111

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