A young man is in hospital fighting for his life after being stabbed near Pimlico tube station.
Officers were called to Lupus Street to reports a 20-year-old man had been assaulted at 12.06am. The victim was taken to hospital with stab injuries, where he remains in a critical condition.
Enquiries remain ongoing and no arrests have been made.
A police cordon remains in place near the station, which is served by the Victoria Line and was closed for several hours for a police investigation.
Council leader Paul Swaddle wrote on X: ‘I’m aware of reports of the stabbing of a young man in Pimlico. We are awaiting further details and will work with the Metropolitan police and offer community help where we can. Thoughts with the victim.’
The Tachbrook Estate Residents’ Association said it was ‘saddened’ by the reports.
A spokesperson for London Ambulance Service said: ‘We were called at 12.07am today (4 June) to reports of a stabbing at Pimlico Underground station in Tachbrook St.
‘We sent ambulance crews, paramedics in fast response cars, an advanced paramedic and an incident response officer to the scene. We also sent a trauma team in a car from London’s Air Ambulance. The first paramedic arrived in around four minutes.
‘We treated a patient at the scene and took him to a major trauma centre as a priority.’