A man has been arrested on the suspicion of vandalism after a number of shops were smashed on Oxford Street. On-shift Met Police officers spotted windows being damaged and gave chase.
Police stopped a man near Marble Arch early on New Year’s Day. He was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.
A Met Police spokesperson said: “At 6.40am on Wednesday, January 1, officers on duty in Oxford Street spotted a man smashing windows of a number of shops. They gave chase and apprehended a man in the vicinity of Marble Arch. He was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.”
Chaos elsewhere on Oxford Street
There have been no arrests following the stabbing at around 4am
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There was also a stabbing on the famous shopping street around two hours before the vandalism. Police were alerted to reports of a group of men armed with knives with officers racing to the scene just outside Bond Street Underground station at 4.04am.
A 25-year-old man was found with a stab wound at the junction of Oxford Street and South Malton Street. He’s been taken to hospital but the seriousness of his injuries are not currently known.
No arrests have been made. Photos shared on X shortly after 8am show a Met Police officer stationed by a cordon with blue police tape starting at Boots and stretching down the road between James Street and Holles Street. The picture was accompanied with the caption “Oxford Street cordoned off this morning. Something about a stabbing last night or wee hours of the morning.”
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