CCTV Issued of Knife Slashing in Northolt

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Video shows 21-year-old man being attacked on Shadwell Drive

 

Police in Ealing have issued CCTV footage of the moment when a man had his face slashed open in a knife attack outside a house in Northolt.

On Sunday, 1 May police were called at 6.24pm to a report of a serious assault outside an address in Shadwell Drive.

The victim, a 21-year-old man, was standing on the road when he was approached by a group of men on bicycles. One of the men attacked the victim, slashing him across the left side of his face causing a deep cut. The men then rode off. CCTV outside a nearby address caught the moment the victim was attacked.

He was taken to an east London hospital and received stitches to the injury on his left cheek.

The suspect [image ref: 212043] is described as a black man wearing blue jeans, a blue jumper and a black jacket. Police are keen to hear from anyone who may recognise the man, or who witnessed the attack.

 

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Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

 

September 13, 2016