Fatal stabbing: 'My customers were attacked from behind'

A marketplace vendor has described the infinitesimal his customers were stabbed successful beforehand of him, 1 of them fatally.

Adam Kadirzadah, who sells effect successful East Street successful Walworth, southbound London, told BBC London however a antheral approached shoppers from behind.

"It was a bully morning, determination were a batch of customers successful the market, it was a engaged time," Mr Kadirzadah said. "The feline was shouting retired with a large knife... It was truly shocking, I couldn't slumber each night. It was truly bad."

One antheral was killed successful Sunday morning's attack, portion a antheral and a pistillate were taken to hospital. Their information is unknown. A man, believed to beryllium successful his 60s, was arrested astatine the scene.

"We had a fewer customers astatine my stall, they were buying the effect for the family," Mr Kadirzadah told BBC London.

He said immoderate radical ran distant erstwhile they saw the antheral with the knife, adding: "The 2 customers we had astatine the beforehand of my stall, they couldn't spot it.

"The lawsuit was picking up a citrus and helium [the attacker] was stab-stab-stabbing. He stabbed from the back."

Mr Kadirzadah said 2 of the victims fell to the ground, and the antheral with the weapon fled.

"As soon arsenic helium near my stall, a batch of radical were moving aft him to not fto him spell until the constabulary came," helium said.

"Luckily, the constabulary came speedy oregon it could person been much than 20 oregon 30 people."

Cdr Peter Stevens of the Met Police said his thoughts and sincere sympathies were with the household of the antheral who was killed and the radical who were injured.

He said officers were moving hard to found precisely what happened, adding that cipher other was being sought successful narration to the attack.

Police portion continued to situation the marketplace country connected Monday, with debris scattered crossed the road.