Romford stabbing: Man KNIFED outside Fiction nightclub, six arrested
SIX people have been arrested on suspicion of GBH after a man was stabbed outside Fiction nightclub in Romford, east London.
Six people were arrested in relation to a stabbing at Romford, London
Police were called to South Street when a man in his 20s was knifed at around 4.15am this morning.
He was rushed to hospital shortly afterwards where doctors say his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
It was the latest in a string of violent incidents in the capital that have seen the murder rate surge.
The crime scene has been cordoned off including streets between Victoria Road and Eastern Avenue leading up to the high street.
Road diversions have put in place for motorists.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: "A male in his 20s has been stabbed with non life threatening and non life-changing injuries.
"Police received a call that someone had been stabbed at South Street by the railway station.
"A crime scene is in place and police were called at 4.15am."
Kim, 45, a neighbour who lived in the area for 10 years said the spate of crimes was "getting worse".
She said: "It’s all you keep hearing about - people getting stabbed.
The scene of the crime has been cordoned off
"The gun and knife crime is getting out of hand in London.
"I have lived here for ten years and it’s getting worse."
Another resident, said: "I have lived here since I was 14 and I’m nearly 36 now - it is definitely getting worse.
"A lot of the time when you were younger there would be fights, but there wasn’t so much stabbing or people getting shot."