Around Hundreds Arrested and Eight (8) Stabbed during London’s Notting Hill Carnival

Hundreds of people were detained by police and eight people were stabbed at this past weekend’s Notting Hill Carnival, one of the biggest street festivities in the world that takes place every year in west London.

The Metropolitan Police in the nation’s capital reported late on Monday that five individuals had been stabbed on the last day of the well-known three-day celebration of British Afro-Caribbean identity.

This came after three stabbings on Sunday, during which the force said that three of the victims of the violence over the long weekend were critically injured.

On top of the numerous arrests made the day before, police made at least 230 arrests on Monday, including 49 for possessing an offensive weapon.

Over the course of the annual August bank holiday weekend event, which draws over one million visitors, three guns were seized and 35 officers were also injured.

Similar to the previous year, when there were about 300 arrests and 10 stabbings, the police numbers were also comparable.

During the carnival, hundreds of thousands of people crammed into west London’s streets, illuminating the Notting Hill neighborhood and the surrounding areas with vibrant costumes, dancing, and music.

The event, which has frequently been tarnished by violence, particularly knife crime, has over 7,000 officers on duty. Despite this, the great majority of people enjoy it without any incidents.

Ade Adelekan, the deputy assistant commissioner for the Mets, expressed his frustration with repeating the same statements year after year after a mother and kid were stabbed while visiting the carnival.

“We narrowly avoided a fatality,” he continued, asking attendees of the carnival to report any crimes they saw.

The first wave of post-World War II immigration from former British colonies occurred in the 1950s, which is when British Afro-Caribbean culture began to flourish.

The colorful annual festival features steel bands, earth-shaking sound systems, and feathered dancers.