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This is the horrifying moment a knife-wielding attacker threatens a young girl in a London park, as dozens scream in terror.
The hooded perpetrator ran up to a girl and brazenly lunged the huge kitchen knife just inches away from her face.
The victim put her hands up and tried to back away as the attacker came lunging at her with the weapon.
When she manages to get away, the attacker continued to square up to other people before settling with the knife by their side.
The incident took place yesterday evening at what appears to be a party in Gladstone park in north-west London.
Dozens can be seen screaming in fear and trying to flee the scene.
A man filming the shocking moment noted in disbelief when the knife was pulled out: ‘She backed out a shank, are you mad?’
Police may have been present at the scene as a voice can be heard over a a speaker that they are ‘at the back gate’.
This is the horrifying moment a knife-wielding attacker threatens a young girl in a London park, as dozens scream in terror
The attacker continued to square up to other people before settling with the knife by their side
A man filming the shocking moment noted in disbelief when the knife was pulled out: ‘She backed out a shank, are you mad?’
Knife crime has become rampant among young people in the capital, which has seen a total of 11 teenage homicides over the last year.
There was a 20 per cent rise in knife offences in the year ending December 2023 compared to the previous year, with 14,577 knife-related crimes in total.
Labour has vowed to get 13,000 police officers back on the streets and previously announced a five-step plan to tackle the issue, including guaranteed sanctions for young people carrying knives.
The Metropolitan Police told MailOnline: ‘On Monday, 30 June at 22:03hrs police attended Gladstone Park, Brent having been made aware of a video on social media of a woman with a knife.
‘Officers saw no one who matched the description of the woman in the video. No one was injured, no weapons were found and no arrests were made.’
Enquiries continue.
