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Emergency service vehicles, including police, fire and ambulances, were seen behind cordons, including near the town’s Underground station.London Mayor Sadiq Khan said he was “absolutely devastated” upon hearing of the incident and was in close contact with the Met Police commissioner.”The police offices and emergency services showed the best of our city — running towards danger to protect others and I thank them from the bottom of my heart,” he said.Last week, Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak criticised the Labour mayor’s record on knife crime in the British capital.According to official statistics, knife crime increased in London by 20 percent in 2023, with 14,577 offences — one percent lower than pre-pandemic levels in the year to March 2020.In England and Wales as a whole, there was a seven-percent increase in knife crime to 49,489 offences, with most (29 percent) in metropolitan areas, the Official for National Statistics said.
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