The person has been remanded to custody and can seem at Isleworth Crown Court docket on September 14.
London:
A 25-year-old Sikh man has been charged in reference to the stabbing of two folks throughout a group occasion in Southall, west London, the Metropolitan Police mentioned.
Gurpreet Singh, 25, appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court docket, London, and was charged with a sequence of offences, it mentioned.
The costs included one depend of tried grievous bodily hurt (GBH) with intent, two counts of GBH with intent, one depend of affray, one depend of threats with a bladed article, and two counts of possession of a bladed article, the police mentioned on Thursday.
Singh has been remanded to custody and requested to look at Isleworth Crown Court docket in London on September 14.
The incident reportedly occurred throughout an Indian Independence Day-related group occasion in Southall on Tuesday evening, with movies circulating on social media exhibiting a conflict involving some pro-Khalistani extremists and law enforcement officials chasing suspects.
“I recognise the large concern this incident can have brought about, each in Southall and within the Sikh communities round London and additional afield, in what was an in any other case largely peaceable and celebratory occasion,” mentioned Metropolitan Police Superintendent Sean Lynch, chargeable for neighbourhood policing in Ealing, west London.
“Our pressing investigation continues. We’re conscious of footage circulating on social media, with folks additionally commenting on what they suppose occurred. We might urge folks to keep away from echoing or including to hypothesis. Fortuitously, none of these injured have been significantly harm and there have been no fatalities,” he mentioned.
One other man in his 20s was additionally arrested on the scene however has since been launched on police bail pending additional enquiries.
The police mentioned a feminine officer concerned in detaining a type of arrested sustained a small lower in her hand, however didn’t require hospital therapy.
The investigation into the incident is being led by Met Police detectives from West Space CID. A Part 35 Dispersal Order authorised to disperse crowds within the space has since been lifted.
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