100 youths pelt police with bottles in bloody weekend for London
A MOB of 100 youths pelted police with bottles as they investigated a robbery during a weekend of violence in London that left three dead.
Four officers were hurt when the gang leapt on police responding to a robbery alert at a bus station by Westfield shopping centre in Stratford, east London on Saturday.
Amid chaotic scenes, passengers fled screaming in terror and one woman was injured when she fell down stairs.
Officers came under attack from the ‘hostile’ crowd armed with weapons including a large hunting knife.
Three people were arrested on suspicion of robbery and possession of an offensive weapon following the ram- page, which broke out at 8pm as a crowd of revellers were leaving a nearby event.
The incident came on a weekend of violence in the capital, with three people killed among a total of six stabbings and one shooting in just 24 hours.
Scotland Yard said more officers had been deployed in the capital following the incidents.
Those killed included Cheyon Evans, 18, who was stabbed on an estate in Tooting, south-west London at 4.42pm on Friday. Witnesses said the construction student at Lambeth College was knifed up to 17 times by a gang of teenagers.
Two suspects – aged 17 and 18 – were later charged with the teenager’s murder.
Mr Evans’s sister Charice wrote on social media: ‘You knew how much I loved you, my best friend, my right hand, my everything.
‘Words can’t even explain how heartbroken I am. The fact that I’ll never see you, hug you or hear your voice again kills me.’
Just 12 minutes after his killing, Eniola Aluko was shot dead in a car park in Plumstead, south- east London, during an unrelated attack.
The 19-year-old is said to have been blasted several times in the neck and chest.
Officers later arrested four men aged 16 to 18 and a 17-yearold girl on suspicion of murder. Then, at 2pm on Saturday, a man in his thirties was stabbed to death in a field next to a children’s nursery in Tower Hamlets, east London.
There were also several injuries in the capital following attacks over the weekend.
At 3.30pm on Saturday, officers were called to Edmonton Green in north London after a man in his forties was knifed in the chest.
He was taken to hospital, where his condition was said to be critical but stable last night. Three men were also stabbed in a separate attacks in Clapham and Brixton, south- west London, on Saturday morning.
Police arrested a total of 11 people following the violence.
Matthew Twist, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, said: ‘ Our thoughts are with all the victims’ families and friends who are facing the most devastating tragedy imaginable.
‘We made a significant number of arrests in relation to the various incidents and officers are undertaking further activities, following up additional investigative leads to ensure that we achieve justice for the families of those affected by violence in the last few days.’