A 25-year-old Sikh man has been charged in reference to the stabbing of two individuals throughout a group occasion in Southall, west London, the Metropolitan Police have stated.
Gurpreet Singh appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court docket, London, and was charged with a sequence of offences, it stated.
The fees included one rely of tried grievous bodily hurt (GBH) with intent, two counts of GBH with intent, one rely of affray, one rely of threats with a bladed article, and two counts of possession of a bladed article, the police stated on Thursday.
Singh, 25, has been remanded to custody and requested to look at Isleworth Crown Court docket in London on September 14.
The incident reportedly occurred throughout an Indian Independence Day-related group occasion in Southall on Tuesday night time, with movies circulating on social media displaying a conflict involving some pro-Khalistani extremists and law enforcement officials chasing suspects.
“I recognise the big concern this incident can have brought about, each in Southall and within the Sikh communities round London and additional afield, in what was an in any other case largely peaceable and celebratory occasion, stated Metropolitan Police Superintendent Sean Lynch, liable for neighbourhood policing in Ealing, west London.
Our pressing investigation continues. We’re conscious of footage circulating on social media, with individuals additionally commenting on what they suppose occurred. We’d urge individuals to keep away from echoing or including to hypothesis. Fortuitously, none of these injured had been significantly damage and there have been no fatalities,” he stated.
One other man in his 20s was additionally arrested on the scene however has since been launched on police bail pending additional enquiries.
The police stated a feminine officer concerned in detaining a kind of arrested sustained a small minimize in her hand, however didn’t require hospital therapy.
The investigation into the incident is being led by Met Police detectives from West Space CID. A Part 35 Dispersal Order authorised to disperse crowds within the space has since been lifted.
