#police-arrests

#police-arrests

Met Assistant Commissioner Matt Ward said the use of live facial recognition, metal detector and stop-and-search had "prevented some of the serious violence we have seen at previous carnivals". There were 223 arrests on Monday, the day of the adult parade, and 200 on Sunday. The most common was for cannabis possession (70), possession of an offensive weapon (46), and drug supply (44).

PA Media A teenage boy and a man have been arrested after a suspected arson attack at an east London restaurant left three people critically injured. Three women and two men were taken to hospital when a blaze ripped through the venue in Woodford Avenue, Gant's Hill, on Friday evening. The Met Police said a 15-year-old boy and a 54-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to danger life.

The most recent shooting occurred on April 4; Rigoberto Suarez Tapia, a 45-year-old victim, was found gravely wounded and later died at the hospital.

At around 4pm on July 10, officers and London Ambulance Service responded to reports of a stabbing at the junction of Denmark Hill and Camberwell New Road.

Dominic Murphy, the head of the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command, emphasized the investigation is fast-moving and involves various lines of inquiry to determine motivations and further public risks.