Man arrested after medical practitioner stabbed at GP practice in south-east London

Sami Quadri

24 May 2024 at 7:19 am·1-min read

Barnard Health Centre on Granville Road (Google street view)

A man has been arrested after a medical practitioner was stabbed at a GP practice in south-east London.

Police were called to reports of a stabbing at Barnard Health Centre on Granville Road, Sidcup, at 12:48pm on Thursday.

Upon arrival, they found a medical practitioner in his 50s with a knife wound to his arm.

He was taken to a south London hospital, where his injury was determined to be non-life-threatening.

A man in his 60s was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in custody at a south London police station.

Officers from Greenwich, within the Met’s South East Command, are investigating the incident.

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