Video footage has emerged showing a gang of youths running away from a scene at Notting Hill Carnival – one holding a suspected machete – after eight people were stabbed in one night.
The youths run down a west London street, dressed in black and mostly wearing balaclavas.
A shocking photograph shows one of the boys waving what appears to be a huge machete in the air. Another picture shows the same boy appearing to point the ‘weapon’ at a person who is on the ground.
As the boys run away, police on horseback try and chase after the group, with a large crowd watching on.
Some members in the group turn their heads to check behind them as they flee but others don’t look back.
People commenting on the video have said ‘that’s why I don’t go on Monday’, which is ‘adults day’.
The Metropolitan Police said that the final day of Notting Hill carnival was ‘marred by serious violence’ after eight people were stabbed in one night.
A boy with his hood up waving what appears to be a machete in the air
A boy appears to point the suspected machete at another person on the floor
Chaotic scenes at Notting Hill Carnival on Monday, pictured around the Ladbroke Grove area
People stood back as the boy appeared to wave the suspected machete in the air
A gang of youths run down a street at Notting Hill Carnival – a boy at the back is holding what appears to be a machete
A boy holding what appears to be a machete runs down the street with a group of youths
A group of boys dressed in black, some with balaclavas, run down a Notting Hill street
Police on horseback follow the boys as a large crowd watches on
A boy appears to be on the floor at the back, but is later seen getting up in the footage
Police detain a young man in Ladbroke Grove on Monday
Detectives had praised the ‘positive’ and ‘good-natured’ atmosphere across the weekend but officers were forced into action after the carnival descended into violence on Bank Holiday Monday.
Police said that a 29-year-old man is in a critical condition after he was stabbed in Warfield Road, just off Harrow Road, shortly after 9pm. However, in the lead up to that incident, there were several other stabbings, while one officer was bitten.
A 19-year-old man was stabbed in Ladbroke Grove shortly before 8pm and remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital. Meanwhile, six other men aged 18, 19, 20, 25, 28 and 40 were stabbed in separate incidents. They sustained non life-threatening injuries.
The Met said they made a total of 275 arrests across the two days. On Sunday, there were 110 arrests for offences including possession of offensive weapons, assaults including on police officers, possession of drugs and sexual offences.
One man sustained a non-life changing slash wound but turned down help from the emergency services.
Officers also acted quickly to intercept a group who was in the possession of a firearm. They seized the weapon and arrested a man.
Police keep watch in numbers at Notting Hill Carnival on Monday
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The Metropolitan Police has said that the final day of Notting Hill carnival was ‘marred by serious violence’ after eight people were stabbed in one night. Pictured: Police officers lead a man through the streets of west London
Detectives had praised the ‘positive’ and ‘good-natured’ atmosphere across the weekend but officers were forced into action after the carnival descended into violence on Bank Holiday Monday. Pictured: Two ambulances arrive at the scene
Pictured: A Met Police officer holds an evidence bag with a seized weapon in it on the final day of carnival
Council workers were in attendance until the early hours cleaning an enormous amount of waste from the area
On Monday there were a further 165 arrests for a similar range of offences. Police also revealed there were further assaults on cops, including sexual assaults, while the officer who was bitten had to be treated in hospital.
It comes after two days of steel drums, barbecues and flamboyant headdresses, drew to a close last night.
Hundreds of thousands of partygoers massed in Kensington for a sunny ‘carnival climax’ yesterday, which saw the adults’ parade kick off in the morning before a feast of music took over the streets.
Celebrities including Lily Allen, Nick Grimshaw and Idris Elba, who hosted his own DJ set, were spotted enjoying the vibrant annual celebration of Caribbean culture and history.
Council teams are now swarming across west London to sweep up and tidy mounds of rubbish after two million revellers descended en masse for this year’s carnival which sadly turned ugly on the second day.
The violence came after two days of steel drums, barbecues and flamboyant headdresses, Notting Hill Carnival drew to a close last night
Council crews are now swarming across west London to tidy up mounds of rubbish after two million revellers took to the streets
Canisters of nitrious oxide abandoned amongst rubbish at the site of the 2023 Notting Hill Carniva
The streets of the posh west London suburb are now covered in huge piles of rubbish
A large pile of discarded take away boxes sits on the side of the stained pavement
Colourfully-costumed revellers paraded through the streets of west London on Monday – the final day of the carnival
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan, who oversaw the policing operation, said: ‘It is regrettable that for a second year in a row, Monday night at Carnival has been marred by serious violence.
‘Nobody disputes the significance of Carnival on London’s cultural calendar and the overwhelming majority of those who came will have had a positive experience. However, we cannot overlook the stabbings, sexual assaults and attacks on police officers that we have seen.
‘As we do following any major operation, we will be reviewing the events of the past two days and giving thorough consideration to what may need to change in future years.
‘It is important to recognise the positives that we can take away from the event. I am pleased that by working in close partnership with the event organisers and the stewarding teams, we were able to closely monitor crowd density and intervene in an effective way to prevent any incidents of crushing at peak times.
‘I would like to thank all the officers who have worked so hard over the weekend to keep people safe.
‘Carnival is a challenging policing environment. Officers were asked to be vigilant and alert but to be approachable, respectful and sensitive at the same time. They did all of that and more and they deserve our recognition and our thanks.’
A huge pile of detritus sits outside two boarded up businesses in Notting Hill
Graffiti adorns the makeshift barricades installed by businesses in the area
Rubbish and filth lay strewn across the ground adjacent to the boarded up multi-million pound properties
