Two police officers were stabbed while on patrol in Leicester Square on September 16, 2022.

Two female officers responded to a reported robbery in Shaftsbury Avenue, and found the suspect.

After a pursuit one female officer received a stab wound was to her right upper arm, cut through the muscle down to the bone.

A male officer received five stab wounds to his head, arm and chest. The most serious was a wound to his chest which punctured a lung. It was only through the work of paramedics that the chest injury did not have more serious consequences.

A third officer received a slight wound to his finger, which although it caused significant bleeding, was not as serious.

On Wednesday, October 11, Mohammed Rahman, 25, of Westbourne Park Road, W2, was found guilty at Kingston Crown Court of the attempted murder of one police officer, and GBH with intent against a second officer. He was also convicted of assault (ABH) and two counts of threatening a person in a public place with a bladed article – these charges relate to three other police constables – and possession of a bladed article.

Video by Met Police