UK Notting Hill Carnival chaos leaves 3 people stabbed, 90 arrested, 15 police officers assaulted

At least three people were stabbed during the opening day of the Notting Hill Carnival in London on Sunday, with one still listed in life-threatening condition, according to the city’s police. The London Metropolitan Police Service said on X it was aware of three stabbings, one of which involved a 32-year-old woman who was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. Our officers have been on duty working to keep them safe as part of a very carefully planned policing operation,” the police service said. VIDEO SHOWS NAVAL VESSEL CRUISING FAMOUS WATERWAY WHILE BLASTING ICONIC DARTH VADER ANTHEM Police said 15 officers were assaulted when things turned violent, though none of the officers sustained serious injuries. Ten people were arrested for assaulting emergency workers, 18 for possession of an offensive weapon, four for sexual offenses, one for theft, four for robbery, six for assault, one for public order offense, eight for possession of drugs with distribution intent, and 30 for possession of drugs – four arrests of which were for possession of nitrous oxide. SEE IT: CIRCUS PERFORMER FALLS WHILE PERFORMING TIGHTROPE STUNT IN ENGLAND, IS ‘DOING WELL’ Ahead of the carnival, police announced they had been authorized to order the removal of face coverings being used to conceal a person’s identity. The Notting Hill Carnival attracts hundreds of thousands of revelers each year, who pack the streets of west London for two days, during one of the world’s biggest celebrations of Caribbean music and culture. FAMED CARNIVAL TERRORIZED BY MEN WITH GIANT KNIVES, 8 STABBINGS, 275 ARRESTS: ‘MARRED BY SERIOUS VIOLENCE’ The carnival traces its history back to 1958, when Trinidadian human rights activist Claudia Jones began organizing a gathering to unify the community after a series of racist attacks on Black people in the Notting Hill neighborhood. Launched in 1964 with a few Trinidadian steel bands, it has grown into a huge annual street party involving colorful floats, thousands of calypso dancers in spectacular feathered costumes, almost 20 steel bands and more than two dozen sound systems. – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://www.foxnews.com/world/uk-notting-hill-carnival-chaos-leaves-3-people-stabbed-15-police-officers-assaulted-90-arrested