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Stabbing outside Streatham Hill Starbucks police investigating

Published 7 October 2025

A man in his 20s was stabbed outside a Starbucks on Streatham Hill in south London at around 1pm on Monday, leaving the busy high street cordoned off as emergency services treated the victim and launched an investigation. The Metropolitan Police and ambulance crews attended the scene, and the victim was taken to hospital with injuries described by police as non lifechanging and non life-threatening.

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said, "Around 1pm on Monday, October 6, officers attended Streatham Hill, following reports of a stabbing. A man, aged in his 20s, was treated at the scene for a stab wound. He was taken to hospital, where his injuries were assessed as non-lifechanging and non-life-threatening. Police are making enquiries, and no arrests have been made at this stage."

The London Ambulance Service confirmed paramedics treated a man at the scene before transporting him to a major trauma centre. A spokesperson said, "We treated a man at the scene before taking him to a London major trauma centre." Witnesses and social media footage showed medics and at least one doctor attending to the injured man on the pavement, and emergency vehicles, including multiple police cars...

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