The Force said a 29-year-old man was in critical condition in hospital following a stabbing in Warfield Road, just off Harrow Road, shortly after 9 p.m. on Monday, August 28th, 2023. Additionally, a 19-year-old man is in a serious but stable condition in hospital after he was stabbed in Ladbroke Grove shortly before 8 p.m. Police said six other men, aged 18, 19, 20, 25, 28 and 40, sustained non-life-threatening injuries in separate stabbing incidents throughout Monday evening.

 Reports also indicate that there were 275 arrests across the two days of the carnival, with 165 arrests on Monday for a range of offenses, including possession of offensive weapons, assaults on police officers, possession of drugs, and sexual offenses.

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.”

 The incidents, however, did not subtract from the success of the carnival. Celebrities including Lily Allen, Idris Elba, and Nick Grimshaw were among those partying at this year’s carnival. It is estimated more than two million people will have taken to the streets of west London by the end of the bank holiday as the carnival, Europe’s biggest street party, celebrates two landmark anniversaries.